Dufferin skews young: 27.9% of the population is under 15. Those numbers say a lot about what a Dufferin business website needs to do. Our CA$119 plan covers the website or online store, your domain, email and hosting, ready within 3 business days on a temporary link.
No setup fee: you only pay the CA$119 monthly fee after you approve your website.
Who lives and works in Dufferin
Working from home was common in Dufferin in May 2021 (25.7% of employed residents). People who work locally shop locally, and they look up businesses on their laptops between meetings.
Customers in Dufferin: what the census shows
96.7% of households live in single-detached houses. Home services and trades should show real photos of past work. Most workers (93.5%) commute by car, truck or van. People look you up from the car park, so your address should open in a map with one tap.
Trades certificates are held by 10.1% of working-age adults in Dufferin. Competition among trades is strong, so a portfolio sets you apart.
At home, 13.0% of people in Dufferin speak mainly a language other than English or French. Short sentences and visible prices work across languages.
Population trend in Dufferin
Dufferin added 108 residents between the last two censuses (4.4%). Over the same five years, Manitoba grew 5.0%.
Where Dufferin sits in Manitoba
Within a short drive of Dufferin: Carman (6 km), Grey (20 km), Roland (24 km) and Morden (37 km). The nearest large city, Winnipeg, is about 78 km away to the northeast. A website can name each place you serve, from Morden to Carman.
In Carman, 76.8% of households own their home; in Dufferin, 90.8%. Median household income was $67,500 in Carman and $73,500 in Grey, compared with $89,000 in Dufferin.
The 2021 Census picture of Dufferin
The median age is 34.8, compared with 38.4 for Manitoba. Households in Dufferin reported a median total income of $89,000 in 2020, above the Manitoba median of $79,500. Spread over 916 square kilometres, Dufferin has a density of 2.8 residents per square kilometre. Of the 761 households in Dufferin, 90.8% own and 9.2% rent.
A few more figures
- Trades certificates (ages 25 to 64): 10.1%
- Children under 5: 7.9%
- Workers travelling 60+ minutes each way: 6.5%
- Density: 2.8 people per km²
- Workers with no fixed workplace address: 13.3%
- Share of residents 85 or older: 0.8%
- Couples with children, share of households: 40.1%
How Dufferin compares with Manitoba
The share of employed residents working at home in May 2021 is 25.7% in Dufferin and 17.0% in Manitoba. Residents under 15: 27.9% in Dufferin, against 18.8% across Manitoba.
The business mix in Dufferin
In June 2026, Statistics Canada counted 21 businesses with employees in Dufferin. The largest groups, and what their websites should show:
- Farms and agricultural businesses, 5 in Dufferin: the site should show a form for wholesale enquiries and what they grow or raise.
- Specialty trades such as electricians, plumbers and roofers, 4 in Dufferin: the site should show emergency contact details and hours and a quote form that lands in their inbox.
Small firms dominate: 42.9% had fewer than five employees. In every one of these sectors, the website that wins is the one that answers questions before the customer has to ask.
Among residents who work, the largest sectors are agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (35.7%), health care and social assistance (13.3%) and other services (except public administration) (8.4%).
Your website, built remotely for Dufferin
Aria is a web design team that has been building small business websites since 2008. Wherever in Manitoba you are, the price is the same: CA$119 a month, and we keep in touch by email.
- Sign up online in roughly 5 minutes, then email us your logo and a few photos.
- Within 3 business days, a temporary link shows you the full website, with your colours and logo.
- After your approval, you pay the first month and we publish it on your domain.
After it goes live, hosting, SSL and daily backups are on our side, and the 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
Rules to know before your Dufferin website goes live
Selling or advertising online does not change the rules, but these points often come up:
- 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
Every business is different, so treat this as general information, not legal advice, and check the official pages linked above.
Questions from Dufferin business owners
When does the site go live?
You see it within 3 business days. Then you ask for changes, approve, pay the first month, and it goes live with your email.
How do we work together if I am in Dufferin?
Everything happens by email: you send material and change requests, and you check the whole site on a temporary link before anything is published.
Can I update prices after the site is live?
Send the new prices or texts by email and we update the pages; it is included in the CA$119 plan.
Is there a minimum contract?
You can stop the service whenever you need to; there is no setup fee and no long-term commitment.
What about my domain name?
Your domain stays yours. Bring the one you have, or let us know you need one and we will help you choose.
Can I have an email address with my business name?
Unlimited accounts on your domain, within 5 GB of total storage, plus webmail and spam filtering, all in the CA$119 plan.
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.
Put your Dufferin business on the map online
The sign-up takes about 5 minutes. You only pay after you approve the website.
- Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (population and dwelling counts, age, income, housing, language, immigration, commuting, place of work and education tables) for Dufferin. Reproduced and distributed on an 'as is' basis with the permission of Statistics Canada.
- Business counts for Dufferin: Statistics Canada, Canadian Business Counts with employees, June 2026 (tables 33-10-1176 and 33-10-1174).
- 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.
- Communities within the municipality: Statistics Canada, Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2021.
- Figures are the latest official releases when this page was written; distances are straight-line.