25.9% of adults aged 25 to 64 in Golden Days hold an apprenticeship or trades certificate, above the Alberta share of 9.6%. Those numbers say a lot about what a Golden Days business website needs to do. 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.
Golden Days, AB: the place behind the numbers
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.
Know your Golden Days audience
83.3% of the people in Golden Days were born in Alberta. Name the communities you serve, so people recognise their own.
90.5% of households live in single-detached houses. Renovators, landscapers and other trades should show photos of finished jobs.
24.5% of residents are 65 or older (Alberta: 14.8%). Adult children often search on their behalf, so the basics should be obvious.
92.3% of commuters drive to work. Parking details and a map save customers a phone call.
Population and households in Golden Days
With a median age of 58.0 (Alberta: 38.4), the population of Golden Days is older than Alberta overall. Of the 117 households in Golden Days, 90.5% own and 9.5% rent.
A few more figures
- Worked at home (May 2021): 18.8%
- Children under 5: 4.1%
- Density: 116.7 people per km²
- Trades certificates (ages 25 to 64): 25.9%
- Private dwellings: 284
- No fixed workplace (trades, delivery, sales): 25.0%
- Adults 25 to 64 with a college diploma: 22.2%
How Golden Days compares with Alberta
The share of households that rent is 9.5% in Golden Days and 28.5% in Alberta. On local roots, Golden Days (83.3%) compares with 51.8% for the province as a whole. The share of residents under 15 is 12.2% in Golden Days and 19.0% in Alberta.
Golden Days and the surrounding area
Nearby municipalities include Itaska Beach (1.9 km northwest), Argentia Beach (3.3 km east) and Sundance Beach (4.6 km northwest). The nearest large city, Edmonton, is about 65 km away to the northeast. It is part of the Edmonton census metropolitan area. A website can name each place you serve, from Itaska Beach to Silver Beach.
Itaska Beach (30 residents) and Argentia Beach (39) are the closest neighbours with their own page.
The business mix in Golden Days
Residents of Golden Days work mainly in real estate and rental and leasing (12.5%), professional, scientific and technical services (12.5%) and mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (12.5%); those are the customers and the competitors of a local business.
From sign-up to launch, for Golden Days businesses
Aria has been building business websites and online shops since 2008, and every project runs online. 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.
- Do the online sign-up (about 5 minutes) and send your logo, photos and service list by email.
- 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, the first monthly fee is issued and the website goes live 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
What Alberta asks of a business online
Putting your business online does not change the rules, but these points are worth checking:
- 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
- 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.
Questions from Golden Days business owners
Can the website show seasonal hours?
Yes. Send us the dates and hours for each season by email and we keep the site current; it is included in the plan.
Can I cancel?
You can stop the service whenever you need to; there is no setup fee and no long-term commitment.
Does the plan include business email?
Email on your own domain comes with the plan, such as info@yourbusiness: unlimited accounts, 5 GB of storage in total, webmail and spam filtering.
I also work in Itaska Beach. Can the website show that?
Yes. We add a list of the towns you serve, Itaska Beach and Argentia Beach included, with the contact form one tap away.
Who writes the text and picks the photos?
Phone photos of your real work often work better than stock images. Email them with your logo and a list of services.
I already own a domain. Can I keep it?
If you already own one, we connect it to the new website and your email. If not, tell us in the sign-up and we will help you pick one, by email.
Who keeps the website up to date?
Email us the change (a new price, a photo, a new service) and the team updates the site. Content changes are part of the monthly fee.
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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- 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.
- Locations: Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB), contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada; distances are straight-line.
- Numbers come from the official sources above and are updated when new releases come out; distances are measured in a straight line.