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Domains, Hosting and Email forMunicipal Government

Make public information, notices, services, and council resources easier to find.

For rural municipalities, towns, villages, resort communities, and local public-service offices

A municipal website is a public-service tool. Residents should be able to find notices, meeting information, bylaws, forms, contacts, emergency updates, and service instructions without knowing the organization chart.

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Website planning and support

Plan your website. Get help when you need it.

Use the matching Municipal Government workbook to shape your pages, and watch the contact video if you would like help from SaaSTech.

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How to contact SaaSTech Servers

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

Municipal Government 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.

Finished Home example — privacy-cropped excerpt — **01 · Home**Lead with current notices, essential contacts, emergency information, and the most-used resident services. Privacy-cropped excerpt; browser/editor chrome removed.

Finished Resident services example — privacy-cropped excerpt — **02 · Resident services**Organize utilities, roads, waste, permits, recreation, taxes, and other services around resident tasks. Privacy-cropped excerpt; browser/editor chrome removed.

Finished Council and administration example — privacy-cropped excerpt — **03 · Council and administration**Publish council contacts, meeting schedules, agendas, minutes, governance information, and office details. Privacy-cropped excerpt; browser/editor chrome removed.

Finished Notices and news example — privacy-cropped excerpt — **04 · Notices and news**Maintain dated public notices, service interruptions, tenders, events, and archived updates. Privacy-cropped excerpt; browser/editor chrome removed.

Finished Forms and documents example — privacy-cropped excerpt — **05 · Forms and documents**Provide accessible forms and documents with a plain-language explanation of purpose, deadline, and submission method. Privacy-cropped excerpt; browser/editor chrome removed.

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 Municipal Government: Business. A structured information website can cover core departments, notices, contacts, and downloadable resources. Municipal records, payments, and statutory systems should remain in approved platforms.

Best for Starter sites

Personal

C$8.99 / month

Professionally designed themes
Hosting, SSL and blog

Suggested for this industryBest for Business presence

Business

C$13.99 / month

Everything in Personal
PayPal and SEO

Best 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

See what you can build

Explore the editor themes behind the Municipal Government site.

These real Website Builder screens follow the Town of Willow Crossing from its first setup prompts to five finished public-information pages. See how the updated Dawn layout, coordinated municipal imagery, accessible navigation, professionally designed themes and light-to-dark colour treatments shape one resident-focused site.

First setup

See how the Municipal Government starter site begins.

Follow the real guided sequence from an industry suggestion to a generated first draft.

Editor highlights

Turn the starting point into a resident-focused municipal site.

Website Builder editor showing the updated Willow Crossing home-page hero — privacy-cropped excerpt — **Refine the municipal home page**The visual editor keeps the updated hero, logo, navigation, phone number and resident-services action visible while the design is refined.

Website Builder page organizer for Town of Willow Crossing — privacy-cropped excerpt — **Organize the resident journey**Home, Resident Services, Council & Administration, Notices and News, and Forms and Documents stay together in one clear page structure.

Website Builder Add Section library beside the Willow Crossing municipal site — privacy-cropped excerpt — **Add useful public-information sections**The section library offers flexible layouts, files, contact tools, media, events, galleries and other content as municipal needs grow.

See what you can build

Themes and Paint your site

Open the preview to explore the captured themes, logo variations and paint settings in the image viewer.

Selected colours

Compare Willow Crossing across professionally designed themes.

Website Builder theme previews for Town of Willow Crossing using its chosen colours, group 1 — **Chosen-colour themes 1**Willow Crossing compared across professionally designed themes while keeping its municipal blue, community photography and coordinated logo.

Website Builder theme previews for Town of Willow Crossing using its chosen colours, group 2 — **Chosen-colour themes 2**Willow Crossing compared across professionally designed themes while keeping its municipal blue, community photography and coordinated logo.

Website Builder theme previews for Town of Willow Crossing using its chosen colours, group 3 — **Chosen-colour themes 3**Willow Crossing compared across professionally designed themes while keeping its municipal blue, community photography and coordinated logo.

Website Builder theme previews for Town of Willow Crossing using its chosen colours, group 4 — **Chosen-colour themes 4**Willow Crossing compared across professionally designed themes while keeping its municipal blue, community photography and coordinated logo.

Website Builder theme previews for Town of Willow Crossing using its chosen colours, group 5 — **Chosen-colour themes 5**Willow Crossing compared across professionally designed themes while keeping its municipal blue, community photography and coordinated logo.

Website Builder theme previews for Town of Willow Crossing using its chosen colours, group 6 — **Chosen-colour themes 6**Willow Crossing compared across professionally designed themes while keeping its municipal blue, community photography and coordinated logo.

Website Builder theme previews for Town of Willow Crossing using its chosen colours, group 7 — **Chosen-colour themes 7**Willow Crossing compared across professionally designed themes while keeping its municipal blue, community photography and coordinated logo.

Website Builder theme previews for Town of Willow Crossing using its chosen colours, group 8 — **Chosen-colour themes 8**Willow Crossing compared across professionally designed themes while keeping its municipal blue, community photography and coordinated logo.

Default styles

See the same municipal content with each theme's original styling.

Website Builder theme previews for Town of Willow Crossing using default styles, group 2 — **Default-style themes 2**The same municipal content shown with each theme's original colours, typography, navigation and button treatment.

Website Builder theme previews for Town of Willow Crossing using default styles, group 3 — **Default-style themes 3**The same municipal content shown with each theme's original colours, typography, navigation and button treatment.

Website Builder theme previews for Town of Willow Crossing using default styles, group 4 — **Default-style themes 4**The same municipal content shown with each theme's original colours, typography, navigation and button treatment.

Website Builder theme previews for Town of Willow Crossing using default styles, group 5 — **Default-style themes 5**The same municipal content shown with each theme's original colours, typography, navigation and button treatment.

Website Builder theme previews for Town of Willow Crossing using default styles, group 6 — **Default-style themes 6**The same municipal content shown with each theme's original colours, typography, navigation and button treatment.

Website Builder theme previews for Town of Willow Crossing using default styles, group 7 — **Default-style themes 7**The same municipal content shown with each theme's original colours, typography, navigation and button treatment.

Website Builder theme previews for Town of Willow Crossing using default styles, group 8 — **Default-style themes 8**The same municipal content shown with each theme's original colours, typography, navigation and button treatment.

Paint your site

Choose the right balance of civic colour and contrast.

Each option changes the visual treatment while preserving the same pages, logo, photography and public information.

Town of Willow Crossing home page in the Website Builder light paint setting — **Paint your site: Light**Willow Crossing shown in the light paint setting without changing its pages, imagery or resident information.

Town of Willow Crossing home page in the Website Builder light balanced paint setting — **Paint your site: Light balanced**Willow Crossing shown in the light balanced paint setting without changing its pages, imagery or resident information.

Town of Willow Crossing home page in the Website Builder soft colour paint setting — **Paint your site: Soft colour**Willow Crossing shown in the soft colour paint setting without changing its pages, imagery or resident information.

Town of Willow Crossing home page in the Website Builder colourful paint setting — **Paint your site: Colourful**Willow Crossing shown in the colourful paint setting without changing its pages, imagery or resident information.

Town of Willow Crossing home page in the Website Builder rich colour paint setting — **Paint your site: Rich colour**Willow Crossing shown in the rich colour paint setting without changing its pages, imagery or resident information.

Town of Willow Crossing home page in the Website Builder deep colour paint setting — **Paint your site: Deep colour**Willow Crossing shown in the deep colour paint setting without changing its pages, imagery or resident information.

Town of Willow Crossing home page in the Website Builder dark paint setting — **Paint your site: Dark**Willow Crossing shown in the dark paint setting without changing its pages, imagery or resident information.

Earn confidence

Proof customers can evaluate.

Clearly dated official notices
Accessible contact information
Current council and meeting records
Document ownership and revision dates

Be discoverable

Help the right customer find you.

Use resident language such as pay, apply, report, book, and find rather than department-only labels.
Give important services stable pages that search engines and residents can bookmark.
Archive expired notices without leaving outdated instructions in active service pages.

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.

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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

A structured information website can cover core departments, notices, contacts, and downloadable resources. Municipal records, payments, and statutory systems should remain in approved platforms.

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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 Municipal Government: 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.

Larger teams

Compare Professional Email

When many staff members mainly need branded mailboxes, compare Professional Email before assigning Microsoft 365 to everyone. Reserve Microsoft 365 for roles that benefit from Office apps, meetings, shared calendars, and collaboration tools.

Review this option →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.

Review this option →

TEMPLATES AND RESOURCES

Ready to use with Microsoft 365

Download templates branded for Town of Willow Crossing. 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.

**Meeting agenda and minutes**Town of Willow Crossing · Word document preview. Download the editable file below.

Download Word .docx · 105 KB

**Public-notice templates**Town of Willow Crossing · Word document preview. Download the editable file below.

Download Word .docx · 105 KB

**Project and action tracker**Town of Willow Crossing · Excel workbook preview. Download the editable file below.

Download Excel .xlsx · 74 KB

**SaaSTech website planning workbook · Page 1**SaaSTech Servers · Word document preview. Download the editable file below.

Download Word .docx · privacy-safe copy Download PDF .pdf · print-ready · privacy-safe copy

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.

Put the services to work

Small systems that make a real business easier to choose.

These examples connect the technology to everyday customer and team needs in municipal government.

01Domain

Keep official information recognizable

Use the municipal domain consistently for the public website, staff addresses, notices, forms, meeting material, and emergency updates.

02Website

Organize around resident tasks

Help residents pay, apply, report, book, find a document, contact council, or read a current notice without knowing the department structure.

03Microsoft 365

Support a dependable public office

Coordinate public contacts, council calendars, meetings, and working documents while statutory records remain in approved municipal systems.

Before going live

Launch like a customer is already waiting.

□Test every form, phone number, email link, and primary button on a phone.□Confirm the domain, business email, opening hours, and service area are accurate.□Compress large photographs and write useful alternative text for meaningful images.□Ask a customer or colleague to complete the main task without instructions.□Confirm accessibility, records retention, statutory notice, privacy, and emergency-communication requirements with the municipality's responsible officials.

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