Tyendinaga is a
township in the
Canadian province of
Ontario, located in
Hastings County. The community takes its name from a variant spelling of Mohawk leader
Joseph Brant
Thayendanegea or Joseph Brant (March 1743 – November 24, 1807) was a Mohawk people, Mohawk military and political leader, based in present-day New York (state), New York, who was closely associated with Kingdom of Great Britain, Great B ...
's traditional Mohawk name, ''Thayendanegea.''
Communities
The township comprises the communities of Albert, Blessington, Chisholms Mills, Ebenezer, Halston, Kingsford, Lonsdale, Lonsdale Station, Melrose, Marysville, Milltown, Myrehall, Naphan, Read and Shannonville.
A radio transmitter for the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is located in Read. Saint Charles Borromeo Cemetery
is also located in Read (Hastings County, Tyendinaga Township, Concession 5, Lot 16).
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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 sli ...
conducted by
Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ...
, Tyendinaga had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Mother tongue (2016 census):
* English as first language: 97.4%
* French as first language: 0.7%
* Other as first language: 1.9%
Industry
Shipman’s Flour and Sawmill was constructed in 1851 and bought by William Fraser Chisholm in 1857, and known as
Chisholm's Mills since.
See also
*
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
* ...
References
External links
*
{{Hastings County
Township municipalities in Ontario
Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario
Municipalities in Hastings County