When the 2021 Census was taken in May, 40.4% of employed residents of West Vancouver worked from home. Good web design in West Vancouver starts with that picture. Our team builds a professional site for your business 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.
The local picture in West Vancouver
Customers aged 65 and over, 28.5% of West Vancouver, often arrive at a website through a family member who is checking on their behalf. Plain language and visible contact details help both of them.
Many households in West Vancouver speak a language other than English or French at home (24.7%). Plain wording, good photos and an easy contact form make your website easier for everyone to use.
Apartment living (21.5% of households in towers of five storeys or more) shapes what people buy: delivery, nearby services and anything that saves space or time. Your site should say clearly where you deliver and how to reach you.
West Vancouver businesses and what their websites need
West Vancouver had 2,491 employer businesses in June 2026. The sectors below are more common here than across British Columbia, with what each one’s website should show:
- Real estate agents and property managers (279 locations): their contact details and a valuation request form.
- Clinics, dentists, physiotherapists and other health offices (337 locations): the treatments offered and hours and how to reach the clinic.
- Professional services such as accountants, lawyers and engineers (410 locations): how a first consultation works and office address and hours.
- Home builders and renovators (107 locations): the areas they build in and how a quote request works.
Most are small: 74.3% of them had one to four employees.
Among residents who work, the largest sectors are professional, scientific and technical services (18.7%), health care and social assistance (10.6%) and retail trade (10.1%).
The area your West Vancouver website can cover
Within a short drive of West Vancouver: North Vancouver (6.3 km, pop. 88,168), North Vancouver (Greater Vancouver) (6.3 km, pop. 58,120), Vancouver (8.5 km, pop. 662,248), Bowen Island (14 km, pop. 4,256) and Lions Bay (15 km, pop. 1,390). It is part of the Vancouver census metropolitan area. The nearest large city, Vancouver, is about 8.5 km away to the southeast. A website can name each place you serve, from Vancouver to Bowen Island.
Next to West Vancouver, North Vancouver counted 88,168 people in 2021, with a median household income of $123,000. Median household income was $123,000 in North Vancouver and $86,000 in North Vancouver (Greater Vancouver), compared with $104,000 in West Vancouver.
West Vancouver in numbers
Spread over 87 square kilometres, West Vancouver has a density of 506.1 residents per square kilometre. Half of the residents of West Vancouver are older than 50.8; across British Columbia, that line is 42.8. West Vancouver has 17,690 occupied private dwellings; 70.9% are owned by the people living in them. Households in West Vancouver reported a median total income of $104,000 in 2020, above the British Columbia median of $85,000.
Other numbers worth knowing
- Typical trip to work: 23.3 minutes on average
- Share of residents who are immigrants: 45.7%
- College or CEGEP diploma (ages 25 to 64): 11.7%
- Private dwellings: 18,795
- Children under 5: 2.9%
- Workers with no fixed workplace address: 9.4%
- Mainly speak a non-official language at home: 24.7%
Side by side with British Columbia
The share of employed residents working at home in May 2021 is 40.4% in West Vancouver and 22.6% in British Columbia. On the senior share, West Vancouver (28.5%) compares with 20.3% for the province as a whole.
The people a West Vancouver website talks to
9.5% of commuters walk or cycle to work. Show where you are relative to the main streets helps.
55.7% of households live in single-detached houses. Photos of completed projects are what homeowners look for.
West Vancouver since 2016
The population went from 42,473 in 2016 to 44,122 in 2021, a gain of 3.9%. Over the same five years, British Columbia grew 7.6%.
The legal basics for West Vancouver 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:
- 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.
How the CA$119 plan works
Our team has been designing websites for small businesses since 2008. Wherever in British Columbia you are, the price is the same: one monthly fee of CA$119, and email is how we talk.
- Fill in the sign-up form at cadastro.ariaserv.com; it takes about 5 minutes.
- You get a temporary link within 3 business days, so you can click through every page and ask for changes by email.
- Once you approve it, the first monthly fee is issued and the website goes live on your domain, together with your business email.
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
Questions from West Vancouver business owners
Who writes the text and picks the photos?
Real photos taken with a good phone often work better than stock images. Email them with your logo and a list of services.
Can I add a page for the area I cover around West Vancouver?
Yes. A section on the site can name North Vancouver, North Vancouver (Greater Vancouver), Vancouver and the rest of the places you cover; just send us the list by email.
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.
How many email accounts do I get?
As many addresses on your domain as you need, sharing 5 GB in total, with webmail and spam filtering.
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.
When does the site go live?
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 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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- Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (population and dwelling counts, age, income, housing, language, immigration, commuting, place of work and education tables) for West Vancouver. Reproduced and distributed on an 'as is' basis with the permission of Statistics Canada.
- Employer businesses in West Vancouver and British Columbia: Statistics Canada, tables 33-10-1176 and 33-10-1174 (Canadian Business Counts, June 2026).
- Locations: Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB), contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada; distances are straight-line.
- Localities of West Vancouver: Statistics Canada, Standard Geographical Classification 2021.
- Numbers come from the official sources above and are updated when new releases come out; distances are measured in a straight line.