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Georgina, Ontario
Georgina is a town in south-central Ontario. The northernmost municipality in the Regional Municipality of York, the town is bounded to the north by Lake Simcoe. Although incorporated as a town, it operates as a township in which dispersed communities share a common administrative council. The largest communities are Keswick, Sutton, and Jackson's Point. Smaller communities include Pefferlaw, Port Bolster, Roches Point, Udora, and Willow Beach. The town was formed by the merger of the Village of Sutton, the Township of Georgina, and the Township of North Gwillimbury in 1971 and incorporated in 1986. North Gwillimbury had been part of Georgina but became its own township in 1826. It took its name from the family of Elizabeth Simcoe, née ''Gwillim''. Municipal composition The main centres in Georgina are the communities of Keswick, Belhaven, Sutton West, Jackson's Point, Baldwin, Virginia, Pefferlaw, Port Bolster, Udora, and Willow Beach. Other settlements include Jersey, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Towns In Ontario
A town is a sub-type of List of municipalities in Ontario, municipalities in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. A town can have the municipal status of either a List of municipalities in Ontario#Single and lower-tier municipalities, single-tier or lower-tier municipality. Ontario has 88 towns that had a cumulative population of 1,986,937 and an average population of 22,579 in the Canada 2021 Census, 2021 Census. In the Canada 2021 Census, 2021 Census, Ontario's largest and smallest towns are Oakville, Ontario, Oakville and Latchford, Ontario, Latchford with populations of 213,759 and 355 respectively. History Under the former ''Municipal Act, 1990'', a town was both an urban and a local municipality. Under this former legislation, a locality with a population of 2,000 or more could have been incorporated as a town by Ontario's Municipal Board upon review of an application from 75 or more residents of the locality. It also allowed the Munici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Topographic System
The National Topographic System or NTS is the system used by Natural Resources Canada for providing general purpose topographic maps of the country. NTS maps are available in a variety of scales, the standard being 1:50,000 and 1:250,000 scales. The maps provide details on landforms and terrain, lakes and rivers, forested areas, administrative zones, populated areas, roads and railways, as well as other human-made features. These maps are currently used by all levels of government and industry for forest fire and flood control (as well as other environmental issues), depiction of crop areas, right-of-way, real estate planning, development of natural resources and highway planning. To add context, land area outside Canada is depicted on the 1:250,000 maps, but not on the 1:50,000 maps. History Topographic mapping in Canada was originally undertaken by many different agencies, with the Canadian Army’s Intelligence Branch forming a survey division to create a more standardized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Canadian Census
The 2001 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 15, 2001. On that day, Statistics Canada attempted to count every person in Canada. The total population count of Canada was 30,007,094. This was a 4% increase over 1996 census of 28,846,761. In contrast, the official Statistics Canada population estimate for 2001 was 31,021,300. This is considered a more accurate population number than the actual count. The previous census was the 1996 census and the following census was in 2006 census. Canada by the numbers A summary of information about Canada. Census summary Canada has experienced one of the smallest census-to-census growth rates in its population. From 1996 to 2001, the nation's population increased only 4.0%. The census counted 30,007,094 people on May 15, 2001, compared with 28,846,761 on May 14, 1996. Only three provinces and one territory had growth rates above the national average. Alberta's population soar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Canadian Census
The 1996 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 14, 1996. On that day, Statistics Canada attempted to count every person in Canada. The total population count of Canada was 28,846,761. This was a 5.7% increase over the 1991 census of 27,296,859. The previous census was the 1991 census and the following census was in 2001 census. Canada by the numbers A summary of information about Canada. Population by province Demographics Mother tongue Population by mother tongue of Canada's official languages: Aboriginal peoples Population of Aboriginal peoples in Canada: Ethnic origin Population by ethnic origin. Only those origins with more than 250,000 respondents are included here. This is based entirely on self reporting. Visible minorities Age Population by age: See also * List of population of Canada by years * Demographics of Canada *Ethnic groups in Canada * History of immigration to Canada *Population an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Canadian Census
The 1991 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadians, Canadian population. Census day was June 4, 1991. On that day, Statistics Canada attempted to count every person in Canada. The total population count of Canada was 27,296,859. This was a 7.9% increase over the 1986 census of 25,309,331. The previous census was the 1986 Canadian census, 1986 census and the following census was in 1996 Canadian census, 1996 census. Canada by the numbers A summary of information about Canada. Population by province See also *Population and housing censuses by country References {{Authority control Censuses in Canada 1991 censuses, Canadian 1991 in Canada, Census June 1991 in Canada, Census ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sutton West, Ontario
Sutton is a suburban community located nearly 2 km south of Lake Simcoe in Ontario, Canada. The community was formerly a village but is now part of the Town of Georgina after amalgamation with it and North Gwillimbury in 1971. The Black River runs on the north end of the downtown. Highway 48 goes just south of the downtown. Sutton has a population of just over 6,000 people. Sutton is located about 1 hour north of Toronto. Sutton has a population of 5,938 (2011), which is a -1.4% decrease since 2006. Geography Sutton is located in the Regional Municipality of York, and is situated around a small river, the Black River, that flows from the south and East. Sutton is passed by a road linking Woodbine Avenue and the highway linking Toronto and Beaverton ( Highway 48) forming a T junction to the southeast. The nearest superhighway is Highway 404 to the southwest which was extended to reach Keswick, Ontario in 2014 at Ravenshoe road and Woodbine Ave. Woodbine Avenue runs from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Simcoe
Dame Elizabeth Posthuma Simcoe (22 September 1762 – 17 January 1850) was an English artist and Diary, diarist in Canada under British Imperial control (1764-1867), colonial Canada. Her husband, John Graves Simcoe, was the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada. Her diary gives an account of Canadian life. Biography She was born Elizabeth Posthuma Gwillim to Lieutenant Colonel, Lt Col. Thomas Gwillim and Elizabeth Spinckes in the village of Aldwincle, Northamptonshire, England. Her father died before her birth and her mother shortly afterwards. After her baptism, on the same day as her mother's burial, she was taken into the care of her mother's younger sister, Margaret. In commemoration of her posthumous birth, Elizabeth was given the middle name Posthuma. Her aunt and adoptive mother, Margaret, married Admiral Samuel Graves on 14 June 1769 and Elizabeth grew up at Graves's estate, Hembury Fort near Honiton in Devon. Gwillim was one of a group of friends that included Mary A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Udora, Ontario
Udora is a small rural hamlet community in central Ontario, Canada. It has a population just over 600 and is situated in the most south-eastern part of Georgina, split between York Region and Durham Region. Originally known as Snoddon Corners, the hamlet of Udora was named after the Snoddon Hotel, established by William Snodden, who laid out village lots and built the hotel in 1854. In 1862, the community was renamed Udora, after settler Udora Bret-hour Webster, though the name is sometimes misspelled as ‘Eudora’. In the center of Udora, commonly referred to as the downtown area, a general store served as a functioning post office, up until 2024. History In the 1950s, the Independent Toronto Estonian Women’s Association purchased land in the north-west side of Udora, divided the land into 150 subdivided lots for summer cottages to Estonians in Toronto and named the grounds Jõekääru, which means River Bend in English, named because Pefferlaw River runs through the gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roches Point
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Port Bolster, Ontario
Port Bolster is an unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada. It is recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Port Bolster had a population of 192 living in 72 of its 81 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 135. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. See also *List of communities in Ontario *List of designated places in Ontario A designated place is a type of geographic unit used by Statistics Canada to disseminate census data. It is usually "a small community that does not meet the criteria used to define incorporated municipalities or Statistics Canada population ce ... References {{coord, 44.346124, N, 79.203278, W, display=title Communities in Georgina, Ontario Designated places in Ontario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pefferlaw, Ontario
Pefferlaw is a community within the Town of Georgina, located 3 kilometres south of the southeastern shores of Lake Simcoe. The Pefferlaw River runs south of the community's commercial district. Pefferlaw is passed on the north by Highway 48 and Lake Ridge Road (Durham Road 23) to the east, and is serviced by Pefferlaw Road which links these two traffic arteries. Pefferlaw along with Virginia Beach, Udora and Port Bolster is in the 705 area code. The Canadian National railway passes through Pefferlaw and, until the early 1990s, served a train station in the community's commercial district. This railway links Toronto with Orillia and Northern Ontario with Via Rail transcontinental trains heading to Vancouver. Geography and information Census information is not available for Pefferlaw. It is counted as part of the Georgina Census division. However, data for Pefferlaw largely falls within the census tract 5350470.00, allowing for estimates. * Population: about 3,000 (2005 esti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackson's Point
Jackson's Point is a summer resort harbour located in the township of Georgina, on Lake Simcoe in Ontario, Canada. It was originally part of a naval land grant made to Captain William Bourchier (December 9, 1791 – January 22, 1844) in 1819 (Bourchier was commander of the Provincial Marine's Lake Huron establishment out of Penetanguishene Naval Yard. John Mills Jackson settled the land, which was first used as a wharf facility for schooners travelling Lake Simcoe. Jackson acquired the land from James O'Brien Bourchier, brother of William and was father of William's wife Amelia Jackson. As transportation improved by steamers, and the arrival of railroads by 1877, seasonal residents began to settle in the area. Today, Jackson's Point harbour still caters to recreational boaters and campers, with the addition of small boutiques, street vendors, and live music. Before roads and trucks began to provide means of transport of goods and people to the village, the railway was the best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
