West Point is a homeowners’ town: 93.3% of households own, and most live in single-detached houses (100.0%). That shapes what a good website for a business in West Point should show first. 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.
West Point at a glance
Homes without usual residents include cottages and seasonal properties. If part of your trade comes from their owners or guests, your West Point website should show seasonal hours, what you offer in each season and how to reach you by email.
Know your West Point audience
100.0% of commuters drive to work. Parking details and a map answer the first question many drivers have. 89.2% of residents were born in Prince Edward Island. Local roots matter here: tell them since when you have been in business.
One hour or more: that is the commute for 11.8% of workers in West Point. Many errands happen in the evening, so a contact form that takes messages after hours helps.
27.7% of residents are 65 or older (Prince Edward Island: 21.2%). A family member often does the search for them, so the basics should be obvious.
Who is in business in West Point
For West Point, the clearest picture comes from the jobs residents hold: agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (27.8%), public administration (22.2%) and retail trade (11.1%).
West Point by the numbers
The census counted 101 households in West Point, and 93.3% of them own their home.
More 2021 Census figures for West Point
- Share of residents under 5: 2.1%
- Residents aged 85 and over: 2.1%
- Workers with no fixed workplace address: 22.2%
- Workers travelling 60+ minutes each way: 11.8%
- College or CEGEP diploma (ages 25 to 64): 41.2%
- Private dwellings: 146
- Mean commuting time: 27.4 minutes
Side by side with Prince Edward Island
On driving to work, West Point (100.0%) compares with 92.4% for the province as a whole. On home ownership, West Point (93.3%) compares with 68.8% for the province as a whole.
The area your West Point website can cover
Customers may also come from O’Leary Town (14 km northeast), O’Leary (14 km northeast) and Abram-Village (30 km southeast). Administratively, West Point belongs to Prince County. If you work in O’Leary or Abram-Village as well, the site can say so on a service area page.
O’Leary Town has 876 residents and a median age of 51.2, against 52.0 in West Point. In O’Leary Town, 38.7% of households own their home; in West Point, 93.3%.
Getting a West Point business online: the steps
Aria is a web design team that has been building small business websites since 2008. Wherever in Prince Edward Island you are, the price is the same: one monthly fee of CA$119, and we keep in touch by email.
- Complete the 5-minute sign-up and email us whatever material you already have.
- 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.
Hosting, the SSL certificate, daily backups and security updates stay with us, and content 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
What Prince Edward Island asks of a business online
Before launch, it helps to have the basics in order. These apply to many small businesses in Prince Edward Island:
- 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.
Before you sign up: common questions
Is a website worth it in a municipality of 235 people?
Your market is bigger than the municipality. People across Prince County look up services online, and a clear website brings them to you.
Most of my customers are seasonal. Is a website still worth it?
Yes. Send us the dates and hours for each season by email and we keep the site current; it is included in the plan.
Do we need to meet?
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 maintained by us: hosting, SSL, daily backups and security updates included.
Can the website be an online store?
Yes. The plan can be an online store with a catalogue, a cart and online payment, for the same CA$119 a month.
Can I have an email address with my business name?
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.
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 West Point: 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.
- 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.
- Figures are the latest official releases when this page was written; distances are straight-line.