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Malahide, Ontario
Malahide (Canada 2016 Census population 9,292) is a Township (Canada), municipal township in Elgin County in Southwestern Ontario, southwestern Ontario, Canada. History Malahide Township was named for Malahide Castle in Malahide, Ireland, birthplace of land grant administrator Thomas Talbot (Upper Canada), Colonel Thomas Talbot in 1810. The village of Springfield was incorporated as a separate municipality in 1878. The current municipality was formed in 1998 through an amalgamation of the original Township of Malahide, the former Township of South Dorchester and the former Village of Springfield. The Ontario Police College is located in Malahide, at the site of the former RCAF Station Aylmer, Royal Canadian Air Force Station Aylmer, a training facility. Communities The township comprises the communities of Candyville, Crossley-Hunter, Copenhagen, Dunboyne, Fairview, Glencolin, Grovesend, Jaffa, Kingsmill, Lakeview, Little Aylmer, Luton, Lyons, Mile Corner, Mount Salem, Ontario, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Township Municipalities In Ontario
A township is a type of municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario. They can have either single-tier status or lower-tier status. Ontario has 200 townships that had a cumulative population of 990,396 and an average population of 4,952 in the 2011 Census. Ontario's largest and smallest townships are Centre Wellington and Cockburn Island with populations of 26,693 and 0 respectively. History Under the former ''Municipal Act, 1990'', a township was a type of local municipality. Under this former legislation, a locality with a population of 1,000 or more could have been incorporated as a township by Ontario's Municipal Board upon review of an application from 75 or more residents of the locality. It also provided that a township could include "a union of townships and a municipality composed of two or more townships". In the transition to the ''Municipal Act, 2001'', these requirements were abandoned and, as at December 31, 2002, every township ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malahide Castle
Malahide Castle ( ga, Caisleán Mhullach Íde), parts of which date to the 12th century, lies close to the village of Malahide, nine miles (14 km) north of central Dublin in Ireland. It has over of remaining parkland estate, forming the Malahide Demesne Regional Park. History The estate began in 1185, when Richard Talbot, a knight who accompanied Henry II to Ireland in 1174, was granted the "lands and harbour of Malahide." The oldest parts of the castle date back to the 12th century and it was home to the Talbot family for 791 years, from 1185 until 1976, the only exception being the period from 1649 to 1660, when Oliver Cromwell granted it to Miles Corbet after the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland; Corbet was hanged following the demise of Cromwell, and the castle was restored to the Talbots. The building was notably enlarged in the reign of Edward IV, with towers added in 1765. The estate survived such losses as the Battle of the Boyne, when fourteen members of the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aylmer, Ontario
Aylmer is a town in Elgin County in southern Ontario, Canada, just north of Lake Erie, on Catfish Creek. It is south of Highway 401. Aylmer is surrounded by Malahide Township. History In October 1817, John Van Patter, an immigrant from New York State, obtained 80 ha of land and became the first contemporary settler on the site of Aylmer. During the 1830s a general store was opened and village lots sold. Originally called Troy, in 1835 it was renamed Aylmer after Lord Aylmer, then Governor-in-Chief of British North America. By 1851 local enterprises included sawmills and flour-mills powered by water from Catfish Creek. Aided by easy access to Lake Erie, Aylmer became by the mid-1860s the marketing centre for a rich agricultural and timber producing area. Benefiting greatly from the construction of the 230 km Canada Air Line Railway from Glencoe to Fort Erie, Aylmer became an incorporated village in 1872 and a town in 1887. A Royal Canadian Air Force Training Facility, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Townships In Ontario
This is a list of townships in the Canadian province of Ontario. Townships are listed by census division. Northern Ontario Northeastern Ontario Algoma District Historical/Geographic Townships *Abbott *Aberdeen Additional *Abigo *Abotossaway *Abraham *Acton *Aguonie *Alanen *Alarie *Albanel *Albert *Alderson *Allenby *Allouez *Amik *Amundsen *Anderson *André *Archibald *Arnott *Ashley *Assad *Assef *Asselin *Atkinson *Avis *Awenge *Aweres *Bailloquet *Barager *Barnes *Bayfield *Beange *Beaton *Beaudin *Beaudry *Beauparlant *Beebe *Behmann *Bernst *Bird *Bolger *Boon *Bostwick *Bouck *Bourinot *Bracci *Bray *Breckenbridge *Bridgland *Bright Additional *Bright *Brimacombe *Broome *Broughton *Brule *Bruyere *Buchan *Buckles *Bullock *Butcher *Byng *Cadeau *Cannard *Carmody *Carney *Casson *Chabanel *Challener *Chapais *Charbonneau *Chelsea *Chenard *Chesley Additional *Chesley *Cholette *Clouston *Cobden *Coderre *Coffin Additional *Common *Concobar *Conking *Cooper *Copenace *Cor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Canadian Census
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is slightly lower than the response rate for the 2016 census. It recorded a population of 36,991,981, a 5.2% increase from 2016. Planning Consultation on census program content was from September 11 to December 8, 2017. The census was conducted by Statistics Canada, and was contactless as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. The agency had considered delaying the census until 2022. About 900 supervisors and 31,000 field enumerators were hired to conduct the door-to-door survey of individuals and households who had not completed the census questionnaire by late May or early June. Canvassing agents wore masks and maintained a physical distance to comply with COVID-19 safety regulations. Questionnaire In early May 2021, Statistics Can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Salem, Ontario
Mount Salem is a Dispersed Rural Community and unincorporated place in the municipal township of Malahide, Elgin County in southwestern Ontario, Canada. The community is in geographic Malahide Township at the intersection of Elgin County Road 40 (Springfield Road) and Elgin County Road 45 (Calton Line), southeast of the community of Aylmer. The community has two churches, Sommerfeld Mennonite Church and Mount Salem Evangelical Mennonite Church, and Mount Salem Christian School, a JK–12 primary and secondary interdenominational Christian school A Christian school is a school run on Christian principles or by a Christian organization. The nature of Christian schools varies enormously from country to country, according to the religious, educational, and political cultures. In some countr ... that uses the facilities of the aforementioned two churches. References Communities in Elgin County {{WesternOntario-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RCAF Station Aylmer
RCAF Station Aylmer was a Royal Canadian Air Force airfield that was built between late 1940 and June 1941 northeast of Aylmer, Ontario.Hatch, F. J. (1983).''The Aerodrome of Democracy: Canada and the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, 1939-1945''. Ottawa: Directorate of History, Department of National Defence. >Military Bruce Historical Writings by Bruce Forsyth McIntyre, M. (1979).''I'll Never Forget...Canadian Aviation In The Second World War:The Aylmer Story 14 S.F.T.S''. Willowdale:Canadian Aviation Historical Society. It was one of many built across Canada under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan during < ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ontario Police College
The Ontario Police College (OPC) is a police academy located in Malahide Township, just east of Aylmer, in Elgin County in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. History The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) proposed the idea of a central provincial police academy in the early 1950s. The Attorney General appointed an advisory committee on police training in 1959. The college was established in 1962 and offered its first classes beginning January 7, 1963. The college is built on the grounds of the former Royal Canadian Air Force Station Aylmer, which was constructed as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan during World War II. The college moved to its present facilities in 1976. The Ministry of the Solicitor General became responsible for the operations of the OPC in 1972. In May 1984, a War memorial wind tee was dedicated to the personnel who served at Royal Canadian Air Force Station Aylmer; many of the graduates of the aircrew and ground support personnel t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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