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Create GA4-compatible campaign tracking URLs for Canada marketing campaigns across paid ads, email, social, affiliate, and QR placements.

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Canada-specific tracking guidance

Canada campaign tracking should separate local market performance from global or regional reporting. Use content values for province, language, or regional placement details. Use UTM values to identify the source, channel, campaign, and market-specific placement.

GA4 sees this traffic through the UTM values attached to the landing URL. For this page, the recommended starting point is source newsletter and medium paid_social. That pairing keeps reports readable and makes it easier to compare this traffic against email, paid search, social, affiliate, QR, and referral campaigns.

The goal is not to create a different naming system for every page. The goal is to document practical defaults, show examples, and connect the page to the wider campaign tracking workflow. Use this page when planning campaign URLs, briefing team members, or auditing whether existing links follow a reliable pattern.

Recommended UTM structure

Source

utm_source=newsletter

Medium

utm_medium=paid_social

Campaign

utm_campaign=ca_campaign

Content

utm_content=market_cta

Example URLs

https://example.com/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=paid_social&utm_campaign=ca_campaign&utm_content=market_cta

https://example.com/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=paid_social&utm_campaign=ca_campaign&utm_content=footer_link

https://example.com/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=paid_social&utm_campaign=product_launch&utm_content=market_cta

Best practices

Include market-specific campaign names or content values when Canada campaigns differ from global messaging.
Keep source and medium lowercase so reports do not split traffic into duplicate rows.
Use campaign values for the initiative, not every tiny placement detail.
Use content values for ad-level tracking, creative variants, placements, or page locations.

Common mistakes

A common Canada tracking mistake is mixing local campaigns with global campaign names, which makes CA performance harder to isolate in GA4.

Other common mistakes include uppercase values, spaces in campaign names, inconsistent separators, missing campaign names, and using one broad campaign label for every placement. Validate links before launch and keep a shared naming document for future campaigns.

FAQ

What source should I use for Canada?

Use newsletter as a practical starting point when you want reports to identify Canada traffic clearly.

What medium should I use for Canada?

Use paid_social when it matches the channel type. Keep medium values consistent across similar campaigns.

Does GA4 support Canada UTM links?

Yes. GA4 can read UTM source, medium, campaign, content, and term values from tagged landing URLs.

Should UTM values be lowercase?

Yes. Lowercase values reduce fragmented reports and make campaign data easier to compare.