How to Claim or Correct Your Business Listing in Armstrong, BC

To claim or correct your listing, open your business page on Armstrong Local and use the “Claim this free listing” option. The same option reports a wrong phone number, address, or hours. Claiming is free for businesses in the City of Armstrong and the Township of Spallumcheen. This guide covers what to have ready and what to do when your business changes.

Find your listing first

Start with your business page. Browse the category that fits your work, or search the business name. Our guide to finding a local business in Armstrong walks through the categories.

Every business page carries a “Claim this free listing” option. Use it on your own page. That is the route for claiming a listing and for reporting a mistake.

If your business has no page, it may not be added yet. The same claim route applies. Check the spelling of your name first. A business listed under a former name can look missing.

Check that you are in the coverage area

The directory covers the City of Armstrong and the Township of Spallumcheen. Businesses in Vernon, Enderby, and Salmon Arm do not get listings.

An Armstrong mailing address does not prove a business is in the city. Many farms and rural businesses have an Armstrong mailing address and sit in Spallumcheen. Both areas are covered, so either way you qualify. Our guide to which municipality your address is in explains the difference if you need it for permits or taxes.

Details to have ready

A listing page can show the details below. Gather what applies to you before you start.

Business name. Use the name customers see on your sign.

Category and type. Each business sits in one top category, with a more specific type inside it. Pick the category that matches the main work you do.

Phone, email, and website. These appear on the listing when we have them.

Street address. Use the physical address of the business. Use a V4Y postal code. Canada Post replaced many older V0E codes, and old business cards often carry the stale one. Our guide to Armstrong postal codes covers the change.

Hours. Write the day, the opening time, and the closing time for each day you open. Include seasonal changes in a note. A page with no hours means we have no checked hours for that business. The directory hides empty rows instead of guessing.

Facebook and Instagram pages. Send the full page address for each one you want listed.

A map link. A confirmed map link sends visitors to your exact location. Without one, the map button runs a search on your address. A rural road in Spallumcheen can run a long way, so a confirmed link helps customers find you.

Write one factual sentence

The description on a listing is one sentence. It says what the business does. It does not carry slogans, rankings, or claims such as “best in town.”

A good sentence names the product or service. For example, say what you grow, repair, bake, or build. Leave out anything a visitor cannot check.

Some listings carry tags, which show as chips on the page. Farms use tags such as vegetables, organic, and u-pick. Tags tell a visitor what to expect before the drive.

Photo requirements

A listing can carry one photo. The photo must be landscape. The site crops photos to a wide 16:9 shape at 1200 by 675 pixels.

A landscape photo keeps most of its frame in that crop. A tall portrait photo loses more than half. A portrait photo of a storefront can lose the storefront.

Send a clear photo of the building, the farm stand, or the field. Skip logos and text graphics. The photo needs a short description of what it shows, for people who use screen readers. Describe the scene, such as a red barn with a hand-painted sign. Do not repeat the business name.

Fix a wrong phone number, address, or hours

Use the same claim route on your business page. Tell us what is wrong and what is right. Wrong hours matter most. A customer who drives out to a closed farm stand does not come back.

Update your details again when any of these change:

1. Your phone number or website.
2. Your street address.
3. Your hours, including winter hours.
4. Your business name.

When a business closes, sells, or moves

The directory lists current businesses only. When a business closes, sells, moves away, or changes its name, the listing leaves the directory. A record can then go in the history section of the site.

The history section uses these statuses: closed, reduced, sold, renamed, moved, and unknown. Reduced means one location or one part of the business ended and the rest carried on. Sold means the same business has a new owner. Renamed means the business trades under another name.

An entry gives a year only when a source supplies one. We do not guess. For the wider story of the town, read the history of Armstrong.

Paid options

The basic listing is free and stays free. Two paid options also exist: a featured listing and a category sponsor. A featured placement runs for a set window of time. It is not a permanent mark on a business page. Ask about current availability when you contact us.

A paid option does not change the facts on your page. Hours, address, and description follow the same rules for every business.