Newtonville is a dispersed rural community in the Municipality of
Clarington,
Durham Region,
Ontario
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, Canada.
It is located about east of
Oshawa and about west of
Port Hope on the former
Highway 2.
Newtonville is the most easterly community in Clarington (and in Durham Region), and therefore forms the eastern end of the
Greater Toronto Area. The community was formerly part of the southeastern part of the township of Clarke until 1973.
History
Newtonville's first Post office opened in 1835 when the village was known as both "Clarke" (named after Clarke Township, which it was part of) and "Newton".
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, Newtonville had a population of 629 living in 212 of its 214 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 576. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
References
Neighbourhoods in Clarington
Designated places in Ontario
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