Ross River is a close-knit community, with 355 people counted in 2021 across 20 square kilometres of land. Those numbers say a lot about what a Ross River business website needs to do. Aria builds your website for CA$119 a month: domain, email and hosting included, and nothing to pay until you approve it.
No setup fee: you only pay the CA$119 monthly fee after you approve your website.
Who is in business in Ross River
For Ross River, the clearest picture comes from the jobs residents hold: public administration (25.9%), educational services (14.8%) and retail trade (11.1%).
Who is searching in Ross River
Most people in Ross River (84.5%) were born in Yukon. Mention the places around Ross River you cover, so customers see their own town on the page. Active commuting is common: 36.0% walk or bike to work. Foot traffic matters, so make your street address and hours easy to find.
Short commutes are the norm: 80.0% take less than 15 minutes. Most customers live and work nearby, so the streets and places you name matter.
One-person and shared households are 43.8% of the total. Smaller households value delivery and quick service.
The 2021 Census picture of Ross River
The municipality covers 20 square kilometres of land, about 17.3 people per square kilometre. Ross River has 160 occupied private dwellings; 21.9% are owned by the people living in them. The median household income in Ross River was $61,200 in 2020, below the Yukon median of $100,000, so clear prices matter. Half of the residents of Ross River are older than 40.4; across Yukon, that line is 39.2.
Other numbers worth knowing
- Trades certificates (ages 25 to 64): 10.0%
- Children under 5: 4.2%
- Share of residents who are immigrants: 4.2%
- Worked at home (May 2021): 7.4%
- Private dwellings: 184
Side by side with Yukon
On renting, Ross River (15.6%) compares with 32.2% for the territory as a whole. Commuters who drive: 60.0% in Ross River, against 84.6% across Yukon. Residents aged 65 and over: 11.3% in Ross River, against 15.0% across Yukon.
What happens once you sign up
Aria is a web design team that has been building small business websites since 2008. It all runs online, so a Ross River business pays the same CA$119 a month as anyone else in Canada.
- Start with the online sign-up (about 5 minutes) and tell us what the business does.
- Within 3 business days, your website is ready on a temporary link, built with your brand on a proven professional template.
- Once you say it is ready, you pay the first month and we publish it on your domain.
After launch, you keep asking for changes by email: a new photo, an updated price, a new service. They are part of the monthly 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
The legal basics for Ross River 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
- 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
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 Ross River business
What do I need to send?
Your logo, a few photos of your work or premises and a short description of what you offer, all by email. We build the pages and you approve every one.
How long until my website is ready?
Within 3 business days of receiving your material, the website is ready on a temporary link. It goes live on your domain after you approve it and the first monthly fee is paid.
Do I need a domain already?
If you have one, keep it: we point it to the website. If not, mention it when you sign up and we sort out the options with you by email.
Which platform do you use?
Your website runs on the Aria Platform, built on WordPress and maintained by us: hosting, SSL, daily backups and security updates included.
How do we work together if I am in Ross River?
We work online from start to finish. You email your logo, photos and texts, and you approve the site on a temporary link.
Will customers in Ross River 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 open fast.
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.
Ready to get your Ross River business online?
Tell us about your business in the sign-up form and we take it from there, by email.
- Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (population and dwelling counts, age, income, housing, language, immigration, commuting, place of work and education tables) for Ross River. 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.