Booking software for Canadian businesses, one trade at a time
Slotora started with salons and now runs the diaries of trainers, groomers, studios, tutors and sitters as well. Below is every kind of Canadian business we have written a page for, what each one gets, and where we would point you to someone else. Every account starts with a 14-day trial.
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Each link below goes to a page written for that business as it runs in Canada: the provincial rules that touch its bookings, the competitors Canadian owners actually compare, and a box that says what Slotora does not do for it. Read the one closest to what you do; if two fit, read both, because a mobile groomer and a grooming salon need different things from the same diary.
We have not written a page for every bookable trade. Where the product cannot honestly carry a business through its week in Canada, we would rather leave the page out than collect sign-ups we then disappoint. The last section names those gaps.
Six kinds of business, and what each leans on
The same booking engine, used very differently from one trade to the next.
Training and classes
Personal trainers book one-to-one sessions in weekly series; yoga and Pilates studios run a timetable with a seat count per class, a waitlist and class passes. Monthly memberships billed to the client are not offered in Canada yet.
Animals
Groomers get a profile for every pet: breed, size, temperament, vaccination date and proof, vet and microchip. Mobile groomers add a service area and travel time between driveways.
Children and learning
Sitters and nannies are booked by the hour, with each child's allergies and the people allowed to collect them. Tutors and coaches run weekly lessons, prepaid lesson blocks and private session notes.
Ink and skin
Tattoo studios quote a project, take the deposit and log each sitting's inks with their lot numbers. Medical spas run consultations, consent forms that expire, and before-and-after photos kept private.
Spa, wellness and tanning
Gift cards sold online, a turnaround buffer after every treatment, and short exact slots for a tanning bed or a spray booth — with an age tick box where the province bans minors.
Regulated health practitioners
Physiotherapists, chiropractors and dietitians can book, collect intake forms and sell treatment blocks. None of the insurer billing a Canadian clinic expects is built, and each page says so first.
Who we send somewhere else
A short list, written so you do not lose an afternoon setting up the wrong system.
- Counselling and psychotherapy
- There is no Canadian page for therapists, deliberately. Clients claim sessions on their benefits with a receipt that carries your registration number; Slotora's payment email does not print one. Online sessions use one fixed meeting link per service rather than a private room per client, and session notes are held in the UK. Owl Practice, which describes itself as purpose-built for mental health, and Jane are made around exactly those needs.
- Clinics that bill insurers directly
- If your front desk submits claims through TELUS eClaims, Pacific Blue Cross or WorkSafeBC, Slotora cannot do it for you. Jane lists integrations with all three; we have none.
- Studios that live on monthly memberships
- Class passes and prepaid blocks work in Canada. A membership that charges the client's card every month does not, yet.
- Businesses in Québec
- Not until the French version for Québec is finished.
What is the same for every Canadian account
Whatever you do, the account is set up the same way. You type your postal code, and the province follows: its statutory holidays on the opening-hours page, its time zone in the diary. You get 14 days with everything switched on and no card asked for, and after that a monthly subscription charged in Canadian dollars.
Slotora takes no cut of a booking, a deposit, a pass or a gift card. Card payments land in your own Stripe account, and Stripe's Canadian fee is the only one taken from them.
Reminders go by email, and you hear about new bookings through the phone app. We do not send text messages to Canadian numbers at the moment, so no page here promises them. The records you keep are held in a database in London, England, and the terms are governed by the law of England and Wales.
One province is missing. Québec needs the software and the contract in French first, and that version is not ready, so a business there is offered the waiting list at sign-up.
Questions owners ask before choosing
My business is not on the list. Can I still use Slotora?
Usually, yes. Anything sold by the appointment or by the class works: you name your services, set their lengths and prices, and share the booking page. Pick the closest trade when you register, or Other, and nothing is hidden from you.
Why is there no page for counsellors in Canada?
Because the things a Canadian counsellor needs most — an insurance-ready receipt, a separate video room for each client, records kept in Canada — are not what Slotora does. A page that skipped over that would mislead you.
Is the price different by type of business?
No. The Canadian subscription is counted by the number of people clients can book, whatever the trade, and there is no commission on top.
Do clients need an account to book?
No. They give their name and email on your page and pick a time. An optional bookings page lets them sign in later with a link sent by email.
Can I run two kinds of service from one account?
Yes. A trainer who also teaches a weekly class, or a groomer who also sells baths at a self-wash station, sets both up as services in the same diary.
Find your page, then try it on your own week
Add your real services, hours and prices during the 14-day trial and send the booking link to two or three regulars before you decide.
Sources
What we say about other companies comes from their own pages, read on the day shown.
- Jane — Canadian insurance integrations hub — https://jane.app/guide/canadian-insurance-integrations-hub · read
- Jane — TELUS eClaims integration — https://integrations.jane.app/integrations/telus-eclaims · read
- Owl Practice — home page — https://owlpracticesuite.com/ · read