When the 2021 Census was taken in May, 42.9% of employed residents of Pense No. 160 worked from home. Those numbers say a lot about what a Pense No. 160 business website needs to do. 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.
The local picture in Pense No. 160
A smaller population (441 in 2021) means every repeat customer counts. Keeping your hours, prices and services up to date online saves them a phone call and keeps you in front of people driving in from nearby.
The 2021 Census picture of Pense No. 160
At $123,000, the median household income in Pense No. 160 sits above the provincial figure ($82,000). The census counted 144 households in Pense No. 160, and 92.6% of them own their home. With a median age of 41.6 (Saskatchewan: 38.8), the population of Pense No. 160 is older than Saskatchewan overall.
Pense No. 160: more from the census
- Apprenticeship or trades certificate holders: 10.7%
- Share of residents 85 or older: 1.1%
- Employed residents working from home in 2021: 42.9%
- Mainly speak a non-official language at home: 19.1%
- Private dwellings: 157
- Average commute: 31.6 minutes
Pense No. 160 against the provincial average
The share of households that own their home is 92.6% in Pense No. 160 and 70.7% in Saskatchewan. Residents born in Saskatchewan: 81.0% in Pense No. 160, against 72.3% across Saskatchewan. On the senior share, Pense No. 160 (21.3%) compares with 17.5% for the province as a whole.
Pense No. 160 and the surrounding area
Nearby municipalities include Belle Plaine (11 km), Pense (14 km), Disley (18 km) and Drinkwater (22 km). The nearest large city, Regina, is about 38 km away to the east. Statistics Canada places it in the Regina census metropolitan area. If you work in Drinkwater or Belle Plaine as well, the site can say so on a service area page.
In Belle Plaine, 100.0% of households own their home; in Pense No. 160, 92.6%. Belle Plaine (79 residents) and Pense (603) are the closest neighbours with their own page.
Population trend in Pense No. 160
The population fell from 508 in 2016 to 441 in 2021 (13.2%). Over the same five years, Saskatchewan grew 3.1%.
Industries that stand out in Pense No. 160
Residents of Pense No. 160 work mainly in agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (45.7%), public administration (11.4%) and health care and social assistance (8.6%); those are the customers and the competitors of a local business.
The people a Pense No. 160 website talks to
Most workers (100.0%) commute by car, truck or van. Directions and your address on every page, in the footer. Single-detached houses hold 100.0% of households in Pense No. 160. Renovators, landscapers and other trades should show real photos of past work.
19.1% of residents mostly speak a non-official language at home. Plain English and clear photos make your site easy to follow for every customer.
10.0% of commuters travel an hour or more each way. Errands often wait until the evening, so an email form that works after hours helps.
Rules to know before your Pense No. 160 website goes live
Before launch, it helps to have the basics in order. These apply to many small businesses in Saskatchewan:
- PIPEDA sets the ground rules for how private-sector organizations collect, use and disclose personal information. Office of the Privacy Commissioner: PIPEDA
- 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
Details vary by business, so treat this as general information, not legal advice, and check the official pages linked above.
The process, from first email to launch
We are a web design team that has been building small business websites since 2008. The plan is the same in Pense No. 160 as in any other town in Canada: one monthly fee, everything arranged by email.
- Sign up online in roughly 5 minutes, then email us your logo and a few photos.
- We put the site together with your logo, colours and photos, and send you a temporary link within 3 business days.
- Once you say it is ready, the first monthly fee is issued and the website goes live on your domain.
Once the site is live, the technical side stays with us, and text and photo updates by email come with the plan.
- 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
Answers for Saskatchewan business owners
Will customers in Pense No. 160 be able to use the site on their phones?
Yes. The layout adapts to phones, tablets and computers, and every page keeps the contact form and your details.
I also work in Belle Plaine. Can the website show that?
Of course. A section on the site can name Belle Plaine, Pense, Disley and any other place you work in; just send us the list by email.
Can I sell online from Pense No. 160?
Yes. The plan can be an online store with a catalogue, a cart and online payment, for the same CA$119 a month.
Am I tied in for a year?
No lock-in. The plan is month to month at CA$119, with nothing to pay before you approve the website.
Do I need a domain already?
Your domain stays yours. Bring the one you have, or let us know you need one and we will help you choose.
What do I need to send?
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 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 Pense No. 160
A professional website for CA$119 a month
Tell us about your business in the sign-up form and we take it from there, by email.
- Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (population and dwelling counts, age, income, housing, language, immigration, commuting, place of work and education tables) for Pense No. 160. Reproduced and distributed on an 'as is' basis with the permission of Statistics Canada.
- Distances to nearby places are straight-line, between points of the Canadian Geographical Names Database (Natural Resources Canada); contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- Localities of Pense No. 160: 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.