--- title: "Schema Markup for Vancouver Businesses: 2026 Guide | Khan IT" description: "A complete guide to schema markup (structured data) for Vancouver and BC businesses — LocalBusiness, FAQ, Organization schema, common mistakes, and how schema boosts AI search citations in 2026." canonical: "https://khanit.ca/blog/schema-markup-vancouver-businesses" breadcrumb: ["Home", "Blog", "Schema Markup for Vancouver Businesses: 2026 Guide"] author: "Md Faruk Khan" published: "2026-07-22" updated: "2026-07-22" --- # Schema Markup for Vancouver Businesses: 2026 Guide | Khan IT ![Schema markup code example for a Vancouver local business — JSON-LD structured data diagram](https://khanit.ca/_next/image?url=%2Fog%2Fkhan-it-og.png&w=3840&q=75) Schema markup is structured data you add to your website that helps Google — and AI engines like ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews — understand exactly what your business is, what services you offer, and where you serve. For Vancouver businesses, implementing the right schema correctly is one of the highest-ROI technical SEO actions you can take: it enables rich results in search, strengthens your entity signals for AI citation, and costs nothing but a bit of developer time. This guide covers exactly what schema your Vancouver business needs, how to implement it, and the common mistakes that silently break it. If you need the full picture on how schema fits into your broader technical SEO strategy, start with our [technical SEO audit checklist for Vancouver](https://khanit.ca/blog/technical-seo-audit-vancouver-checklist) or our [Technical SEO services page](https://khanit.ca/services/technical-seo). ## What is schema markup? Schema markup (also called structured data) is a standardised format — defined by schema.org — for annotating your website's content so machines can interpret it. Instead of Google having to guess that a phone number on your page is a phone number, you explicitly mark it up with `telephone` inside a `LocalBusiness` block. Instead of guessing when a blog post was published, you provide `datePublished` inside an `Article` block. Schema is written in JSON-LD format (Google's preferred format since 2015) and placed inside a `