What are the most popular websites where Canadian women go to find
husbands?  I'm a mature man; I want to advertise myself on a small
number of them.  I know there are thousands of such sites; I want to
narrow the list down to the few that get the most female visitors.

Hi mitchell5,

Thank you for your interesting question. A study just recently came
out on which online dating sites Canadians visit the most.

Here are the results:


Top 10 Canada
Comscore Mediametrix ~ 7/06
1 NineMSN - Lavalife
2 Plentyoffish
3 Spark Networks
4 Canoe ReseauContact
5 Mate1
6 Love Happens
7 Netclub.fr
8 Yahoo Personals
9 TRUE
10 Quebecrencontres

http://onlinepersonalswatch.typepad.com/news/2005/10/online_personal_1.html
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Here is some further information on the above sites that publish some
of their demographic information.

1. LavaLife
http://www.lavalife.com/124/guest/welcome.act;jsessionid=3361BCA6378C80F58B2DF1544978457F.124?locale=en_CA
$100 million in annual revenue
"The number of [baby] boomers visiting Lavalife.com, a site known for
its young and urban clientele, has grown 39 percent over the last
three years..."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11300388/site/newsweek/

Unique Users: 5.8 million per month
39% Female 61% Male
http://www.lavalife.sympatico.msn.ca/124/guest/advertising.act;jsessionid=E1EDBDBD6E73FCA97F8E7F0618ACBFD3.124#demo

2. Plentyoffish
"Plentyoffish accounts for nearly 25% of English-speaking Canadian
online singles. More than 35,000 Canadian members visit
Plentyoffish.com each weekday looking for their perfect match."
http://www.corante.com/dating/archives/2005/07/06/plentyoffish_destroys_online_dating_business_model.php

4.  Canoe ReseauContact

Unique Visitors: 5.7 million in 2005
female to male ratio: 50 percent/50 percent
2.85 million female visitors monthly 
http://www.marketingmag.ca/webextras/content.jsp?content=20040721_124507_4852


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In addition to the above sites which get the most hits, there are
additional sites which specialize in bringing together older couples,
such as Perfect Match.

Perfect Match
http://www.perfectmatch.com/hp/indexs.asp?p=n
-- 63 percent of its users are 35 to 60


Additional sources:
http://www.presbyterianrecord.ca/index.php?dir=200602&id=feature-01


Search terms:
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If you need any additional help or clarifications, let me know and
I'll be glad to help.

--keystroke-ga

It depends on what kind of women you are looking for. Are your
intentions serious? Are you looking for a relationship that will end
up in marriage or do you want to advertise yourself as a commodity
that's up-for-sale?

I'm serious.  I want to get married.  I'm looking for a Canadian woman
from 40 to 55 years of age, intelligent, healthy, non-smoker, not
alchoholic nor drug abuser, not obese.   I'm all of those things, but
60 years old.