School runs and weekend sports shape Whatì: 30.3% of the population is under 15. A small business website in Whatì should reflect that. 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.
Whatì, NT: the place behind the numbers
With 470 residents in 2016 and 543 in 2021, Whatì keeps gaining households that look for local services online first. A clear page per service helps them find you.
Whatì by the numbers
Of the 143 households in Whatì, 51.7% own and 48.3% rent. With a median household income of $109,000 (2020), compared with $127,000 across Northwest Territories, customers in Whatì value seeing prices up front.
Whatì: more from the census
- Other languages most spoken at home: 38.5%
- College or CEGEP diploma (ages 25 to 64): 9.3%
- Workers with no fixed workplace address: 19.4%
- Residents aged 85 and over: 0.9%
- Trades certificates (ages 25 to 64): 3.7%
How Whatì compares with Northwest Territories
The share of commuters who drive is 36.7% in Whatì and 72.4% in Northwest Territories. On the share of children, Whatì (30.3%) compares with 20.6% for the territory as a whole. Residents born in Northwest Territories: 93.6% in Whatì, against 53.4% across Northwest Territories.
Industries that stand out in Whatì
Residents of Whatì work mainly in public administration (22.6%), educational services (16.1%) and mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (9.7%); those are the customers and the competitors of a local business.
Know your Whatì audience
Active commuting is common: 43.3% walk or bike to work. Foot traffic matters, so make your street address and hours easy to find.
Most people in Whatì (93.6%) were born in Northwest Territories. A short story about the business builds trust quickly.
38.5% of residents mostly speak a non-official language at home. Plain English and clear photos make your site easier for everyone.
Population trend in Whatì
The population went from 470 in 2016 to 543 in 2021, a gain of 15.5%. Over the same five years, Northwest Territories grew -1.7%.
The process, from first email to launch
Aria has been building business websites and online shops since 2008, and every project runs 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.
- Sign up online in roughly 5 minutes, then email us your logo and a few photos.
- No more than 3 business days later, a temporary link shows you the full website, with your colours and logo.
- Once you approve it, the first monthly fee is issued and the website goes live on your domain, together with your business email.
Once the site is live, hosting, SSL and daily backups are on our side, and text and photo updates by email come with the plan.
- 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 Whatì website goes live
Before launch, it helps to have the basics in order. These apply to many small businesses in Northwest Territories:
- 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.
Answers for Northwest Territories business owners
Am I tied in for a year?
There is no setup fee and no minimum term: you pay CA$119 a month and can stop whenever you need to.
What do I need to send?
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.
I already own a domain. Can I keep it?
If you have one, keep it: we point it to the website. If not, mention it when you sign up and we sort out the options with you by email.
How long until my website is ready?
You see it within 3 business days. Then you ask for changes, approve, pay the first month, and it goes live with your email.
Will customers in Whatì be able to use the site on their phones?
Yes, it is built to work on phones first, with buttons that are easy to tap and pages that load quickly.
What is the website built on?
Your website runs on the Aria Platform, built on WordPress and looked after by our team: hosting, SSL, daily backups and security updates included.
Can the website be an online store?
Yes. The plan can be an online store with a catalogue, a cart and online payment, for the same CA$119 a month.
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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A professional website for CA$119 a month
Tell us about your business in the sign-up form and we take it from there, by email.
- Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (population and dwelling counts, age, income, housing, language, immigration, commuting, place of work and education tables) for Whatì. Reproduced and distributed on an 'as is' basis with the permission of Statistics Canada.
- Numbers come from the official sources above and are updated when new releases come out; distances are measured in a straight line.