New Westminster, BC

Forge and Smith

Reach 21.4PageRanker 70

Forge and Smith is a web design company based in New Westminster, BC, in business since 2006. Its own home page scored 39 for mobile speed and 80 for access in our lab test on October 25, 2026, faster than 67 of the 450 firm sites we tested. Its websbz Score is 73.5 out of 100. Its Reach, a separate score, is 21.4.

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Our Read

Forge and Smith is a web agency in the Vancouver area that builds WordPress sites with a low-code method clients can update themselves. It also does SEO, branding and digital strategy. Its case studies report results such as conversion and traffic gains for non-profits, tourism boards and professional firms.

What sets them apart. Its founder started it as a one-person freelance business in 2006, and it now publishes numeric results on each case study.

Best for. Non-profits and BC organizations wanting sites they can edit without developers.

Services

Web designWeb developmentSEOBrandingDigital strategyLow-code WordPress

Industries

Non-profitFoundationsProfessional servicesTourismHealth and wellnessResearch and education

Our Lab Test of forgeandsmith.com

Mobile emulation, tested October 25, 2026. One run from our desk. Field data from real visitors can differ.

39Performance

80Accessibility

73Best Practices

92SEO Basics

Largest paint: 22.0 seconds
First paint: 9.9 seconds
Blocking time: 666 ms
Layout shift: 0.000
Page weight: 5.7 MB
Requests: 71

Proof of Work

Tourism CowichanTourism site with a 339 percent conversion rate gain
Tree Island YogurtFood brand site with 378 percent organic traffic growth
Backpack BuddiesNon-profit site with 168 percent donation growth
Spark MortgageMortgage broker site case study
BCRPAAssociation site case study
MacKay CEO ForumsProfessional services case study
VGH & UBC Hospital FoundationHospital foundation site case study
Outward Bound CanadaOutdoor education non-profit case study

Clients They Name

Tourism CowichanTree Island YogurtBackpack BuddiesSpark MortgageBCRPAMacKay CEO ForumsVGH & UBC Hospital FoundationOutward Bound CanadaMISIMAirVantageUBC Botanical GardenOliver TourismTrustFlightPhantom ScreensHealth Research BCPublic Library InterLINK

Work

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Signed Work

signed client sites found so far

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Search Authority

PageRanker Score, link authority from 0 to 100

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websbz Score

73.5websbz Score

Own Site QualityOur lab test of the firm’s own home page. Speed counts most, then access, then build and search basics.22.5/35
Proof of WorkNamed projects, named clients and awards the firm lists, plus live client sites we found carrying its credit.24/30
OpennessDoes the firm publish a street address, a phone, its founding year, its team size and a starting price.12/20
TenureYears in business, from a founding year the firm states. Twenty years earns the full share.15/15

How the score works

Reach

21.4

out of 100. How far the work reaches, kept apart from the websbz Score

Verified client sites0/40none verified yet
Named clients10/1016 named clients
Client scale0/10none with a Wikipedia page
Offices5/102 offices
Countries0/101 country
Team size0/12not published
Years6.4/8founded 2006

How Reach works. A fact the firm does not publish counts as zero.

Facts

Website: forgeandsmith.com
Headquarters: New Westminster, BC
Country: Canada
City ranking: Best Web Design Companies in Vancouver
Other offices: Vancouver, Canada
Address: 104-1015 Columbia St., Suite 839, New Westminster, BC V3M 6V3 (satellite address Suite 346-1231 Pacific Boulevard, Vancouver, BC V6Z 0E2)
Phone: 1-778-397-0984
Founded: 2006
Platforms: WordPress

Where They Rank

Best Web Design Companies in Vancouver#1 of 6
Best Web Designers in Canada#3 of 19
Best Web Design Companies in the World#85 of 450

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The Forge and Smith Award, in Hand

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Framed certificate
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Acrylic award
A clear block with the seal etched in, for a desk or a shelf.
Wall plaque
Brushed champagne metal on walnut, engraved with the award.
Window decal
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