Lion's Head is a community in the municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula,

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. It is located at the midway point of the

Bruce Peninsula The Bruce Peninsula is a peninsula in Ontario, Canada, that divides Georgian Bay of Lake Huron from the lake's main basin. The peninsula extends roughly northwestwards from the rest of Southwestern Ontario, pointing towards Manitoulin Island, ...

, about halfway between

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and Tobermory, just east of Ferndale on Bruce Road 9. Lion's Head is located on the 45th parallel north, halfway between the Equator and the North Pole. The town is named after the resemblance of a lion's profile in the rock formation of the Niagara Escarpment. The first post office opened in 1895. It is a well travelled holiday spot on the coast of

Georgian Bay Georgian Bay (french: Baie Georgienne) is a large bay of Lake Huron, in the Laurentia bioregion. It is located entirely within the borders of Ontario, Canada. The main body of the bay lies east of the Bruce Peninsula and Manitoulin Island. To ...

. The

limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...

rock formations make it a scenic area for canoeing, kayaking, hiking the

Bruce Trail The Bruce Trail is a hiking trail in southern Ontario, Canada, from the Niagara River to the tip of Tobermory, Ontario. The main trail is more than long and there are over of associated side trails. The trail mostly follows the edge of the Nia ...

, rock climbing and visiting the marina-lookout by car.

Bruce Peninsula District School Bruce Peninsula District School is a school in the community of Lion's Head in the municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada. See also *List of high schools in Ontario The following is a list of secondary schools ...

is the only secondary school north of Wiarton, and one of the few schools in Ontario to go from Kindergarten to grade 12. There are accommodations, restaurants, shops, and galleries all located in Lion's Head. There is also a marina,

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, hospital, bank, library, pharmacy, grocery store and several churches in the town. Lion's Head is under the

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(OPP) jurisdiction. There is also the Northern Bruce Peninsula Fire Department, which operates four trucks in the region. Lion's Head and the surrounding region experiences four distinct seasons. Winters are often very cold and wet with periods of significant snow accumulation, often a result of lake-effect snow. Summers are warm and comfortable with lower humidity when compared to the rest of southern Ontario, as the Bruce Peninsula is largely influenced by the surrounding lake breezes of Lake Huron and

, which have a moderating effect on temperatures.

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, Lion's Head had a population of 624 living in 299 of its 419 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 597. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

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