97.5% of the people in Lamèque list French as their first official language, against 30.0% across New Brunswick. Those numbers say a lot about what a Lamèque business website needs to do. Our team designs a professional site for your business for CA$119 a month: hosting, email on your domain and daily backups 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.
Lamèque at a glance
Customers aged 65 and over, 34.6% of Lamèque, 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.
Around Lamèque
Nearby municipalities include Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël (5.2 km southeast), Shippagan (11 km southwest), Shippagan Town (11 km southwest), Le Goulet (13 km southwest) and Bas-Caraquet (16 km west). Administratively, Lamèque belongs to Gloucester County. A website can name each place you serve, from Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël to Le Goulet.
Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël has 820 residents and a median age of 56.8, against 56.0 in Lamèque. In Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël, 86.1% of households own their home; in Lamèque, 75.0%.
Who your customers are in Lamèque
90.8% of commuters drive to work. A map and a note about parking save customers a phone call. 92.2% of residents were born in New Brunswick. Name the communities you serve, so customers see their own town on the page.
Short commutes are the norm: 57.8% take less than 15 minutes. Most customers live and work nearby, so the streets and places you name matter.
10.7% of adults aged 25 to 64 have a trades certificate. Your licences and insurance on the site build trust.
One-person and shared households are 38.3% of the total. Make convenience visible: hours, delivery, how fast you respond.
How Lamèque is changing
The population barely moved between 2016 (1,285) and 2021 (1,301). For comparison, New Brunswick as a whole grew 3.8% from 2016 to 2021.
Population and households in Lamèque
The median household income in Lamèque was $61,600 in 2020, below the New Brunswick median of $70,000, so clear prices matter. The median age is 56.0, compared with 46.8 for New Brunswick. The census counted 577 households in Lamèque, and 75.0% of them own their home. The municipality covers 12 square kilometres of land, about 104.9 people per square kilometre.
Other numbers worth knowing
- Workers travelling 60+ minutes each way: 1.8%
- Share of residents 85 or older: 5.8%
- Density: 104.9 people per km²
- Employed residents working from home in 2021: 9.2%
- College or CEGEP diploma (ages 25 to 64): 25.2%
- Residents who immigrated to Canada: 0.8%
Side by side with New Brunswick
On driving to work, Lamèque (90.8%) compares with 92.0% for the province as a whole. The share of households that own their home is 75.0% in Lamèque and 73.0% in New Brunswick.
Who is in business in Lamèque
In June 2026, Statistics Canada counted 86 businesses with employees in Lamèque. Compared with New Brunswick as a whole, these sectors have a larger presence:
- Grocers, bakeries and specialty food stores (4): opening hours and how to order for collection by email.
- Farms and agricultural businesses (3): a form for wholesale enquiries and seasonal opening times.
- Restaurants, cafés and bars (5): the menu with prices and how to book a table or a private event by email.
- Clothing, shoe and accessory stores (3): the shop address and hours and sizes and prices.
Most are small: 58.1% of them had one to four employees. Whatever the sector, customers check the same things first: what you do, where, and how to reach you.
Among residents who work, the largest sectors are agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (21.7%), health care and social assistance (13.3%) and accommodation and food services (11.7%).
The process, from first email to launch
Our team has been designing websites for small businesses since 2008. 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; the rest goes by email.
- You get a temporary link within 3 business days, so you can click through every page and ask for changes by email.
- Once you say it is ready, you pay the first month and we publish it on your domain.
Later on, updates to text, photos and prices go by email and cost nothing extra.
- 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
Running a business website from Lamèque: the rules
Before launch, it helps to have the basics in order. These apply to many small businesses in New Brunswick:
- 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.
Questions about a website for your Lamèque business
Lamèque is small. Do I really need a website?
Yes. Customers from all over Gloucester County search before they drive in, and a website is how they find you. It also answers the basic questions (hours, prices, location) without a phone call.
Can I tell customers that we serve them in French?
Yes. The site can say clearly that you serve customers in French and in English.
Do I need professional photos?
Send what you have; we put it into a proven template with your colours and logo, and you review all the text before anything goes live.
Can customers order from my website?
Yes. Tick the online store option when you sign up and you get catalogue, cart and online payment at the same monthly fee.
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.
Will customers in Lamèque be able to use the site on their phones?
Yes. The layout adapts to phones, tablets and computers, and every page keeps the contact form and your details.
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 Lamèque. Reproduced and distributed on an 'as is' basis with the permission of Statistics Canada.
- Business counts for Lamèque: 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.
- Figures are the latest official releases when this page was written; distances are straight-line.