20.4% of adults aged 25 to 64 in Gillies hold an apprenticeship or trades certificate, above the Ontario share of 5.1%. A small business website in Gillies starts with that picture. Aria builds the whole site for CA$119 a month, with your domain, business email and hosting, and you only pay after approving it.
No setup fee: you only pay the CA$119 monthly fee after you approve your website.
Gillies at a glance
With fewer residents than in 2016, the customers who remain in Gillies tend to be loyal, and word of mouth still matters. A website backs that up: it is where people check your hours, confirm your number and send a friend your link.
Who is searching in Gillies
Most people in Gillies (90.0%) were born in Ontario. Mention the places around Gillies you cover, so people recognise their own. Single-detached houses hold 91.7% of households in Gillies. Before-and-after photos speak to homeowners.
96.3% of commuters drive to work. People look you up from the car park, so your address should open in a map with one tap.
22.7% of residents are 65 or older (Ontario: 18.5%). Large, readable text and a visible phone number and email help.
Local businesses in Gillies
Residents of Gillies work mainly in transportation and warehousing (17.5%), agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15.0%) and retail trade (10.0%); those are the customers and the competitors of a local business.
Serving Gillies and nearby
Within a short drive of Gillies: O’Connor (10 km north), Neebing (19 km southeast) and Oliver Paipoonge (20 km northeast). Administratively, Gillies belongs to Thunder Bay District. Thunder Bay is 36 km to the northeast. Statistics Canada places it in the Thunder Bay census metropolitan area. If you work in Conmee or O’Connor as well, the site can say so on a service area page.
In O’Connor, 96.5% of households own their home; in Gillies, 91.7%. O’Connor (689 residents) and Neebing (2,241) are the closest neighbours with their own page.
Gillies by the numbers
The census counted 186 households in Gillies, and 91.7% of them own their home. Household incomes in Gillies are in line with Ontario: a median of $90,000 against $91,000. The median age is 50.0, compared with 41.6 for Ontario.
More 2021 Census figures for Gillies
- Private dwellings: 208
- Households of couples with children: 24.3%
- College or CEGEP diploma (ages 25 to 64): 26.5%
- Households of people living alone or with non-relatives: 24.3%
- Workers travelling 60+ minutes each way: 7.4%
- Share of residents 85 or older: 2.3%
Side by side with Ontario
The share of employed residents working at home in May 2021 is 30.0% in Gillies and 29.7% in Ontario. On home ownership, Gillies (91.7%) compares with 68.4% for the province as a whole. Households that rent: 5.6% in Gillies, against 31.4% across Ontario.
The population fell from 474 in 2016 to 441 in 2021 (7.0%). Across Ontario, the population grew 5.8% over the same period.
Getting a Gillies business online: the steps
Since 2008, Aria has been setting up websites, domains and business email for small companies. Nothing needs to happen in person: you send what you have by email and see the whole website on a temporary link before it goes live.
- Start with the online sign-up (about 5 minutes) and tell us what the business does.
- We put the site together with your logo, colours and photos, and send you a temporary link within 3 business days.
- After your approval, you pay the first month and we publish it on your domain.
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
Running a business website from Gillies: the rules
Before launch, it helps to have the basics in order. These apply to many small businesses in Ontario:
- In Ontario, you need to register your sole proprietorship if you are not using your own name as your business name, and a business name registration is valid for 5 years. Ontario.ca: business names
- The Ontario Business Registry lets businesses and not-for-profit corporations complete over 90 transactions online, including registering, incorporating and updating their information. Ontario Business Registry
- 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
General information, not legal advice. Each link goes to the official page, where the details for your situation are.
Questions about a website for your Gillies business
Is a website worth it in a township of 441 people?
Yes. Customers from all over Thunder Bay District search before they drive in, and a website is how they find you. It also answers the basic questions (hours, prices, location) without a phone call.
Can the site list the places around Gillies that I cover?
Yes. Email us the places you serve (say O’Connor, Neebing and Oliver Paipoonge) and we put them on a page of their own.
What do I need to send?
Send what you have; we put it into a proven template with your colours and logo, and you review all the text before launch.
Do I need a domain already?
Your domain stays yours. Bring the one you have, or let us know you need one and we will help you choose.
How do I keep in touch with the team?
We work online from start to finish. Logo, photos and texts come by email, and you approve the site on a temporary link.
What is the website built on?
Your website runs on the Aria Platform, built on WordPress and looked after by our team: hosting, SSL, daily backups and security updates included.
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.
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- Census figures for Gillies: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population, data tables 98-10-0002 to 98-10-0458. Reproduced and distributed on an 'as is' basis with the permission of Statistics Canada.
- Employer businesses in Gillies and Ontario: Statistics Canada, tables 33-10-1176 and 33-10-1174 (Canadian Business Counts, June 2026).
- Where Gillies and its neighbours are: Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Geographical Names Database; contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- Place names inside Gillies: Statistics Canada, Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2021.
- Figures are the latest official releases when this page was written; distances are straight-line.