Between 2016 and 2021, St. Thomas added 3,931 residents, a 10.1% jump that put it at 42,840. Those numbers say a lot about what a St. Thomas business website needs to do. 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.
Who lives and works in St. Thomas
Residents of St. Thomas can reach London 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.
St. Thomas counted 1,029 businesses with employees in June 2026, and 49.1% of them had one to four employees. Most of your competition is small and local too, so a professional website is a real differentiator.
The area your St. Thomas website can cover
Nearby municipalities include Central Elgin (5.7 km), Southwold (11 km) and Aylmer (17 km). The nearest large city, London, is about 21 km away to the north. Administratively, St. Thomas belongs to Elgin County. A website can name each place you serve, from Southwold to Malahide.
Central Elgin (13,746 residents) and Southwold (4,851) are the closest neighbours with their own page. Median household income was $103,000 in Central Elgin and $105,000 in Southwold, compared with $75,000 in St. Thomas.
Local businesses in St. Thomas
In June 2026, Statistics Canada counted 1,029 businesses with employees in St. Thomas. Compared with Ontario as a whole, these sectors have a larger presence:
- Child care and social services, 31 in St. Thomas: the site should show fees and hours and how enrolment works.
- Repair and maintenance shops, 39 in St. Thomas: the site should show a request form and what they repair.
- Grocers, bakeries and specialty food stores, 31 in St. Thomas: the site should show products and prices and what is in season.
- Car dealers and auto parts stores, 14 in St. Thomas: the site should show current stock with photos and directions and opening hours.
- Sporting goods, hobby, book and gift stores, 37 in St. Thomas: the site should show opening hours and events or classes they host.
- Restaurants, cafés and bars, 69 in St. Thomas: the site should show how to book a table or a private event by email and opening hours and a map.
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 manufacturing (18.1%), health care and social assistance (16.5%) and retail trade (11.2%).
St. Thomas by the numbers
The median household income in St. Thomas was $75,000 in 2020, below the Ontario median of $91,000, so clear prices matter. The census counted 18,062 households in St. Thomas, and 67.8% of them own their home. Spread over 36 square kilometres, St. Thomas has a density of 1,203.2 residents per square kilometre.
Other numbers worth knowing
- Households in row houses: 4.0%
- Households of people living alone or with non-relatives: 32.8%
- Households in buildings of 5+ storeys: 4.4%
- Share of residents 85 or older: 2.5%
- Adults 25 to 64 with a college diploma: 34.0%
- Workers travelling 60+ minutes each way: 3.2%
- Mainly speak a non-official language at home: 2.3%
Side by side with Ontario
Employed residents working at home in May 2021: 16.7% in St. Thomas, against 29.7% across Ontario. The share of residents under 15 is 16.7% in St. Thomas and 15.8% in Ontario.
Who your customers are in St. Thomas
82.1% of the people in St. Thomas were born in Ontario. Mention the places around St. Thomas you cover, so people recognise their own.
93.3% of commuters drive to work. A map and a note about parking answer the first question many drivers have.
Short commutes are the norm: 49.9% take less than 15 minutes. Customers are mostly local, so local details count.
Single-detached houses hold 64.8% of households in St. Thomas. Renovators, landscapers and other trades should show real photos of past work.
Three steps to a website for your St. Thomas business
Aria has been building business websites and online shops since 2008, and every project runs 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.
- Fill in the sign-up form at cadastro.ariaserv.com; it takes about 5 minutes.
- Our team builds the pages with your brand on a tested template and share a temporary link within 3 business days.
- When you are happy with it, you approve, the first CA$119 fee is issued, and the site is published on your domain.
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
Rules to know before your St. Thomas website goes live
Selling or advertising online does not change the rules, but these points are worth checking:
- 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
- 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.
St. Thomas website questions, answered
Will the website work on phones?
Yes. The layout adapts to phones, tablets and computers, and every page keeps a way to reach you and your details.
Can I add a page for the area I cover around St. Thomas?
Yes. Email us the towns you serve (say Central Elgin, Southwold and Aylmer) and we put them on a page of their own.
I already own a domain. Can I keep it?
If you already own one, we connect it to the new website and your email. If not, say so in the sign-up form and we will help you pick one, by email.
Is there a minimum contract?
No lock-in. The plan is month to month at CA$119, with nothing to pay before you approve the website.
Can I sell online from St. Thomas?
Yes, an online store costs the same CA$119 a month as a regular website: product catalogue, cart and online payment.
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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- Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (population and dwelling counts, age, income, housing, language, immigration, commuting, place of work and education tables) for St. Thomas. 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).
- Where St. Thomas and its neighbours are: Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Geographical Names Database; contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- Figures are the latest official releases when this page was written; distances are straight-line.