Many conversations in Arviat happen in other languages: 85.5% of residents mostly speak a non-official language at home. Web design in Arviat works best when the site answers the questions local customers actually ask. Aria builds the whole site for CA$119 a month, with your domain, business email and hosting, and you only pay after approving it.
No setup fee: you only pay the CA$119 monthly fee after you approve your website.
The local picture in Arviat
Renters (80.3% 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 an Arviat business gets found by people who are new to the street.
Who is in business in Arviat
In June 2026, Statistics Canada counted 26 businesses with employees in Arviat. The largest groups, and what their websites should show:
- Hotels, inns and other places to stay (3): rates by season and the rooms with real photos.
34.6% had between one and four employees, so this is a market of small firms.
Among residents who work, the largest sectors are public administration (21.9%), retail trade (15.1%) and educational services (15.1%).
Key numbers for Arviat
Half of the residents of Arviat are older than 21.8; across Nunavut, that line is 25.6. The median household income in Arviat was $105,000 in 2020, below the Nunavut median of $118,000, so clear prices matter. Arviat has 632 occupied private dwellings; 19.7% are owned by the people living in them. Spread over 126 square kilometres, Arviat has a density of 22.7 residents per square kilometre.
Arviat: more from the census
- Couples with children, share of households: 40.9%
- Commutes of an hour or more: 3.6%
- Children under 5: 14.3%
- Worked at home (May 2021): 3.4%
- Households of people living alone or with non-relatives: 16.5%
- Residents who immigrated to Canada: 1.1%
- Mean commuting time: 10.2 minutes
How Arviat compares with Nunavut
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 4.0% in Arviat and 4.4% in Nunavut. Households that rent: 80.3% in Arviat, against 80.8% across Nunavut. On home ownership, Arviat (19.7%) compares with 19.2% for the territory as a whole.
Arviat added 207 residents between the last two censuses (7.8%). For comparison, Nunavut as a whole grew 2.5% from 2016 to 2021.
Customers in Arviat: what the census shows
Active commuting is common: 37.1% walk or bike to work. Foot traffic matters, so show your street address and hours clearly.
89.3% of commuters get to work in under 15 minutes. Customers are mostly local, so the streets and places you name matter.
37.2% of the people in Arviat are children under 15. Hours that fit around school are worth showing up front.
Registration and privacy basics for Arviat
Before launch, it helps to have the basics in order. These apply to many small businesses in Nunavut:
- 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
Details vary by business, so treat this as general information, not legal advice, and check the official pages linked above.
From sign-up to launch, for Arviat businesses
We have built websites since 2008, with every step handled online. From Arviat, the price is the same: CA$119 a month, and we keep in touch by email.
- Tell us about the business in the sign-up form, which takes about 5 minutes; logo and photos follow by email.
- No more than 3 business days later, the whole site is on a temporary link, with your colours and logo.
- Once you say it is ready, you pay the first month and we publish it on your domain.
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
What business owners in Arviat ask us
Can I have an email address with my business name?
Email on your own domain comes with the plan, such as info@yourbusiness: unlimited accounts, 5 GB of storage in total, webmail and spam filtering.
Who keeps the website up to date?
Send the new details by email and we update the pages; it is included in the CA$119 plan.
Who writes the text and picks the 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.
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.
Is there a minimum contract?
There is no setup fee and no minimum term: you pay CA$119 a month and can stop whenever you need to.
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.
Let's build your Arviat website
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 Arviat. Reproduced and distributed on an 'as is' basis with the permission of Statistics Canada.
- Employer businesses in Arviat and Nunavut: Statistics Canada, tables 33-10-1176 and 33-10-1174 (Canadian Business Counts, June 2026).
- Numbers come from the official sources above and are updated when new releases come out; distances are measured in a straight line.