Country Canada Amalgamated 1971 (township) Area 287.8 km² | Named late 1790s Incorporated 1986 (town) Population 45,418 (2016) | |
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Weather -12°C, Wind NW at 18 km/h, 50% Humidity Points of interest Sibbald Point Provincial, Lake Simcoe, De La Salle Park, Holmes Point Park, Snake Island | ||
Georgina ontario
Georgina (Canada 2016 Census population 45,418) is a town in south-central Ontario, and the northernmost municipality in the Regional Municipality of York and therefore the Greater Toronto Area. 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, 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 was incorporated in 1986. North Gwillimbury had previously been part of Georgina, but became its own township in 1826. It took its name from the family of Elizabeth Simcoe, née Gwillim.
Contents
- Georgina ontario
- Map of Georgina ON Canada
- Municipal composition
- Demographics
- Government
- Notable residents
- Attractions
- Local clubs and associations
- References
Map of Georgina, ON, Canada
Georgina was the proposed name for London, Ontario by John Graves Simcoe.
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, Cedarbrae, Brown Hill, Island Grove, Elm Grove, Roche's Point (named for the family of Author Mazo de la Roche, who is buried in the cemetary, at St. George's Anglican Church, Sibbald Point), Sibbald Point, Virginia / Virginia Beach (originally called Frenchtown), McRae Beach, Duclos Point, Balfour Beach, Varney, Brighton Beach and a variety of other beach communities.
Demographics
According to the Canada 2016 Census conducted by Statistics Canada:
Racial profile As per the 2011 Canadian Census
Religions
Mother Tongue
Government
The Town of Georgina operates under a ward system, and its municipal council consists of the mayor, regional councillor (known procedurally as deputy mayor) and a councillor for each of the five wards. The current council consists of:
The mayor and deputy mayor represent Georgina at meetings of York Regional Council.
Georgina is part of the Federal riding of York—Simcoe, represented by Peter Van Loan of the Conservative Party of Canada, first elected in 2006.
Provincially, it was part of the riding of York North until 2007 and is now part of the provincial riding of York-Simcoe, represented by Julia Munro of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, who was first elected in 1995.