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Domains, Hosting and Email forFirst Nations Governments & Band Offices

Help people find current notices, public services and the right office.

For First Nations communications teams, governments and band-office staff preparing Nation-approved public information

A public-service website should help people find current notices, the right office and approved program information. This is a neutral structure for a Nation to adapt, not an invented First Nation or an assertion of authority to speak for one.

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Website planning and support

Plan your website. Get help when you need it.

Use the matching First Nations Governments & Band Offices workbook to shape your pages, and watch the contact video if you would like help from SaaSTech.

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Need help choosing your next step? This short video explains how to contact SaaSTech Servers. Use the page plan and downloadable guide below to plan your website.

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YOUR WEBSITE PLANNING GUIDE

First Nations Governments & Band Offices website workbook

A website-planning guide in editable Word and print-ready PDF, with an example page plan, sample wording and space to draft your own content. Adapt the fictional example and confirm the details for your business.

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Recommended structure

Give every page a job.

Start with this compact structure and add pages only when they answer a distinct visitor question.

First Nations Governments & Band Offices professional tools

Captured first-screen Home example — **01 · Home**Make current information and service navigation easy to find on a phone.

Captured first-screen Notices & Events example — **02 · Notices & Events**Separate current announcements from archived or cancelled items.

Captured first-screen Departments & Contacts example — **03 · Departments & Contacts**Help visitors reach a responsible office without disclosing private staff information.

Captured first-screen Programs & Services example — **04 · Programs & Services**Explain approved offerings without inventing entitlements, eligibility or funding.

Captured first-screen Governance & Public Documents example — **05 · Governance & Public Documents**Publish only records and governance information authorized by the Nation.

Captured first-screen Contact & Visiting example — **06 · Contact & Visiting**Offer practical access information and a low-data contact route.

Compare plans

Choose your Website Builder plan.

Compare current Canadian starting prices and popular features. Final promotions, taxes, currency, eligibility and terms are confirmed in the secure shop.

Suggested for First Nations Governments & Band Offices: Business Plus. Use a public information website for approved notices, department contacts and accessible documents. Confirm plan features, hosting and information-governance requirements with the Nation before choosing a service. A public builder is not a secure member portal or case-management system.

Best for Starter sites

Personal

C$8.99 / month

Professionally designed themes
Hosting, SSL and blog

Best for Business presence

Business

C$13.99 / month

Everything in Personal
PayPal and SEO

Suggested for this industryBest for Service businesses

Business Plus

C$20.99 / month

Social integration
Online appointments

Best for Selling online

Online Store

C$36.99 / month

Shopping cart and payments
Shipping and inventory

Actual Website Builder captures

Community Office Demo website preview.

Six desktop/mobile pairs. Native captured viewport excerpts; lower page content continues.

**Home — desktop**Fictional public-information welcome and prepared community-office scene. Native viewport excerpt; more content continues below.

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Demonstration general enquiry.

Demo only — do not submit. Do not enter status numbers, identification, health, financial or confidential case records. No submission, delivery or backend-disconnection test is claimed.

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Editor Highlights.

Navigation, Add Page, Add Section library, General Content choices and useful editing controls.

**Header editing**Native header and page-heading controls.

**Content editing**Prepared page content in the native editor.

**Add Page**Native Add Page dialog; no extra page is being added in this capture.

**Add Content library**Native Add Section library of available content types.

**General Content choices**Native General Content layout choices; preview examples are not added website content.

**Theme controls**Native brand-colour and Paint controls.

Logo controlsMatching transparent light logo at the native maximum size, 200.

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New Themes.

Native provider theme option references, not completed alternate websites. Open a frame and use Next to browse the observed catalogue.

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Standard Themes.

Native provider theme option references, not completed alternate websites. Open a frame and use Next to browse the observed catalogue.

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Paint your site.

7 observed native Paint positions, with the contrasting matching logo in each accepted frame. Compare the logo and heading contrast across the colour choices.

**Paint position 0**Native Paint position 0 with the contrasting dark logo.

Reference material

First Nations Information Governance Centre — About FNIGC — Background on First Nations control over information; Nation-specific decisions remain with the Nation.

Earn confidence

Proof customers can evaluate.

Nation-approved identity, wording and language
Dated notices with a responsible office and review date
Accessible public documents with approved versions
Verified department contacts and a clear private-information boundary

Be discoverable

Help the right customer find you.

Use the Nation’s approved name and spelling consistently; publish language variants only after authorized review.
Write clear department and program page titles that match the questions people ask.
Keep notices, hours and public documents current; do not expose restricted records to search engines.

Find your domain

It all starts with a name.

Try a .ca, or leave out the ending and we’ll help you find one that fits. The live search confirms current availability and pricing.

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Country and regional domain help

Explore country-code and regional domain endings with dedicated SaaSTech help articles. Registration rules and availability vary by registry and are confirmed in the secure storefront. Select an ending to open its specific help article in a new tab.

.acAscension Island .aiAnguilla .amArmenia .auAustralia .brBrazil .br.comBrazil .bzBelize .caCanada .ccCocos (Keeling) Islands .chSwitzerland .cn.comChina .coColombia .co.zaSouth Africa .czCzechia .deGermany .de.comGermany .dkDenmark .esSpain .euEuropean Union .eu.comEuropean Union .fmMicronesia .frFrance .ggGuernsey .gsSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands .ieIreland .ioBritish Indian Ocean Territory .itItaly .it.comItaly .krSouth Korea .laLaos .meMontenegro .mxMexico .nlNetherlands .noNorway .nuNiue .pePeru .phPhilippines .plPoland .seSweden .sgSingapore .shSt. Helena .soSomalia .tkTokelau .toTonga .tvTuvalu .twTaiwan .ukUnited Kingdom .uk.comUnited Kingdom .usUnited States .vcSt. Vincent & Grenadines .vgBritish Virgin Islands .wsSamoa

Where SaaSTech fits

Use services to support the plan—not define it.

The website strategy comes first. These services provide a practical foundation and can be adjusted for the business.

FOUNDATION

Domain registration

Choose a short, memorable name that belongs to the business and can be used for both the website and email.

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Website Builder Business Plus

Use a public information website for approved notices, department contacts and accessible documents. Confirm plan features, hosting and information-governance requirements with the Nation before choosing a service. A public builder is not a secure member portal or case-management system.

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Microsoft 365 Business Professional

Use the business domain for email, calendars, meetings, Office apps, and organized customer communication.

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Compare plans

Choose your Microsoft 365 plan.

Compare current Canadian starting prices and popular features. Final promotions, taxes, currency, eligibility and terms are confirmed in the secure shop.

Suggested for First Nations Governments & Band Offices: Business Professional. The guide uses Office apps, business email, calendars and organized documents together. Choose a lighter plan for roles that only need email or browser-based tools; confirm the features and number of users needed before ordering.

Best for Professional email

Email Essentials

C$8.99 / month

10 GB mailbox
Sync and shared calendars

Best for Larger mailbox

Email Plus

C$9.99 / month

50 GB mailbox
Sync and shared calendars

Best for Cloud teamwork

Online Business Essentials

C$15.99 / month

Office web apps and 1 TB
Meetings plus 50 GB email

Suggested for this industryBest for Full Office apps

Business Professional

C$22.99 / month

Apps on up to 5 devices and 1 TB
Meetings plus 50 GB email

Grow intentionally

Advanced options when the business is ready.

These are selective next steps—not requirements for launching the website.

Improve what works

Review the next customer step

Use customer questions and enquiry feedback to identify one useful improvement. Update the relevant page, test it on a phone and compare results before adding more features.

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TEMPLATES AND RESOURCES

Ready to use with Microsoft 365

Download templates branded for Community Office Demo. Complete the fields in Word or the input cells in Excel, or print the forms and planners for handwriting. Website workbooks also include a print-ready PDF. Adapt the example branding and details for your own business.

**Public notice publication register**Community Office Demo · Excel workbook preview. Download the editable file below.

Editable Excel planner with status choices, tested record counts and clearly marked input cells.

Download Excel .xlsx · 36 KB

**Department contact and page-review planner**Community Office Demo · Excel workbook preview. Download the editable file below.

Editable Excel planner with status choices, tested record counts and clearly marked input cells.

Download Excel .xlsx · 36 KB

**Public content approval worksheet · Page 1**Community Office Demo · Word document preview. Download the editable file below.

Two-page Word worksheet for typing or handwriting. Adapt the example branding and use your approved process.

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**First Nations Governments & Band Offices Website Workbook · Page 1**SaaSTech Servers · Word document preview. Download the editable file below.

Download Word .docx · 542 KB Download PDF .pdf · print-ready

SaaSTech example templates, not official Microsoft templates. Keep confidential records in your approved private systems. These files do not connect to Website Builder or submit information.

Before going live

Launch like a customer is already waiting.

□Obtain Nation approval of name, identity, language, imagery and every public statement.□Confirm ownership, access, hosting, retention and publication decisions with the Nation; this draft does not certify compliance with any governance framework.□Do not invent leaders, members, treaty territories, benefits, policies or events.□Review permissions for every person, cultural image, story and location shown.□Test keyboard navigation, readable documents, phone links and a low-bandwidth mobile view.□Test enquiry delivery, access permissions and the approved retention/deletion process before enabling a form.□No fake member login, application acceptance or emergency-response promise.

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