Udora, Ontario

Udora
Udora town sign in the north end on Christmas, 2006
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Municipality	York & Durham
Government
• Mayor of Georgina	Robert Grossi
• Mayor of Uxbridge	Bob Shepherd
• MPP Georgina	Julia Munro (PCO)
• MPP Uxbridge	John O'Toole (PCO)
Population  (2006)
• Total	510.0
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal code	L0C 1L0
Area code(s)	705, 905

Udora is a small rural community in Ontario, Canada. It has a population estimated to be around 500 and is situated in the most north-eastern part of Georgina, split between York Region and Durham Region. The town was originally known as Snoddon Corners and was the location of the Snoddon Hotel. Some of the descendents of the Hotel's namesake still live in Udora. The name "Udora" was thought to have come about when a town meeting was taken place to select a name for the post office in 1862. The chairman asked the people attending for options. He looked at Dora Brethour and asked, "What about you Dora?” Whether or not this is actually true is unknown, but it is what is rumored.

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, beautifully named due to the fact that Pefferlaw River runs through the grounds. Local street names in the grounds are also in the native Estonian. With the cottages also came the Estonian Children's Camp, which is still active to date as an Estonian language immersion camp for part of the summer.

Highway 48 (which links Markham to Port Bolster) lies to the north while Highway 12 linking to Whitby and Orillia, lies to the east. Ravenshoe Road gridlocks with Victoria Road and Durham Regional Road 1. Area code 705 is bounded to the north while the south of Udora is in Area code 905. The Canadian National Railway runs north of Udora, having its nearest train station in Pefferlaw.

Udora is located about 10 km South of Port Bolster, at Lake Simcoe. About 20 km S/E of Sutton, about 25 to 30 km SW of Beaverton and Orillia, west of Lindsay, north of Uxbridge, about 50 km north of Whitby, about 80 km north of Toronto and NE of Newmarket, Ontario.

In the centre of Udora (or downtown) on the main road (Victoria), there is a General Store, where General Delivered mail can be picked up and lottery tickets purchased along with local homegrown foods. There is also a UPI full serve gas station and convenience store directly next door.

West of Victoria lies the below mentioned Town Hall along with a baseball diamond, playground and basketball / tennis (badminton) court. In the winter, the court also hosts a small skate rink for kids.

Local Businesses & Attractions

Picture of the Udora Hall's back end

The picturesque Udora Community Hall is nestled in the Hamlet of Udora.

Serving our communities since 1974, The Udora Community Hall is judged by many to be one of the most beautiful halls in York and Durham Regions.

With Lake Simcoe and several golf courses a short drive from Udora, the Udora Community hall is an ideal location for wedding receptions, birthday parties, church dinners, new year’s eve bashes, girl guides, district town meetings & election voting poll station, conferences as well as more recently, fair grounds to "Udora Family Fun Day."

• Riverview Dog Systems (Hidden Fence)
• Joekääru
• Udora/Leaskdale Lions
• Leslie's Country Kitchen
• One Two Tree Services
• Udora General Store
• Udora Market / UPI Gas Bar

Nearest places

• Pefferlaw, north
• Sunderland, east
• Leaskdale, immediately south
• Uxbridge, 16 km south
• Zephyr, southwest
• Sutton, west

Community Demographics

• Latitude: 44.26379
• Longitude: -79.18227
• Total Population: 510.0
• Remote Community: No
• Total Dwellings: 278.0
• Total Land Area: 5.5206
• People Within 40 km: 359558.0
• People Within 100 km: 5576059.0
• Distance: 45.537
• Reserve: No

External links

• Town of Georgina
• Community demographics from Industry Canada

• Shot of Victoria Rd looking downward from the church
  Shot of Victoria Rd looking downward from the church
• Corner of Victoria & Ravenshoe
  Corner of Victoria & Ravenshoe