Couples with children make up 26.7% of households in Thompson, more than the Manitoba figure of 26.5%. That shapes what a good website for a business in Thompson should show first. 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.
Thompson at a glance
Renters (46.7% of households) move more often than owners, and each move starts with a search for local services. A website with up-to-date contact details is how a Thompson business gets found by people who are new to the street.
A smaller population (13,035 in 2021) means every repeat customer counts. Keeping your hours, prices and services up to date online saves them a phone call and keeps you in front of people driving in from nearby.
Who your customers are in Thompson
80.6% of commuters get to work in under 15 minutes. Most customers live and work nearby, so the streets and places you name matter. Active commuting is common: 9.6% walk or bike to work. A landmark or cross street in the address helps.
In Thompson, 23.6% of residents are in their twenties or early thirties. They shop around online, so show what makes you different.
87.0% of commuters drive to work. Put your address and directions where they are easy to find.
Serving Thompson and nearby
Nearby municipalities include Thompson (Division No. 3) (0 km). Winnipeg is 653 km to the south. Statistics Canada places it in the Thompson census agglomeration.
In Thompson (Division No. 3), 88.2% of households own their home; in Thompson, 53.3%. Thompson (Division No. 3) has 1,518 residents and a median age of 35.6, against 31.0 in Thompson.
Thompson by the numbers
Spread over 17 square kilometres, Thompson has a density of 784.3 residents per square kilometre. With a median age of 31.0 (Manitoba: 38.4), the population of Thompson is younger than Manitoba overall. At $96,000, the median household income in Thompson sits above the provincial figure ($79,500). Of the 4,676 households in Thompson, 53.3% own and 46.7% rent.
More 2021 Census figures for Thompson
- Households of couples with children: 26.7%
- Residents per square kilometre: 784.3
- Households of people living alone or with non-relatives: 31.3%
- Mainly speak a non-official language at home: 8.8%
- Average commute: 11.5 minutes
- Share of residents who are immigrants: 13.4%
- Adults 25 to 64 with a college diploma: 16.9%
Side by side with Manitoba
Commuters who drive: 87.0% in Thompson, against 86.1% across Manitoba. On the senior share, Thompson (7.4%) compares with 17.1% for the province as a whole.
Thompson has 643 fewer residents than in 2016, a change of 4.7%. For comparison, Manitoba as a whole grew 5.0% from 2016 to 2021.
Industries that stand out in Thompson
In June 2026, Statistics Canada counted 361 businesses with employees in Thompson. Compared with Manitoba as a whole, these sectors have a larger presence:
- Trucking and delivery companies (28): fleet and capacity and safety and licence details.
- Real estate agents and property managers (22): current listings with photos and a valuation request form.
- Hotels, inns and other places to stay (12): rates by season and what is nearby.
- Sporting goods, hobby, book and gift stores (10): events or classes they host and opening hours.
- Cleaning, landscaping and other business support services (13): photos of completed work and insurance details.
41.3% had between one and four employees, so this is a market of small firms. 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 (19.0%), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (12.2%) and retail trade (11.6%).
Three steps to a website for your Thompson business
Aria has built business websites for small companies since 2008, always working 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.
- Tell us about the business in the sign-up form, which takes about 5 minutes; logo and photos follow by email.
- You get a temporary link within 3 business days, so you can click through every page and ask for changes by email.
- Approve the site and pay the first month: only then does it go live 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
Manitoba rules for a business with a website
Some homework for Thompson 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.
Before you sign up: common questions
How do I keep in touch with the team?
No meetings needed: support@ariaserv.com is where the conversation happens, and you see the full website on a temporary link before approving it.
Do I need a domain already?
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.
Which platform do you use?
Your website runs on the Aria Platform, built on WordPress and maintained by us: hosting, SSL, daily backups and security updates included.
Can I update prices after the site is live?
Our team does it for you: email what needs changing and we take care of it, along with hosting, SSL and backups.
What do I need to send?
Phone photos of your real work often work better than stock images. Email them with your logo and a list of services.
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 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.
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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 Thompson. Reproduced and distributed on an 'as is' basis with the permission of Statistics Canada.
- Employer businesses in Thompson and Manitoba: 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.
- Figures are the latest official releases when this page was written; distances are straight-line.