34.0% of the people in St. Joseph are 65 or older, well above the provincial share of 18.5%. A website for a St. Joseph business has to work for neighbours who already know you and for people searching from further away. Aria builds a professional site for your business 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.
A closer look at St. Joseph
With 1,240 residents in 2016 and 1,426 in 2021, St. Joseph keeps gaining households that look for local services online first. Your site should make it obvious what you do and where.
Industries that stand out in St. Joseph
Of the 53 businesses with employees counted in St. Joseph (June 2026), these groups stand out against the provincial mix:
- Farms and agricultural businesses (4 locations): seasonal opening times and a form for wholesale enquiries.
- Home builders and renovators (5 locations): photos of finished projects, room by room and licences, insurance and warranty details.
- Grocers, bakeries and specialty food stores (3 locations): products and prices and what is in season.
- Specialty trades such as electricians, plumbers and roofers (5 locations): before-and-after photos and emergency contact details and hours.
- Real estate agents and property managers (3 locations): current listings with photos and a valuation request form.
66.0% had between one and four employees, so this is a market of small firms.
Among residents who work, the largest sectors are health care and social assistance (17.0%), construction (9.4%) and manufacturing (8.5%).
St. Joseph and the surrounding area
Customers may also come from Hilton Beach (9.3 km east), Tarbutt and Tarbutt Additional (11 km north), Jocelyn (12 km southeast), Hilton (12 km southeast) and Laird (16 km north). Greater Sudbury is 228 km to the east. Administratively, St. Joseph belongs to Algoma District. If you work in Hilton or Jocelyn as well, the site can say so on a service area page.
Hilton Beach has 198 residents and a median age of 56.8, against 57.2 in St. Joseph. In Hilton Beach, 71.4% of households own their home; in St. Joseph, 87.7%.
Population and households in St. Joseph
The census counted 612 households in St. Joseph, and 87.7% of them own their home. The median household income in St. Joseph was $83,000 in 2020, below the Ontario median of $91,000, so clear prices matter. Spread over 128 square kilometres, St. Joseph has a density of 11.2 residents per square kilometre.
St. Joseph: more from the census
- Commutes of an hour or more: 15.5%
- Other languages most spoken at home: 0.7%
- College or CEGEP diploma (ages 25 to 64): 26.2%
- Trades certificates (ages 25 to 64): 7.9%
- Households of couples with children: 23.0%
- Private dwellings: 909
- Share of residents 85 or older: 3.5%
Side by side with Ontario
On driving to work, St. Joseph (90.5%) compares with 83.6% for the province as a whole. On the senior share, St. Joseph (34.0%) compares with 18.5% for the province as a whole. Households that own their home: 87.7% in St. Joseph, against 68.4% across Ontario.
St. Joseph added 186 residents between the last two censuses (15.0%). For comparison, Ontario as a whole grew 5.8% from 2016 to 2021.
Customers in St. Joseph: what the census shows
94.3% of households live in single-detached houses. Home services and trades should show real photos of past work. 87.0% of the people in St. Joseph were born in Ontario. Mention the places around St. Joseph you cover, so people recognise their own.
15.5% of commuters travel an hour or more each way. Long-distance commuters do their research after work, online.
Driving is how 90.5% of commuters in St. Joseph get to work. Directions and your address on every page, in the footer.
Three steps to a website for your St. Joseph business
Since 2008, Aria has been setting up websites, domains and business email for small companies. The plan is the same in St. Joseph 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.
- No more than 3 business days later, the whole site is on a temporary link, built on a proven template with your brand.
- Approve the site and pay the first month: only then does it go live on your domain.
After launch, you keep asking for changes by email: a new photo, an updated price, a new service. They are part of the monthly 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
Registration and privacy basics for St. Joseph
Some homework for St. Joseph businesses before the website goes live:
- In Ontario, you need to register your sole proprietorship if you are not using your own name as your business name, and a business name registration is valid for 5 years. Ontario.ca: business names
- 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
General information, not legal advice. Each link goes to the official page, where the details for your situation are.
Answers for Ontario business owners
Is a website worth it in a township of 1,426 people?
Yes. Customers from all over Algoma District search before they drive in, and a website is how they find you. It also answers the basic questions (hours, prices, location) without a phone call.
Most of my customers are seasonal. Is a website still worth it?
Yes. The site can show your hours and services for each season, and you update them by email when they change.
How do I keep in touch with the team?
It all happens by email: you send material and change requests, and you check the whole site on a temporary link before anything is published.
Can the site list the places around St. Joseph that I cover?
Yes. We add a section with the places you cover, Hilton Beach and Tarbutt and Tarbutt Additional included, with the contact form one tap away.
How many email accounts do I get?
Unlimited accounts on your domain, within 5 GB of total storage, plus webmail and spam filtering, all in the CA$119 plan.
Does the site look right on a mobile?
Yes. The layout adapts to phones, tablets and computers, and every page keeps the contact form and your details.
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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- Census figures for St. Joseph: 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.
- Business counts for St. Joseph: 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.
- Communities within the municipality: Statistics Canada, Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2021.
- Figures are the latest official releases when this page was written; distances are straight-line.