The 2021 Census found 925 people in Hare Bay, down 4.5% from 2016. A small business website in Hare Bay should reflect that. Aria designs a professional site for your business for CA$119 a month: domain, email and hosting included, with no setup fee.
No setup fee: you only pay the CA$119 monthly fee after you approve your website.
Hare Bay at a glance
Homeowners (88.9% of households in Hare Bay) spend on renovations, landscaping, repairs and services for the house. For trades and home services, photos of finished work and a clear service area are what turn a search into a quote request.
Customers in Hare Bay: what the census shows
Most workers (89.2%) 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.
10.8% of commuters travel an hour or more each way. People who commute far do their research after work, online.
Seniors make up 29.7% of the population of Hare Bay. A family member often does the search for them, so keep the essentials easy to spot.
Hare Bay by the numbers
Spread over 34 square kilometres, Hare Bay has a density of 27.1 residents per square kilometre. Hare Bay has 387 occupied private dwellings; 88.9% are owned by the people living in them. With a median household income of $50,800 (2020), compared with $71,500 across Newfoundland and Labrador, customers in Hare Bay value seeing prices up front. With a median age of 53.6 (Newfoundland and Labrador: 48.4), the population of Hare Bay is older than Newfoundland and Labrador overall.
Other numbers worth knowing
- No fixed workplace (trades, delivery, sales): 22.0%
- Households of couples with children: 24.7%
- Residents per square kilometre: 27.1
- Mean commuting time: 21.8 minutes
- Employed residents working from home in 2021: 12.2%
Side by side with Newfoundland and Labrador
On local roots, Hare Bay (92.4%) compares with 87.2% for the province as a whole. Households that rent: 9.9% in Hare Bay, against 24.0% across Newfoundland and Labrador. The share of households that own their home is 88.9% in Hare Bay and 75.7% in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Hare Bay businesses and what their websites need
In June 2026, Statistics Canada counted 39 businesses with employees in Hare Bay. The largest groups, and what their websites should show:
- Specialty trades such as electricians, plumbers and roofers, 4 in Hare Bay: the site should show before-and-after photos and the services they offer and where.
76.9% 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.
Among residents who work, the largest sectors are health care and social assistance (24.4%), educational services (19.5%) and retail trade (17.1%).
Around Hare Bay
Within a short drive of Hare Bay: Dover (6.5 km), Gambo (15 km), Centreville-Wareham-Trinity (18 km) and Glovertown (19 km). The nearest large city, St. John’s, is about 178 km away to the southeast. A website can name each place you serve, from Glovertown to Centreville-Wareham-Trinity.
Dover has 579 residents and a median age of 52.0, against 53.6 in Hare Bay. In Dover, 82.0% of households own their home; in Hare Bay, 88.9%.
Your website, built remotely for Hare Bay
Aria has been building business websites and online shops since 2008, and every project runs online. For a business in Hare Bay, that means the same CA$119 plan as anywhere else in Canada, with your material and your questions going by email.
- Answer the short sign-up form, which takes about 5 minutes; logo and photos follow by email.
- We build the website with your brand on a tested template and share a temporary link within 3 business days.
- When you are happy with it, you approve, the first CA$119 fee is issued, and the site is published on your domain.
New prices, new photos, a new service page: 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
Paperwork and rules for Newfoundland and Labrador businesses online
Before launch, it helps to have the basics in order. These apply to many small businesses in Newfoundland and Labrador:
- 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
General information, not legal advice. Each link goes to the official page, where the details for your situation are.
Answers for Newfoundland and Labrador business owners
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.
Do I need professional photos?
A logo, some photos of your work or premises and a short description of what you offer, all by email. We build the pages and you approve every one.
How fast can I see the website?
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.
What about my domain name?
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.
Can I sell online from Hare Bay?
Yes. The plan can be an online store with a catalogue, a cart and online payment, for the same CA$119 a month.
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.
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 Hare Bay. Reproduced and distributed on an 'as is' basis with the permission of Statistics Canada.
- Business counts for Hare Bay: Statistics Canada, Canadian Business Counts with employees, June 2026 (tables 33-10-1176 and 33-10-1174).
- Where Hare Bay 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.