Web Design in Canterbury, New Brunswick

Canterbury at a glance

If you serve cottage owners or seasonal visitors, they will look you up online before they come, so seasonal hours and a quick contact form matter.

Serving Canterbury and nearby

Nearby municipalities include Canterbury Village (0 km north), Meductic (11 km north), Southampton (18 km northeast) and Northampton (21 km north). Administratively, Canterbury belongs to York County. If you work in Southampton or Northampton as well, the site can say so on a service area page.

In Canterbury Village, 93.3% of households own their home; in Canterbury, 95.8%. Next to Canterbury, Canterbury Village counted 320 people in 2021, with a median household income of $65,000.

Who is in business in Canterbury

For Canterbury, the clearest picture comes from the jobs residents hold: health care and social assistance (21.1%), retail trade (13.2%) and manufacturing (10.5%).

Know your Canterbury audience

Most workers (100.0%) commute by car, truck or van. Put your address and directions where they are easy to find.

27.9% of residents are 65 or older (New Brunswick: 22.8%). Opening hours and the address should be visible without scrolling.

Canterbury in numbers

Of the 248 households in Canterbury, 95.8% own and 4.2% rent. With a median household income of $62,000 (2020), compared with $70,000 across New Brunswick, customers in Canterbury value seeing prices up front. With a median age of 54.8 (New Brunswick: 46.8), the population of Canterbury is older than New Brunswick overall. Spread over 551 square kilometres, Canterbury has a density of 1.0 residents per square kilometre.

A few more figures

• Mainly speak a non-official language at home: 0.9%
• Share of residents who are immigrants: 1.9%
• Residents aged 85 and over: 0.9%
• College or CEGEP diploma (ages 25 to 64): 24.5%
• Typical trip to work: 28.2 minutes on average
• Total private dwellings (2021): 419
• Density: 1.0 people per km²

How Canterbury compares with New Brunswick

Employed residents working at home in May 2021: 13.2% in Canterbury, against 15.9% across New Brunswick. On the share of children, Canterbury (11.7%) compares with 14.3% for the province as a whole. The share of residents aged 65 and over is 27.9% in Canterbury and 22.8% in New Brunswick.

Canterbury added 27 residents between the last two censuses (5.1%). For comparison, New Brunswick as a whole grew 3.8% from 2016 to 2021.

Paperwork and rules for New Brunswick businesses online

A website does not need a special licence, but the business behind it follows the usual rules. A few that come up often:

• PIPEDA sets the ground rules for how private-sector organizations collect, use and disclose personal information. Office of the Privacy Commissioner: PIPEDA
• Under Canadian competition law, it is against the law to make materially false or misleading representations to promote a product, service or business interest, and the law also prohibits the unauthorized use or distortion of tests and testimonials. Competition Bureau

This is general information, not legal advice; confirm the details with the agency behind each item or with a professional adviser.

A CA$119 website, step by step

We are a web design team that has been building small business websites since 2008. The plan is the same in Canterbury as in any other town in Canada: one monthly fee, everything arranged by email.

1. Start with the online sign-up (about 5 minutes) and tell us what the business does.
2. We put the site together with your logo, colours and photos, and send you a temporary link within 3 business days.
3. Approve the site and pay the first month: only then does it go live on your domain.

New prices, new photos, a new service page: send it by email and it is done, with no extra charge.