Renters make up 84.5% of households in Gjoa Haven. A website for a Gjoa Haven business has to work for neighbours who already know you and for people searching from further away. For CA$119 a month, we set up a professional website with your brand, email on your domain and hosting, with no setup fee.
No setup fee: you only pay the CA$119 monthly fee after you approve your website.
The local picture in Gjoa Haven
Families with children plan around school, sports and appointments. A Gjoa Haven website that shows hours, location and what to expect on a first visit saves parents a call, which is often the difference between choosing you or the next business on the list.
Key numbers for Gjoa Haven
Half of the residents of Gjoa Haven are older than 23.0; across Nunavut, that line is 25.6. With a median household income of $100,000 (2020), compared with $118,000 across Nunavut, customers in Gjoa Haven value seeing prices up front. The census counted 292 households in Gjoa Haven, and 15.5% of them own their home.
A few more figures
- College or CEGEP diploma (ages 25 to 64): 12.6%
- Workers with no fixed workplace address: 38.4%
- Row houses: 41.4% of households
- Other languages most spoken at home: 5.6%
- Households of people living alone or with non-relatives: 15.5%
- Average commute: 7.0 minutes
Side by side with Nunavut
On local roots, Gjoa Haven (27.6%) compares with 46.4% for the territory as a whole. The share of residents under 15 is 37.0% in Gjoa Haven and 32.8% in Nunavut.
The population went from 1,324 in 2016 to 1,349 in 2021, a gain of 1.9%. Across Nunavut, the population grew 2.5% over the same period.
Who your customers are in Gjoa Haven
Active commuting is common: 55.6% walk or bike to work. A landmark or cross street in the address helps.
90.3% of commuters get to work in under 15 minutes. Mention the streets and areas you cover.
Industries that stand out in Gjoa Haven
For Gjoa Haven, the clearest picture comes from the jobs residents hold: public administration (26.0%), retail trade (15.1%) and health care and social assistance (12.3%).
From sign-up to launch, for Gjoa Haven businesses
Aria is a web design team that has been building small business websites since 2008. The plan is the same in Gjoa Haven as in any other town in Canada: one monthly fee, everything arranged by email.
- Start with the online sign-up (about 5 minutes) and tell us what the business does.
- Within 3 business days, your website is ready on a temporary link, built with your brand on a proven professional template.
- When you are happy with it, you approve, the first CA$119 fee is issued, and the site is published on your domain.
Hosting, the SSL certificate, daily backups and security updates stay with us, and content changes you email in are included.
- 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
Registration and privacy basics for Gjoa Haven
A website does not need a special licence, but the business behind it follows the usual rules. A few that come up often:
- 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
General information, not legal advice. Each link goes to the official page, where the details for your situation are.
Before you sign up: common questions
Does the site look right on a mobile?
Yes, it is built to work on phones first, with buttons that are easy to tap and pages that load quickly.
Can customers order from my website?
Yes, an online store costs the same CA$119 a month as a regular website: a catalogue of your products, cart and online payment.
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.
How long until my website is ready?
The first version is ready within 3 business days, on a temporary link. Going live on your domain comes after your approval and the first payment.
Do I need a domain already?
Your domain stays yours. Bring the one you have, or let us know you need one and we will help you choose.
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.
Ready to get your Gjoa Haven business online?
Tell us about your business in the sign-up form and we take it from there, by email.
- Population, dwellings, land area, age, households, income, housing, language, place of birth, commuting, work and education: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (tables 98-10-0002, 98-10-0022, 98-10-0057, 98-10-0193, 98-10-0240, 98-10-0307, 98-10-0400, 98-10-0456 and 98-10-0458). 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).
- Numbers come from the official sources above and are updated when new releases come out; distances are measured in a straight line.