Renters make up 90.3% of households in Cape Dorset. A small business website in Cape Dorset should reflect that. 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 Cape Dorset
In a place where 78.1% of residents mainly speak another language at home, clear and simple English goes a long way: short sentences, photos that show the service, and prices that need no explanation.
The people a Cape Dorset website talks to
52.3% of commuters walk or cycle to work. Foot traffic matters, so make your street address and hours easy to find. Most people in Cape Dorset (75.3%) were born in Nunavut. Name the communities you serve, so people recognise their own.
37.9% of the people in Cape Dorset are children under 15. Explain what happens on the first visit; parents like to know in advance.
86.2% of commuters get to work in under 15 minutes. Most customers live and work nearby, so local details count.
Local businesses in Cape Dorset
For Cape Dorset, the clearest picture comes from the jobs residents hold: public administration (31.0%), retail trade (16.9%) and educational services (12.7%).
Cape Dorset in numbers
The median age is 23.2, compared with 25.6 for Nunavut. The median household income in Cape Dorset was $90,000 in 2020, below the Nunavut median of $118,000, so clear prices matter. The census counted 362 households in Cape Dorset, and 9.7% of them own their home.
A few more figures
- No fixed workplace (trades, delivery, sales): 15.5%
- Residents who immigrated to Canada: 0.7%
- Private dwellings: 416
- Adults 25 to 64 with a college diploma: 22.0%
- Row houses: 45.8% of households
- Trades certificates (ages 25 to 64): 4.9%
Cape Dorset against the territorial average
On home ownership, Cape Dorset (9.7%) compares with 19.2% for the territory as a whole. Households that rent: 90.3% in Cape Dorset, against 80.8% across Nunavut. The share of commuters who drive is 41.5% in Cape Dorset and 52.0% in Nunavut.
The population fell from 1,441 in 2016 to 1,396 in 2021 (3.1%). Across Nunavut, the population grew 2.5% over the same period.
From sign-up to launch, for Cape Dorset businesses
Aria is a web design team that has been building small business websites since 2008. Wherever in Nunavut you are, the plan is identical: CA$119 a month, and we keep in touch by email.
- Sign up online in roughly 5 minutes, then email us your logo and a few photos.
- Our team builds the pages with your brand on a tested template and share a temporary link within 3 business days.
- Once you approve it, the first monthly fee is issued and the website goes live on your domain, together with your business email.
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
Nunavut rules for a business with a website
Selling or advertising online brings no special licence, but these points often come up:
- 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
Every business is different, so treat this as general information, not legal advice, and check the official pages linked above.
Cape Dorset website questions, answered
Can I update prices after the site is live?
Send the new details by email and we update the pages; it is included in the CA$119 plan.
Do we need to meet?
Everything happens by email: you send your material and any changes, and you review the website on a temporary link before anything is published.
How long until my website is ready?
The first version is ready within 3 business days, on a temporary link. Publication on your domain comes after your approval and the first payment.
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.
Can I cancel?
There is no setup fee and no minimum term: you pay CA$119 a month and can stop whenever you need to.
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. Tick the online store option when you sign up and you get catalogue, cart and online payment at the same monthly fee.
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.
A professional website for CA$119 a month
The sign-up takes about 5 minutes. You only pay after you approve the website.
- Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (population and dwelling counts, age, income, housing, language, immigration, commuting, place of work and education tables) for Cape Dorset. Reproduced and distributed on an 'as is' basis with the permission of Statistics Canada.
- Businesses: Statistics Canada, Canadian Business Counts, with employees, June 2026 (tables 33-10-1176 and 33-10-1174).
- Figures are the latest official releases when this page was written; distances are straight-line.