Our Village. Revitalized.

After more than twenty years of creating websites, we built the tool we always wished existed. Web Village is our own website and software platform, made in Guelph and shaped by everything we've learned working alongside social benefit organizations.

Websites that perform

Northern Village builds websites with elements that are important to you. We take care to understand the goals of your organization first, creating a website crafted together with content strategy, design, SEO, and accessibility without the worry of having to do upgrades. Balancing experience with innovation, we stay informed with the latest in e-commerce, user experience, donation / membership software and website analytics.

Tailored website software

Northern Village specializes in creating software for the Social Benefit sector. We start with a firm understanding of your needs and desired outcome for your product. We analyze processes required, and any existing and/or outdated software. One of the main advantages of having our own website builder is that your custom software can be fully integrated into your website.

Force for good

As a B Corp, we are in business as a force for good. Social benefit remains at our core. We love nothing more than to help you be the change you would like to see in the world. We make sure we understand how you are trying to do it, and then come up with a plan to make you effective online. We understand that you are busy and just need things to be done right. We love to see good people do great work. When you succeed, we all shine. We are there for you.

We had an outdated website that was in desperate need of a total overhaul. The reason we put this project off was basically the time it takes and the cost. After researching different website designers, we decide Northern Village would be a good a good fit for us. They were very organized and had me provide them with the information we needed changed, so we quickly reached a finished product. The time and the cost were not nearly as problematic as I had anticipated. Would highly recommend!

Elizabeth Kent, Executive Director
Victim Services Wellington

My website is not a burden anymore. It’s taken away that administrative stress of having to do something that I’m not equipped to do. The process of designing the site was very collaborative. We met and had conversations, and he really looked into who I am and what I’m trying to achieve. That part of the process can take a long time if the person you’re working with doesn’t take the time to understand you. He knew the right questions to ask so we got to a format and design very quickly.

Karen Farbridge
Karen Farbridge and Associates

We are a small business who were looking to make our website current and accessible. We chose Northern Village to help update our site as they came highly recommended from other satisfied clientele. We were not disappointed!

When you work with Northern Village you get the sense they are committed to their business, which makes us confident that they will be around to support us when our website needs updating/changing in future years.

Hilary Stonehouse, Co-founder
Grand River Physiotherapy

Northern Village was invaluable to us. No one at the Society is overly ‘tech savvy’. I would be better characterized as ‘tech challenged’. We needed to be led by the hand through software selection, website design and content loading. Northern Village bent over backwards to help us out. They completed the work on time and on budget. We have received many compliments on the new website and experienced a noticeable spike in new members following the launch of the website.

The Stanley Thompson Society can’t thank Arni and team enough for their tremendous help and patience. I would enthusiastically recommend Northern Village to any organization with similar needs.

Grant Forest
Stanley Thompson Society

We had to all of a sudden move an existing webpage to get Google search results working. Over the course of a weekend NV took time out to work with me on it so that by Monday morning everything was working perfectly. It was above and beyond. When we created the site, they sat down with me and mined my knowledge of what I really wanted. They really put heart and soul into the design, they understood me, and the results were seamless.

Elizabete Ludviks
Ludviks Designs

Northern village is our go-to for migrating or setting up a website quickly and enabling the owners, users or staff to easily, actively manage the content.

Paul Cassel
Up Marketing

The value add for me is that I don’t have to worry about the website. It’s a turn key solution. NV handles all the updates and patches, and the domain hosting, and makes sure everything’s working. The owner has a breadth of knowledge so he can provide broad strokes and specific details to address whatever need I have. It’s a one stop shop.

Kyle Mackie
Kyle Mackie

I’ve recommended many clients to Northern Village. Arni is such a relationship builder. He connects to so many people, and is therefore able to really understand what people want. I like the website platform and think its versatility is great. I could always get in touch with Arni and he would make it do whatever I wanted. He’s always been very quick to respond.

Candice Lepage

What I’ve appreciated as a charitable organization is that they provide a solid, basic and well-priced website. I find the platform simple and easy to manage. There were a couple of times we had problems and Arni was able to provide immediate customer service. I thought he was a great listener, understood what the needs were, and was relaxed and easy going to work with, not too technical. It felt like we were speaking the same language.

Glenna Banda
United Way Guelph

The owner’s eager to get it right and make sure the customer’s happy, at a price that’s reasonable, especially for a charity. It feels like he’s part of our extended family at the Children’s Foundation, and truly cares that we do well. He’s always quick to respond and makes us a priority. He’s helped us tremendously over many years, including designing a user-friendly online system for families to apply to our Free to Grow Program.

Karyn Kirkwood, Program Director
Children's Foundation of Guelph and Wellington