37.0% of working residents in Burlington reported working at home in May 2021, above the Ontario rate of 29.7%. A small business website in Burlington 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.
What makes Burlington different
With a median household income of $110,000, customers in Burlington compare quality and service, not only price. A professional website with real photos, credentials and clear descriptions supports a higher-value offer.
Residents of Burlington can reach Oakville in a short drive, so local businesses compete with the big city. What wins locally is being easy to find and easy to contact: a clear site does exactly that.
Burlington includes communities such as Aldershot, Appleby, Bayview and Brant Hills. Naming the ones you serve on your website helps customers who search by their own community’s name.
Burlington and the surrounding area
Within a short drive of Burlington: Oakville (13 km), Milton (17 km), Hamilton (20 km) and Mississauga (27 km). Administratively, Burlington belongs to Halton Region. A website can name each place you serve, from Milton to Hamilton.
Next to Burlington, Oakville counted 213,759 people in 2021, with a median household income of $128,000. Median household income was $128,000 in Oakville and $126,000 in Milton, compared with $110,000 in Burlington.
Who is searching in Burlington
Most workers (88.8%) commute by car, truck or van. Directions and your address on every page, in the footer.
At home, 8.8% of people in Burlington speak mainly a language other than English or French. Plain English and good photos make your site easier for everyone.
Burlington by the numbers
With a median age of 44.4 (Ontario: 41.6), the population of Burlington is older than Ontario overall. The census counted 73,180 households in Burlington, and 75.1% of them own their home.
Burlington: more from the census
- Commutes of an hour or more: 7.5%
- Row houses: 18.8% of households
- Share of residents 85 or older: 3.3%
- Mean commuting time: 23.7 minutes
- High-rise apartment households: 17.5%
- No fixed workplace (trades, delivery, sales): 8.5%
Side by side with Ontario
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 21.0% in Burlington and 18.5% in Ontario. On home ownership, Burlington (75.1%) compares with 68.4% for the province as a whole.
Burlington added 3,634 residents between the last two censuses (2.0%). Over the same five years, Ontario grew 5.8%.
The business mix in Burlington
Of the 7,676 businesses with employees counted in Burlington (June 2026), these groups stand out against the provincial mix:
- Professional services such as accountants, lawyers and engineers, 1,183 in Burlington: the site should show office address and hours and how a first consultation works.
- Wholesalers and distributors, 157 in Burlington: the site should show product lines and brands and how trade accounts work.
- Clinics, dentists, physiotherapists and other health offices, 889 in Burlington: the site should show the treatments offered and the practitioners and their credentials.
- Manufacturers and machine shops, 62 in Burlington: the site should show capabilities and equipment and industries they serve.
- Cleaning, landscaping and other business support services, 337 in Burlington: the site should show a quote form and photos of completed work.
Most are small: 55.2% of them had one to four employees.
The jobs residents hold are mostly in professional, scientific and technical services (11.9%), health care and social assistance (11.6%) and retail trade (11.2%).
Getting a Burlington business online: the steps
Aria has built websites for small companies since 2008, with every step handled 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.
- Tell us about the business in the sign-up form, which takes about 5 minutes; the rest goes by email.
- We put the site together with your logo, colours and photos, and send you 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.
Later on, updates to text, photos and prices go by email and cost nothing extra.
- 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 Burlington
Before launch, it helps to have the basics in order. These apply to many small businesses in Ontario:
- Since January 1, 2021, the AODA has required a business or non-profit organization with 50 or more employees to make its public websites accessible: web content posted after January 1, 2012 must meet the WCAG 2.0 Level AA success criteria, with some exceptions. Ontario.ca: accessible websites (AODA)
- 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.
Questions from Burlington business owners
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.
Who writes the text and picks the photos?
Real photos taken with a good phone often work better than stock images. Email them with your logo and a list of services.
Who keeps the website up to date?
Email us the change (new prices, photos or services) and the team updates the site. Content changes are part of the monthly fee.
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.
Ready to get your Burlington business online?
The sign-up takes about 5 minutes. You only pay after you approve the website.
- Census figures for Burlington: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population, data tables 98-10-0002 to 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).
- Locations: Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB), contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada; distances are straight-line.
- Localities of Burlington: Statistics Canada, Standard Geographical Classification 2021.
- Numbers come from the official sources above and are updated when new releases come out; distances are measured in a straight line.