Long commutes are common in McIvers: 28.6% of workers travelled 60 minutes or more each way in 2021. Those numbers say a lot about what a McIvers business website needs to do. For CA$119 a month, we set up a professional website with your brand, email on your domain and hosting, with no setup fee.
No setup fee: you only pay the CA$119 monthly fee after you approve your website.
Doing business in McIvers
Homeowners (87.5% of households in McIvers) spend on renovations, landscaping, repairs and services for the house. For trades and home services, photos of finished work and a clear service area are what turn a search into a quote request.
Customers in McIvers: what the census shows
Most workers (94.3%) commute by car, truck or van. Parking details and a map answer the first question many drivers have.
How McIvers is changing
McIvers added 37 residents between the last two censuses (6.9%). Over the same five years, Newfoundland and Labrador grew -1.8%.
Industries that stand out in McIvers
Residents of McIvers work mainly in health care and social assistance (38.5%), construction (10.3%) and agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10.3%); those are the customers and the competitors of a local business.
Key numbers for McIvers
The median household income in McIvers was $64,500 in 2020, below the Newfoundland and Labrador median of $71,500, so clear prices matter. The median age is 53.6, compared with 48.4 for Newfoundland and Labrador. The municipality covers 12 square kilometres of land, about 48.0 people per square kilometre. McIvers has 240 occupied private dwellings; 87.5% are owned by the people living in them.
Other numbers worth knowing
- Total private dwellings (2021): 264
- Residents per square kilometre: 48.0
- Worked at home (May 2021): 12.8%
- College or CEGEP diploma (ages 25 to 64): 28.0%
- Workers travelling 60+ minutes each way: 28.6%
How McIvers compares with Newfoundland and Labrador
The share of residents born in Newfoundland and Labrador is 86.1% in McIvers and 87.2% in Newfoundland and Labrador. Commuters who drive: 94.3% in McIvers, against 88.9% across Newfoundland and Labrador. On the share of children, McIvers (12.2%) compares with 13.4% for the province as a whole.
Getting a McIvers business online: the steps
Since 2008, Aria has been setting up websites, domains and business email for small companies. The plan is the same in McIvers as in any other town in Canada: one monthly fee, everything arranged by email.
- Sign up online in roughly 5 minutes, then email us your logo and a few photos.
- We put the site together with your logo, colours and photos, and send you a temporary link within 3 business days.
- Once you approve it, the first monthly fee is issued and the website goes live on your domain, together with your business email.
A price change or a fresh photo: email it in and our team updates the site, included in the fee.
- A business website or an online store, for the same monthly fee
- Your own domain: bring the one you have, or we help you pick one
- Email on your domain: unlimited accounts, 5 GB in total, webmail and spam filtering
- Hosting, an SSL certificate and a daily backup
- Text, photo and price updates whenever you email us
- Ready within 3 business days on a temporary link
Rules to know before your McIvers website goes live
Before launch, it helps to have the basics in order. These apply to many small businesses in Newfoundland and Labrador:
- PIPEDA sets the ground rules for how private-sector organizations collect, use and disclose personal information. Office of the Privacy Commissioner: PIPEDA
- Consent is at the heart of Canada’s anti-spam legislation (CASL): express consent means someone has agreed, verbally or in writing, to receive a commercial electronic message from you, and senders should be ready to provide proof of that consent. Canada’s anti-spam legislation
This is general information, not legal advice; confirm the details with the agency behind each item or with a professional adviser.
Answers for Newfoundland and Labrador business owners
Who keeps the website up to date?
Send the new details by email and we update the pages; it is included in the CA$119 plan.
Am I tied in for a year?
No lock-in. The plan is month to month at CA$119, with nothing to pay before you approve the website.
What is the website built on?
On the Aria Platform, which is built on WordPress and set up by our team, so you get a professional site without dealing with the technical side.
Can customers order from my website?
Yes. Tick the online store option when you sign up and you get catalogue, cart and online payment at the same monthly fee.
How do I keep in touch with the team?
No meetings needed: we talk by email at support@ariaserv.com, and you see the full website on a temporary link before approving it.
Who writes the text and picks the photos?
Send what you have; we put it into a proven template with your colours and logo, and you review all the text before anything goes live.
Do I pay anything to get started?
No. No setup fee: you only pay the CA$119 monthly fee after you approve your website. No long-term contract. You can stop the service whenever you need to.
Newfoundland and Labrador
Let's build your McIvers website
Tell us about your business in the sign-up form and we take it from there, by email.
- Population, dwellings, land area, age, households, income, housing, language, place of birth, commuting, work and education: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (tables 98-10-0002, 98-10-0022, 98-10-0057, 98-10-0193, 98-10-0240, 98-10-0307, 98-10-0400, 98-10-0456 and 98-10-0458). Reproduced and distributed on an 'as is' basis with the permission of Statistics Canada.
- Numbers come from the official sources above and are updated when new releases come out; distances are measured in a straight line.