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Stouffville () is the primary urban area within the town of Whitchurch-Stouffville in
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and the inner ring of the Golden Horseshoe. The urban area is centred at the intersection of Main Street (York Regional Road 14), Mill Street, and Market Street. Between 2006 and 2011, the population of the Community of Stouffville grew 100.5% from 12,411 to 24,886, or from 51% to 66% of the total population of the larger town of Whitchurch-Stouffville. The population of Stouffville from the 2021 census is 36,753.


History

Founded in 1804 by Abraham Stouffer, the hamlet was originally named ''Stoufferville''. Stouffer built a sawmill and grist-mill on the banks of Duffin's Creek in the 1820s. The community name was shortened to Stouffville when its first post office opened in 1832. In 1877, Stouffville became an incorporated village. On January 1, 1971, the Village of Stouffville amalgamated with Whitchurch Township and was designated a community within the larger town of Whitchurch-Stouffville; with amalgamation, the boundary of the town was also moved four farm lots south of the original boundary of Main Street (the land was formerly a part of Markham Township). The population of urban Stouffville in 1971 was 5,036. In 2003, a large 16th-century Huron village was discovered in Stouffville during land development; approximately 2000 people once inhabited the site, dubbed Mantle Site, which included a
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and more than 80
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s, yielding tens of thousands of artifacts.Archeological Services, Inc.
Mantle Site
; Toronto Museum Project
Dunsmere Pipe
; also Minutes, Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville Council
Huron Ancestral Village Resolution (C10-C0 & R00)
June 17, 2007.


Geography

Urban Stouffville is approximately 4.5 km long, stretching from the York-Durham Line to Highway 48, and approximately 2.7 km wide with development north and south of Main Street. Stouffville is bounded by farmland and a golf course. The community is located on the
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and the Rouge River watershed.


Transportation

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's Stouffville line passes through the community with commuter trains stopping at the Stouffville GO Station in the downtown core and terminating at Old Elm GO Station. When no trains are scheduled a bus service from
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serves the town with some runs continuing to
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's bus#15 travels around the community of Stouffville and along the Stouffville Road to
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in Richmond Hill, and their bus#9 (9th line) travels from the town to Markham Stouffville Hospital and thence to Box Grove Plaza. Stouffville Road (Regional Road #14) is the main east–west route that passes through downtown and connects with Highway 404 in the west.


Demographics

In 2006, urban Stouffville had a population of 8,000 to 10,000 people, or about one-third of the population of the larger Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville. The Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville estimates that the population grew more than 58% between 2006 and 2011; most of that growth was limited to the Community of Stouffville or the Community of Ballantrae. Based on the 2021 census the town's total population is 36,753, growth of 8.8% from the 2016 population of 32,634.


Growth

With connection to a massive new sewage system (also known as the Big Pipe) and a water pipe from Lake Ontario, urban Stouffville began to grow rapidly after 2005. The first of the new subdivisions were south of Main Street along Hoover Park Drive (Wheler's Mill and Wheler's on Main subdivisions), and north of Main Street along Millard Street west of Ninth Line. In 2008, construction began to widen Stouffville Road / Main Street from two lanes to four lanes, from Ninth Line to the edge of urban Stouffville at Highway 48 (the community of Ringwood), and further to McCowan Road. Construction was completed in June 2010. Stouffville Road has since been widened up to Highway 404.


Notable residents

* Keith Acton,
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player and coach * Capt. Arthur Roy Brown DSC and Bar, RNAS (23 December 1893 – 9 March 1944),
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flying ace who spent the latter years of his life running a farm in Stouffville. * Michael Del Zotto,
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, musician * Peter Gibbons, racing driver * Dalton Kellett, racing driver * Liz Knox,
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founding board member and player * Jeff Marek,
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and CHL analyst for
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* Brad May,
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winner with the
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* Jane Philpott, former President of the Treasury Board and MP of the
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* K.A. Tucker, novelist * Dean Michael Wiwchar, hitman. * (See also Notable residents, Whitchurch-Stouffville)


Nearest communities

Urban Stouffville is situated in the southeast corner of the town of Whitchurch-Stouffville. Neighbouring communities within the town include Ringwood and Gormley to the east, and Bloomington to the north. Claremont,
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, and the
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of Altona (part of Pickering) lie to the east. Stouffville is bordered on the south by the city of Markham.


Heritage and culture


List of historic buildings

* Bloomington Gospel Church - 13660 9th Line 1874 * Bogarttown Public School 1857 - now part of Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum * Co-Op Grain Elevator c. 1916 – demolished 2015 * James Brown Homestead 1850s - last lived in 1950s and transferred to Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum in 1984 * Lebovic Centre for Arts & Entertainment – Nineteen on the Park 1896 -
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market/concert hall * St James Presbyterian Church 6432 Main Street 1894 * Stouffville Memorial Christian Church - 6528 Main Street 1892 * Stouffville Station 1871 - built by Toronto and Nipissing Railway, then as Grant Trunk Stouffville Junction and demolished in 1980s and replaced by current GO station * Stouffville Wesley Church 15296 Woodbine Avenue 1881 * Vandorf Public School 1871 - now moved to Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum (14732 Woodbine Avenue)


Stouffville Farmer's Country Market / Downtown Farmer's Market

The town was home to the Farmers Country Market, founded 1952, which sold a variety of produce, prepared foods, live animals, and household items. While once a popular town attraction, the market closed in 2016 after years of decline. The land was sold in 2001 and was slated for re-development during the decade after the sale. Current barn, silo and stalls were demolished following the closure of the site in late 2016. The Liquidation Centre was moved online with pick-up location/cash and carry in
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. Vendors either closed or relocated across the GTA. Nearby was a downtown farmer's street market hosted by the town and ran from 2009 to 2016. It too has closed and unsure if it will be opened again.


Education


Primary and secondary schools

* York Region District School Board ** Harry Bowes Public School ** Wendat Village Public School ** Barbara Reid Public School ** Summit View Public School ** Oscar Peterson Public School ** Glad Park Public School ** Stouffville District Secondary School * York Catholic District School Board ** St. Brigid Catholic Elementary School ** St. Brendan Catholic Elementary School ** St. Marks Catholic Elementary School


References


Citations


General references

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External links


Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville
{{Communities of Whitchurch-Stouffville Communities in Whitchurch-Stouffville Populated places established in 1804