Montague is a homeowners’ town: 93.4% of households own, and most live in single-detached houses (96.7%). Web design in Montague works best when the site answers the questions local customers actually ask. Aria designs your website for CA$119 a month: hosting, email on your domain and daily backups included, and nothing to pay until you approve it.
No setup fee: you only pay the CA$119 monthly fee after you approve your website.
Who lives and works in Montague
When 12.7% of commuters spend an hour or more on the road, evenings and weekends are when people deal with errands. A website that is always available, with clear hours and an email form, catches the requests that arrive after you close.
Industries that stand out in Montague
Montague had 99 employer businesses in June 2026. The sectors below are more common here than across Ontario, with what each one’s website should show:
- Home builders and renovators (10): licences, insurance and warranty details and the areas they build in.
- Specialty trades such as electricians, plumbers and roofers (15): a quote form that lands in their inbox and emergency contact details and hours.
- Repair and maintenance shops (9): where to drop items off and what they repair.
- Cleaning, landscaping and other business support services (8): photos of completed work and the services and areas covered.
- Sporting goods, hobby, book and gift stores (4): events or classes they host and opening hours.
70.7% had between one and four employees, so this is a market of small firms. 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 (15.1%), retail trade (14.3%) and construction (11.9%).
The people a Montague website talks to
Driving is how 96.7% of commuters in Montague get to work. Parking details and a map answer the first question many drivers have.
83.5% of residents were born in Ontario. A few lines on who runs the business builds trust quickly.
Serving Montague and nearby
Nearby municipalities include Smiths Falls (9.6 km, pop. 9,254), Beckwith (14 km, pop. 9,021), Drummond/North Elmsley (18 km, pop. 8,183) and Merrickville-Wolford (19 km, pop. 3,135). Ottawa is 50 km to the northeast. Administratively, Montague belongs to Lanark County. If you work in Smiths Falls or Drummond/North Elmsley as well, the site can say so on a service area page.
Smiths Falls (9,254 residents) and Beckwith (9,021) are the closest neighbours with their own page. In Smiths Falls, 54.6% of households own their home; in Montague, 93.4%.
Population and households in Montague
At $98,000, the median household income in Montague sits above the provincial figure ($91,000). Spread over 278 square kilometres, Montague has a density of 14.1 residents per square kilometre. The median age is 44.4, compared with 41.6 for Ontario. Of the 1,503 households in Montague, 93.4% own and 6.3% rent.
A few more figures
- Households of people living alone or with non-relatives: 21.7%
- Mean commuting time: 30.2 minutes
- Private dwellings: 1,551
- Workers travelling 60+ minutes each way: 12.7%
- Residents aged 85 and over: 1.1%
- Share of residents who are immigrants: 5.7%
- Mainly speak a non-official language at home: 0.8%
Side by side with Ontario
Commuters who drive: 96.7% in Montague, against 83.6% across Ontario. On working from home, Montague (20.6%) compares with 29.7% for the province as a whole. The share of residents born in Ontario is 83.5% in Montague and 60.0% in Ontario.
Montague added 153 residents between the last two censuses (4.1%). Across Ontario, the population grew 5.8% over the same period.
Paperwork and rules for Ontario businesses online
A website does not need a special licence, but the business behind it follows the usual rules. A few that come up often:
- The Ontario Business Registry lets businesses and not-for-profit corporations complete over 90 transactions online, including registering, incorporating and updating their information. Ontario Business Registry
- 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
Details vary by business, so treat this as general information, not legal advice, and check the official pages linked above.
A CA$119 website, step by step
Since 2008, Aria has been setting up websites, domains and business email for small companies. It all runs online, so your business in Montague pays the same CA$119 a month as anyone else in Canada.
- Tell us about the business in the sign-up form, which takes about 5 minutes; logo and photos follow by email.
- You get a temporary link within 3 business days, so you can click through every page and ask for changes by email.
- Approve the site and pay the first month: only then does it go live 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
Questions from Montague business owners
Montague is small. Do I really need a website?
Your market is bigger than the township. People across Lanark County look up services online, and a clear website brings them to you.
Will the website work on phones?
Yes, it is built to work on phones first, with buttons that are easy to tap and pages that open fast.
What if I need to change something later?
Our team does it for you: email what needs changing and we take care of it, along with hosting, SSL and backups.
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 once you approve it and the first monthly fee is paid.
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.
Can I sell online from Montague?
Yes, an online store costs the same CA$119 a month as a regular website: a catalogue of your products, cart and online payment.
Which platform do you use?
Your website runs on the Aria Platform, built on WordPress and looked after by our team: hosting, SSL, daily backups and security updates included.
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.
Web design near Montague
A professional website for CA$119 a month
Send your logo and photos once you have signed up; the temporary link follows within 3 business days.
- 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.
- Business counts for Montague: 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.
- Place names inside Montague: Statistics Canada, Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2021.
- Figures are the latest official releases when this page was written; distances are straight-line.
