Belle River is a community in
Lakeshore,
Essex County,
Ontario
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, Canada. The population was 9,650 as of 2015.
Geography
The community is located in northern Lakeshore in Essex County, on the southern shore of
Lake St. Clair
Lake St. Clair () is a freshwater lake that lies between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of Michigan. It was named in 1679 by French Catholic explorers after Saint Clare of Assisi, on whose feast day they first saw the lake. ...
.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2001, there were 4,887 people, 340 of whom aged 0-4, 795 aged 5-14, 380 aged 15-19, 310 aged 20-24, 1,595 aged 25-44, 635 aged 45-54, 375 aged 55-64, 265 aged 65-74, 160 aged 75-84, and 30 aged 85 and over. 49.6% were male and 50.4% female. Most of the residents are white, but 0.8% are Southeast Asian, and 0.93% are Black, Filipino, and Latin American.
[{{Cite web , title=2001 Belle River Census , url=https://www.city-facts.com/belle-river-lakeshore/population, publisher=Statistics Canada]
References
Communities in Essex County, Ontario