24.7% of the people in Selkirk are 65 or older, well above the provincial share of 17.1%. Those numbers say a lot about what a Selkirk business website needs to do. For CA$119 a month, we set up a professional website with your brand, email on your domain and hosting, with no setup fee.
No setup fee: you only pay the CA$119 monthly fee after you approve your website.
Selkirk at a glance
Selkirk counted 392 businesses with employees in June 2026, and 45.2% of them had one to four employees. Most of your competition is small and local too, so a professional website is a real differentiator.
The 2021 Census picture of Selkirk
The census counted 4,417 households in Selkirk, and 60.1% of them own their home. With a median household income of $68,000 (2020), compared with $79,500 across Manitoba, customers in Selkirk value seeing prices up front.
Other numbers worth knowing
- Other languages most spoken at home: 3.8%
- Commutes of an hour or more: 4.2%
- One-person and shared households: 37.8%
- Mean commuting time: 19.6 minutes
- Share of residents under 5: 5.0%
- Share of residents 85 or older: 4.3%
Side by side with Manitoba
Residents aged 65 and over: 24.7% in Selkirk, against 17.1% across Manitoba. The share of residents under 15 is 15.7% in Selkirk and 18.8% in Manitoba. The share of employed residents working at home in May 2021 is 9.8% in Selkirk and 17.0% in Manitoba.
The population went from 10,278 in 2016 to 10,504 in 2021, a gain of 2.2%. For comparison, Manitoba as a whole grew 5.0% from 2016 to 2021.
Around Selkirk
Nearby municipalities include St. Clements (9.8 km east), St. Andrews (14 km northwest), East St. Paul (21 km southwest) and West St. Paul (26 km southwest). The nearest large city, Winnipeg, is about 34 km away to the southwest. If you work in West St. Paul or St. Andrews as well, the site can say so on a service area page.
In St. Clements, 95.1% of households own their home; in Selkirk, 60.1%. Median household income was $95,000 in St. Clements and $106,000 in St. Andrews, compared with $68,000 in Selkirk.
The business mix in Selkirk
In June 2026, Statistics Canada counted 392 businesses with employees in Selkirk. Compared with Manitoba as a whole, these sectors have a larger presence:
- Child care and social services, 16 in Selkirk: the site should show staff qualifications and how enrolment works.
- Sporting goods, hobby, book and gift stores, 13 in Selkirk: the site should show opening hours and an online shop.
- Real estate agents and property managers, 16 in Selkirk: the site should show current listings with photos and their contact details.
- Repair and maintenance shops, 16 in Selkirk: the site should show a request form and turnaround times.
In every one of these sectors, the website that wins is the one that answers questions before the customer has to ask.
The jobs residents hold are mostly in health care and social assistance (21.6%), retail trade (14.2%) and educational services (8.6%).
Customers in Selkirk: what the census shows
39.9% of households rent. Renters move more often, and every move starts with a search.
80.7% of the people in Selkirk were born in Manitoba. A few lines on who runs the business builds trust quickly.
Active commuting is common: 10.6% walk or bike to work. A landmark or cross street in the address saves people a search.
54.8% of commuters get to work in under 15 minutes. Most customers live and work nearby, so the streets and places you name matter.
Getting a Selkirk business online: the steps
Our team has been designing websites for small businesses since 2008. From Selkirk, the price is the same: CA$119 a month, and email is how we talk.
- Sign up online in roughly 5 minutes, then email us your logo and a few photos.
- No more than 3 business days later, the whole site is on a temporary link, built on a proven template with your brand.
- Approve the site and pay the first month: only then does it go 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
Registration and privacy basics for Selkirk
Some homework for Selkirk businesses before the website goes live:
- 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
Details vary by business, so treat this as general information, not legal advice, and check the official pages linked above.
Selkirk website questions, answered
What if I need to change something later?
Send the new details by email and we update the pages; it is included in the CA$119 plan.
Will the website work on phones?
Yes, it is built to work on phones first, with buttons that are easy to tap and pages that load quickly.
Can I sell online from Selkirk?
Yes, an online store costs the same CA$119 a month as a regular website: a catalogue of your products, cart and online payment.
Who writes the text and picks the photos?
Send what you have; we put it into a proven template with your colours and logo, and you review all the text before launch.
Which platform do you use?
On the Aria Platform, which is built on WordPress and set up by our team, so you get a professional site without dealing with the technical side.
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.
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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Send your logo and photos once you have signed up; the temporary link follows within 3 business days.
- Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (population and dwelling counts, age, income, housing, language, immigration, commuting, place of work and education tables) for Selkirk. Reproduced and distributed on an 'as is' basis with the permission of Statistics Canada.
- Employer businesses in Selkirk and Manitoba: Statistics Canada, tables 33-10-1176 and 33-10-1174 (Canadian Business Counts, June 2026).
- Where Selkirk and its neighbours are: Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Geographical Names Database; contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- Figures are the latest official releases when this page was written; distances are straight-line.