Queensville is a village within the Town of
East Gwillimbury,
Ontario
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, Canada.
History
Originally named ''Four Corners'' and ''Hackett's Corners'' (after William Hackett owner of a general store), it was renamed as ''Queensville'' in 1843 to honour
Queen Victoria
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.
Overview
Among the private homes, the village proper contains the Queensville Cemetery, a post office, a
United Church of Canada
The United Church of Canada (UCC; ) is a mainline Protestant denomination that is the largest Protestant Christian denomination in Canada and the second largest Canadian Christian denomination after the Catholic Church in Canada.
The United Chu ...
, and a complex containing a fire hall, a community centre, a public park with
softball diamond,
tennis court
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s and playground.
Guy Paul Morin and
Christine Jessop were neighbours in Queensville in 1984, and
John Candy
John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994) was a Canadian actor and comedian who is best known for his work in Hollywood (film industry), Hollywood films. Candy first rose to national prominence in the 1970s as a member of the Tor ...
once owned a home approximately 1 km south of Queensville.
At one time, there were plans to build Ontario's first private university in Queensville. The site for the proposed university would have been east of Leslie on the north side of Queensville side road. It was expected that the university would occupy and employ 1,000 people.
East Gwillimbury would welcome new university
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Queensville was home to the largest Antique Mall in York Region. The mall closed in the fall of 2019.
Geography
Statistics Canada
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2006 census population for all of East Gwillimbury 21,069.
*Population approximately 3% of total East Gwillimbury population 632
*Name of inhabitants: - Queensvillians
Surrounding communities
* Holland Landing, to the west
* Keswick, to the north
* Mount Albert, to the east
*Sharon
Sharon ( 'plain'), also spelled Saron, is a given name as well as a Hebrew name.
In Anglosphere, English-speaking areas, Sharon is now predominantly a feminine given name, but historically it was also used as a masculine given name. In Israel, ...
, to the south
See also
* Royal eponyms in Canada
In Canada, a number of sites and structures are named for royal individuals, whether a member of the past French royal family, British royal family, or present Canadian royal family thus reflecting the country's status as a constitutional mona ...
References
See also
* Royal eponyms in Canada
In Canada, a number of sites and structures are named for royal individuals, whether a member of the past French royal family, British royal family, or present Canadian royal family thus reflecting the country's status as a constitutional mona ...
Communities in the Regional Municipality of York
East Gwillimbury
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