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Build brand awareness, drive traffic and extend your reach by running your campaign on our website. With over *297,000 unique visitors each month - young, tech savvy adults who look to the web for information on demand.
* ComScore June 2006

Book your ad RUN OF SITE (ROS) or TARGETED

Get all over NOWTORONTO.COM with a ROS booking! Want a specific section? We offer the following sectional targeting:

News
The Arts
Contests
Life & Style
Love & Sex
Music
Listings
Movies
Adult
Food & Drink

Creative sizes and specifications

NOWTORONTO.COM is a part of the Internet Advertising Bureau of Canada and follows the CUAP 1.0 and 2.0. Visit iabcanada.com for detailed information on online ad standards for static and rich media, respectively.

Unit Size Weight Additional Information
Superbanner/Leaderboard 728 x 90 30 kb
  • ANIMATION: 15 seconds or loop 3X
  • FLASH: Use clickTAG in the getURL function more info
  • JPG/FLASH: Dimensions are in pixels and dpi should be set to 72
  • Big Box 300 x 250 30 kb
    Skyscraper 160 x 600 30 kb
    Restaurant Guide Button 120 x 90 15 kb
    Adult Directory Button 125 x 125 15 kb
    Newsletter 180 x 150 20 kb No Animation on Newsletter ads. GIF/JPG only.

    Standard creative must be sent at least 3 business days prior to campaign start date. All banner ads must include a web address (linking URL). Send files and URL to

    Rich Media Ads


    Ad Unit Size Weight Timing Frequency Mouseover / Mouse Off
    Superbanner 728x90 40 kb 15 sec of animation /
    30 sec of video
    No Limit Extension Panel Size=728x279, fully expanded ad size=728x360 maximum, position of extension panel (up/down) depends on where ad resides on Webpage
    Big Box 300x250 40 kb 15 sec of animation /
    30 sec of video
    No Limit Extension Panel Size=300x250, fully expanded ad size=600x250 maximum, position of extension panel (up/down) depends on where ad resides on Webpage
    Skyscraper 160x600 40 kb 15 sec of animation /
    30 sec of video
    No Limit Extension Panel Size=160x600, fully expanded ad size=320x600 maximum, position of extension panel (up/down) depends on where ad resides on Webpage
    Pageover / Floating Ads 500x500 (max) 80 kb 7 sec. - self terminating (Ad disappears off page or "lands" in originating or other ad unit) Note : User interaction overrides the 7 sec. limit 1 per visitor session No expansion

    Additional Filesize "Polite" Download : 2.2MB additional (Note : Additional bandwidth to be paid by advertiser)
    Videos : Can Play Automatically
    Audio : Must Always be user-initiated
    Control Must Haves : audio on/off, video stop/play/pause, IAB standard close box; top right corner location, "close" box appears no later than 4 sec. following initiation
    Flash Specifics : 18 frames per sec. Minimum player version 8

    Creative must be sent at least 5 business days prior to campaign start time. Note that all banner ads must include a web address for the site that the banner will link to. Send files to

    Contact Grant Crosbie at lilianev@nowtoronto.com or 416-364-1300 x318 to book your campaign today!


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