10.7% of adults aged 25 to 64 in Madoc hold an apprenticeship or trades certificate, above the Ontario share of 5.1%. Web design in Madoc works best when the site answers the questions local customers actually ask. 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.
Who lives and works in Madoc
In a town where most households own a single-detached house, home services are a big part of the local economy. Showing past projects and the areas you cover is what customers check first.
Madoc and the surrounding area
Customers may also come from Tweed (14 km), Centre Hastings (18 km), Marmora and Lake (20 km), Stirling-Rawdon (24 km) and Havelock-Belmont-Methuen (33 km). The nearest large city, Kingston, is about 91 km away to the east. Madoc is part of Hastings County. If you work in Stirling-Rawdon or Marmora and Lake as well, the site can say so on a service area page.
Tweed (6,067 residents) and Centre Hastings (4,801) are the closest neighbours with their own page. Median household income was $69,000 in Tweed and $77,500 in Centre Hastings, compared with $79,000 in Madoc.
Customers in Madoc: what the census shows
Driving is how 99.3% of commuters in Madoc get to work. Parking details and a map answer the first question many drivers have.
86.7% of the people in Madoc were born in Ontario. A few lines on who runs the business builds trust quickly.
One hour or more: that is the commute for 12.4% of workers in Madoc. Long-distance commuters do their research after work, online.
Industries that stand out in Madoc
Madoc had 44 employer businesses in June 2026. Among the most common:
- Specialty trades such as electricians, plumbers and roofers, 10 in Madoc: the site should show the services they offer and where and emergency contact details and hours.
- Repair and maintenance shops, 3 in Madoc: the site should show what they repair and turnaround times.
Small firms dominate: 65.9% had fewer than five employees. In every one of these sectors, the website that wins is the one that answers questions before the customer has to ask.
The jobs residents hold are mostly in health care and social assistance (16.2%), construction (15.1%) and manufacturing (10.3%).
Madoc in numbers
With a median age of 49.6 (Ontario: 41.6), the population of Madoc is older than Ontario overall. Madoc has 868 occupied private dwellings; 88.4% are owned by the people living in them. The median household income in Madoc was $79,000 in 2020, below the Ontario median of $91,000, so clear prices matter.
Other numbers worth knowing
- Mean commuting time: 31.1 minutes
- Households of people living alone or with non-relatives: 23.0%
- Share of residents under 5: 5.4%
- Adults 25 to 64 with a college diploma: 31.6%
- Trades certificates (ages 25 to 64): 10.7%
- No fixed workplace (trades, delivery, sales): 16.2%
How Madoc compares with Ontario
On home ownership, Madoc (88.4%) compares with 68.4% for the province as a whole. The share of commuters who drive is 99.3% in Madoc and 83.6% in Ontario.
How Madoc is changing
Madoc added 155 residents between the last two censuses (7.5%). Over the same five years, Ontario grew 5.8%.
Your website, built remotely for Madoc
Aria has been building business websites and online shops since 2008, and every project runs online. For a business in Madoc, that means the same CA$119 plan as anywhere else in Canada, with your material and your questions going by email.
- 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, built on a proven template with your brand.
- Once you approve it, the first monthly fee is issued and the website goes live on your domain, together with your business email.
After it goes live, the technical side stays with us, and the 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
Running a business website from Madoc: the rules
Some homework for Madoc businesses before the website goes live:
- Depending on what you do, you may need licences and permits to run your business under federal, provincial or municipal regulations. Ontario.ca: licences and permits
- PIPEDA sets the ground rules for how private-sector organizations collect, use and disclose personal information. Office of the Privacy Commissioner: PIPEDA
- An online transaction worth more than $50 is covered by Ontario’s Consumer Protection Act, and the business must disclose certain information to the customer before the transaction is completed. Ontario.ca: online shopping
Every business is different, so treat this as general information, not legal advice, and check the official pages linked above.
What business owners in Madoc ask us
Madoc is small. Do I really need a website?
Your market is bigger than the township. People across Hastings County look up services online, and a clear website brings them to you.
What is the website built on?
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.
What about my domain name?
Your domain stays yours. Bring the one you have, or let us know you need one and we will help you choose.
Who writes the text and picks the photos?
Your logo, a few 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.
Do we need to meet?
We work online from start to finish. You email your logo, photos and texts, and you approve the site on a temporary link.
Can I sell online from Madoc?
Yes, an online store costs the same CA$119 a month as a regular website: a catalogue of your products, cart and online payment.
How long until my website is ready?
Within 3 business days of receiving your material, the website is ready on a temporary link. It goes live on your domain after you approve it and the first monthly fee is paid.
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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- 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.
- Employer businesses in Madoc and Ontario: Statistics Canada, tables 33-10-1176 and 33-10-1174 (Canadian Business Counts, June 2026).
- Where Madoc and its neighbours are: Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Geographical Names Database; contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- Localities of Madoc: Statistics Canada, Standard Geographical Classification 2021.
- Figures are the latest official releases when this page was written; distances are straight-line.