French is part of daily life in Harris: 30.2% of residents have French as their first official language. Good web design in Harris should reflect that. Our CA$119 plan covers the website or online store, your domain, email and hosting, ready within 3 business days on a temporary link.
No setup fee: you only pay the CA$119 monthly fee after you approve your website.
Doing business in Harris
With 10.3% of working-age adults holding a trades certificate, Harris has a lot of skilled tradespeople, and a lot of competition among them. A website with photos of real jobs and the areas you cover helps you stand out.
Serving Harris and nearby
Within a short drive of Harris: Casey (8.7 km), Temiskaming Shores (10 km), Harley (11 km), Hudson (17 km) and Cobalt (17 km). The nearest large city, Greater Sudbury, is about 155 km away to the southwest. Harris is part of Timiskaming District. If you work in Hudson or Casey as well, the site can say so on a service area page.
Next to Harris, Casey counted 341 people in 2021, with a median household income of $95,000. In Casey, 96.2% of households own their home; in Harris, 90.9%.
Population trend in Harris
Harris has 15 fewer residents than in 2016, a change of 2.8%. For comparison, Ontario as a whole grew 5.8% from 2016 to 2021.
Local businesses in Harris
In June 2026, Statistics Canada counted 18 businesses with employees in Harris. The largest groups, and what their websites should show:
- Clinics, dentists, physiotherapists and other health offices, 4 in Harris: the site should show the treatments offered and the practitioners and their credentials.
Most are small: 61.1% of them had one to four employees. Whatever the sector, customers check the same things first: what you do, where, and how to reach you.
The jobs residents hold are mostly in health care and social assistance (26.0%), agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12.0%) and public administration (10.0%).
Harris by the numbers
Harris has 205 occupied private dwellings; 90.9% are owned by the people living in them. The median age is 50.0, compared with 41.6 for Ontario. At $105,000, the median household income in Harris sits above the provincial figure ($91,000).
A few more figures
- Typical trip to work: 24.8 minutes on average
- Employed residents working from home in 2021: 16.0%
- Share of residents 85 or older: 0.9%
- College or CEGEP diploma (ages 25 to 64): 36.2%
- Households of couples with children: 26.8%
- Share of residents under 5: 5.7%
- Share of residents who are immigrants: 2.7%
How Harris compares with Ontario
On driving to work, Harris (95.2%) compares with 83.6% for the province as a whole. The share of residents aged 65 and over is 23.6% in Harris and 18.5% in Ontario.
Know your Harris audience
100.0% of households live in single-detached houses. Home services and trades should show real photos of past work. 92.0% of residents were born in Ontario. People here value local roots: tell them since when you have been in business.
Driving is how 95.2% of commuters in Harris get to work. Directions and your address on every page, in the footer.
11.9% of commuters travel an hour or more each way. Many errands happen in the evening, so an email form that works after hours helps.
How Aria builds your Harris website
Aria has built websites since 2008, always working online. Wherever in Ontario you are, the plan is identical: CA$119 a month, and we keep in touch by email.
- Sign up online in roughly 5 minutes, then email us your logo and a few photos.
- Within 3 business days, your website is ready on a temporary link, built with your brand on a proven professional template.
- When you are happy with it, you approve, the first CA$119 fee is issued, and the site is published on your domain.
After it goes live, hosting, SSL and daily backups are on our side, and the changes you email in are included.
- 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
Paperwork and rules for Ontario businesses online
Some homework for Harris businesses before the website goes live:
- Since January 1, 2021, the AODA has required a business or non-profit organization with 50 or more employees to make its public websites accessible: web content posted after January 1, 2012 must meet the WCAG 2.0 Level AA success criteria, with some exceptions. Ontario.ca: accessible websites (AODA)
- An online transaction worth more than $50 is covered by Ontario’s Consumer Protection Act, and the business must disclose certain information to the customer before the transaction is completed. Ontario.ca: online shopping
- 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
General information, not legal advice. Each link goes to the official page, where the details for your situation are.
Answers for Ontario business owners
Is a website worth it in a township of 530 people?
Your market is bigger than the township. People across Timiskaming District look up services online, and a clear website brings them to you.
Can I tell customers that we serve them in French?
You can say which languages your team speaks, on every page if you like. Send us the wording and we add it.
How fast can I see the website?
You see it within 3 business days. Then you ask for changes, approve, pay the first month, and it goes live with your email.
Will customers in Harris be able to use the site on their phones?
Yes, it is built to work on phones first, with buttons that are easy to tap and pages that load quickly.
Do we need to meet?
We work online from start to finish. You email your logo, photos and texts, and you approve the site on a temporary link.
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.
Your website, ready within 3 business days
No setup fee, no lock-in: you see the website on a temporary link before paying anything.
- Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (population and dwelling counts, age, income, housing, language, immigration, commuting, place of work and education tables) for Harris. Reproduced and distributed on an 'as is' basis with the permission of Statistics Canada.
- Businesses: Statistics Canada, Canadian Business Counts, with employees, June 2026 (tables 33-10-1176 and 33-10-1174).
- Distances to nearby places are straight-line, between points of the Canadian Geographical Names Database (Natural Resources Canada); contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- Numbers come from the official sources above and are updated when new releases come out; distances are measured in a straight line.