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'''Belleville''' ([[Canada 2006 Census]] population 48,821;<ref name="StatsCanCityProfile"/> census agglomeration population 91,518<ref name="StatsCanCAProfile"/>) is a city located at the mouth of the [[Moira River]] on the [[Bay of Quinte]] in [[Southern Ontario|Southern]] ([[Southeastern Ontario|Southeastern]]) [[Ontario]], [[Canada]], in the [[Quebec City-Windsor Corridor]]. It is the seat of [[Hastings County, Ontario|Hastings County]] and the centre of the [[Bay of Quinte]] Region. The current [[mayor]] of Belleville is Neil Ellis. |
'''Belleville''' ([[Canada 2006 Census]] population 48,821;<ref name="StatsCanCityProfile"/> census agglomeration population 91,518<ref name="StatsCanCAProfile"/>) is a city located at the mouth of the [[Moira River]] on the [[Bay of Quinte]] in [[Southern Ontario|Southern]] ([[Southeastern Ontario|Southeastern]]) [[Ontario]], [[Canada]], in the [[Quebec City-Windsor Corridor]]. It is the seat of [[Hastings County, Ontario|Hastings County]], but is politically [[Independent city|independent]] of it. and the centre of the [[Bay of Quinte]] Region. The current [[mayor]] of Belleville is Neil Ellis. |
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==History== |
==History== |
Revision as of 20:19, 8 June 2011
City of Belleville | |
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Independent city | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Ontario |
County | Hastings |
Settled | 1789 |
Named | 1816 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Neil Ellis |
• Federal riding | Prince Edward—Hastings |
• Prov. riding | Prince Edward—Hastings |
Area | |
• Independent city | 246.76 km2 (95.27 sq mi) |
• Metro | 740.61 km2 (285.95 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Independent city | 48,821 |
• Density | 197.8/km2 (512/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal Code FSA | K8N, K8P, K8R |
Area code(s) | 613, 343 |
Website | www.city.belleville.on.ca |
Belleville (Canada 2006 Census population 48,821;[1] census agglomeration population 91,518[2]) is a city located at the mouth of the Moira River on the Bay of Quinte in Southern (Southeastern) Ontario, Canada, in the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. It is the seat of Hastings County, but is politically independent of it. and the centre of the Bay of Quinte Region. The current mayor of Belleville is Neil Ellis.
History
Originally the site of a Native settlement known as Asukhknosk, the future location of the city was settled by United Empire Loyalists in 1789, after which it became known as Meyer's Creek after prominent settler and industrialist John Walden Meyers. It was renamed Belleville in honour of Lady Arabella Gore in 1816, after a visit to the settlement by Sir Francis Gore and his wife. Belleville became an important railway junction with the completion of the Grand Trunk Railway in 1855. In 1858 the iron bridge over the Moira at Bridge Street became the first iron bridge in Hastings County. Belleville's strikingly beautiful High Victorian Gothic city hall was constructed in 1872 to house the public market and administrative offices.[3] The City Hall tower stands some 185 feet above street level.
In 1998, the city was amalgamated with the surrounding Township of Thurlow to form an expanded City of Belleville as part of Ontario-wide municipal restructuring. The city also annexed portions of Quinte West to the west.
Geography and climate
Belleville is located at the mouth of the Moira River on the Bay of Quinte in southeastern Ontario between the cities of Quinte West to the west and Napanee to the east. These cities are connected by both Ontario's Highway 2 and the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway (Highway 401); The city is also served by Highway 37, running north-south from Belleville towards Tweed to the east of the Moira River; and Highway 62 (once Highway 14 south of 401), northwards towards Madoc, and southward to Prince Edward County over the Bay Bridge.
Belleville is located in a transitional zone which may be considered part of the Central Ontario or Eastern Ontario regions by different sources. Officially, Belleville is properly considered part of the Central Ontario region as it is located west of the St. Lawrence River's starting point, but the city is popularly considered part of Eastern Ontario as it shares the eastern region's area code 613 and K postal code.
Major Routes in Belleville
Highway 62/North Front Street
Highway 62 runs from the northern city limit with the Township of Centre Hastings to the southern boundary with the Municipality of Prince Edward County (where the highway crosses the Norris Whitney Bridge over the Bay of Quinte). From Highway 401 to just south of the Canadian National Railways overpass, 62 follows North Front Street. There, the main route becomes Pinnacle Street, following it across the Sagonaska Bridge and through downtown. 62 then turns right at Dundas Street (old Highway 2), and continues to Bay Bridge Drive, where the highway heads south into 'the County'.
Highway 37/Cannifton Road Parkway
Highway 37 runs from the northern city limit with Tweed south to the 401, where it is co-designated as Cannifton Road Parkway until it meets Station Street. There, it follows Station Street west to its terminus at Pinnacle Street downtown.
Highway 2/Dundas Street
Running across southern Belleville, Dundas Street is a four-lane highway from where it enters Belleville's west end at Wallbridge-Loyalist Road to Point Anne Road, approximately 11 km east. Highway 2 originally crossed the Moira River at the Lower Bridge, co-designated with Bridge Street, but when Dundas Street finally crossed the Moira in the early 1970s, the old route was forgotten, although it is still signed as Highway 2.
Of interest is the eastern section of Dundas Street where, as Highway 2, it was rebuilt in the late 1930s as a "dual highway" (four lanes), to the same standards as the concurrent Queen Elizabeth Way. Part of a period of freeway design experimentation in Ontario, it was never upgraded in the same manner as the QEW, as Highway 2 was supplanted by the new 401 as the major transportation corridor along Lake Ontario.[4] It remains today as an example of early freeway design.
Bell Boulevard/Adam Street
Bell in 2010 was extended east to the Moira River, where the new Veterans Memorial Bridge connects it to Adam Street, with the combined route now connecting Wallbridge-Loyalist Road on the western boundary of Belleville, running through the North-west Industrial Park, and over the Moira as it passes through Riverside Park, ultimately ending at University Avenue, in the city's North-East Industrial Park. From Sidney Street east to North Park Street, Bell is home to a variety of commercial properties, including Reid's Dairy and the Quinte Mall, as well as a number of restaurants and a hotel.
College Street/Airport Parkway
College Street runs from the residential area of West Park Village, across the city to the North-East Industrial Park. Branching off of College and running east to Shannonville Road is Airport Parkway, formerly known as the Byron Street Extension.
Climate
Belleville's climate has four distinctive seasons. The summer season has comfortable temperatures and modest rainfall. The winter season is not exceedingly cold and the average snowfall is lower than in many other parts of Canada and north-east United States. The City's traditional continental climate (hot summers, cold winters) is moderated somewhat by its location near the Bay of Quinte and Lake Ontario. The lakes moderates temperature extremes, cooling hot summer days and warming cold days during the fall and winter. [citation needed]
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- Growing Degree-Days = 2236
- Growing Season = 190–200 days
- Mean Annual Precipitation = 85 cm (33.5 in)
- Mean Annual Snow Fall = 151 cm (59.5 in)
- Average Number of Days with Precipitation = 141 days
- Average Number of Days with Snowfall = 42 days
- Average Number of Days with max. temperature > 0°C (32°F) = 304 days
Economy
Procter & Gamble, Kellogg's, Streamline Foods, Autosystems, Amer Sports Canada, Sears and Avaya (formerly Nortel) are among the internationally known companies with industrial operations in Belleville. The City of Belleville is located within a 30 minute drive of 8 Wing / Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Trenton. 8 Wing CFB Trenton is Canada’s largest Canadian Forces Air Base and is available for commercial flights for passenger and cargo uses, by prior arrangement with DND. There is a Customs and Immigration office located on site for international flights. Airport facilities include snow removal, crash response, fire fighting and rescue services, 24 hour a day air traffic control tower, fully equipped airfield navigational and visual approach and one paved runway which is 10,000 feet and can accommodate 747 and C5A classes.
Many other manufacturing sector companies operate within the City of Belleville, including Bioniche Life Sciences, Sprague Foods, Airborne Systems Canada Ltd, Berry Plastics Canada, Sigma Stetch Film Canada, CpK Interior Products, Halla Climate Control Canada, Deloro Stellite, Reid's Dairy, Paramlat Canada - Black Diamond Cheese Division and Norampac Inc, just to name a few. Belleville is home to 2 shopping malls: The Bay View Mall in east-end Belleville and the Quinte Mall along Highway 401 in North Belleville.
Quinte Economic Development Commission
The Quinte Economic Development Commission is the regional economic development office representing the City of Belleville, the City of Quinte West and the Municipality of Brighton. The Quinte EDC is mandated with the responsibility for regional marketing for its member municipalities as well as supporting existing industries through regional strategies.
Demographics
Census | Population |
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1841 | 2,040 |
1851 | 4,593 |
1871 | 7,305 |
1881 | 9,516 |
1891 | 9,916 |
1901 | 9,117 |
1911 | 9,876 |
1921 | 12,206 |
1931 | 13,790 |
1941 | 15,498 |
1951 | 19,519 |
1961 | 30,655 |
1971 | 35,128 |
1981 | 34,881 |
1991 | 37,243 |
2001 | 45,986 |
2006 | 48,821 |
The city of Belleville, with the amalgamation of the Township of Thurlow, and the annexation of a portion of the City of Quinte West, had a population of 48,821 people in the Canada 2006 Census. Belleville is the largest urban centre in a much larger market area generally known as the Quinte Region. The city's census agglomeration had a population of 91,518 in the 2006 census.
Population trend:[5]
- Population in 2006: 48,821
- 2001 to 2006 population change: 6.1 %
- Population in 2001: 45,986 (or 46,029 when adjusted to 2006 boundaries)
- Population in 1996:
- Belleville (city): 37,083
- Thurlow (township): 7,986
- Population in 1991:
- Belleville (city): 37,243
- Thurlow (township): 7,615
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 20,495 (total dwellings: 21,239)
Mother tongue:[1]
- English as first language: 90.8 %
- French as first language: 1.5 %
- English and French as first language: 0.2 %
- Other as first language: 7.5 %
Education
Belleville offers a number of options at the elementary, secondary, and post-secondary levels.
Post-secondary
Loyalist College is the local public college.
Public schools
The Public school system is served by the Hastings & Prince Edward District School Board.
Public Secondary schools |
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Centennial Secondary School (Belleville) |
Moira Secondary School |
Quinte Secondary School |
Public Elementary schools |
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Susanna Moodie Elementary School |
Parkdale Public Elementary School |
Queen Elizabeth Elementary School |
Prince of Wales Elementary School |
Harry J. Clarke Elementary School |
Queen Victoria Elementary School |
Chase Maracle Elementary School |
Sir John A Macdonald School |
Sir Mackenzie Bowell School |
Hillcrest Elementary School |
Prince Charles Elementary School |
Foxboro Public Elementary School |
Special education schools |
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William R. Kirk School for developmentally disabled, multiple disabilities, and special education. Serving elementary and secondary students. |
Separate schools
The Separate school board is served by the Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board.
Separate board Secondary schools |
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Nicholson Catholic College |
St. Theresa Catholic Secondary School |
Separate board Elementary schools |
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Our Lady of Fatima Elementary School |
St Michael's Elementary School |
St Joseph's Elementary School |
Georges Vanier Elementary School |
Holy Rosary Elementary School |
Provincial schools
Provincial Demonstration schools |
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Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf |
Sagonaska School |
Private schools
Private schools |
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Albert College |
Quinte Ballet School of Canada |
Quinte Christian High School |
Belleville Christian School |
Belleville Montessori School |
Sports teams
Belleville is home to the Belleville Bulls of the Ontario Hockey League. They play at the Yardmen Arena, located on Cannifton Road. Belleville was previously home to two senior hockey teams, the Belleville Macs and the Belleville McFarlands. The McFarlands won the Allan Cup in 1958, and the World Championship in 1959. Belleville is also home the Bay of Quinte Yacht Club, which challenged for the America's Cup in 1881.
Media
- Belleville Intelligencer (daily)
Radio
- AM 800 - CJBQ ("800 AM") country music
- FM 91.3 - CJLX ("91X") Loyalist College campus radio
- FM 95.5 - CJOJ ("Hits 95.5"), Adult hits
- FM 97.1 - CIGL ("Mix 97"), hot adult contemporary, top 40
- FM 100.1 - CHCQ ("Cool 100"), country music
- FM 102.3 - CKJJ, ("UCB") Christian music
- FM 107.1 - CJTN ("Rock 107"), active rock
See also List of radio stations in Ontario.
Television
- Channel 15: CBLFT-TV-13 - SRC
- Channel 53: CICO-TV-53 - TVOntario
- See also List of television stations in Ontario.
Internet
- Quinte Frontpage
Sister cities
- Lahr, Germany - Established in 1971
- Gunpo, South Korea - Established in 1996
- Zhucheng, People's Republic of China - Established in 1996
Notable residents
- Lee Aaron, Metal singer, now a Jazz singer
- Marianne Ackerman, playwright, novelist, and journalist
- Drew Bannister, professional ice hockey defenceman
- Dennis Bock, novelist and short story writer
- Michael Botterill, professional Canadian football linebacker
- Sir MacKenzie Bowell, Canada's fifth Prime Minister
- Wilfred Leigh Brintnell, a pioneering Canadian aviator
- James Brown, politician
- Stevie Cameron, award-winning investigative journalist and best-selling author
- Matt Cooke, NHL hockey player
- Bob Crawford, retired NHL hockey player
- Lou Crawford, former OHL and AHL head coach
- Marc Crawford, NHL head coach
- Bob Dillabough, retired NHL player with the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins and the Oakland Seals
- Rick Green, retired NHLer
- Ellie Anne Harvie, actress
- Bobby Hull, Hockey Hall of Fame member
- Brett Hull, son of Bobby, Hockey Hall of Fame member (inducted 2009)
- Dennis Hull, Bobby's younger brother, member of 1972 Team Canada
- Aislinn Hunter, poet and fiction writer
- Frances Itani, fiction writer, poet and essayist
- Avril Lavigne, singer, born in Belleville, raised in nearby Napanee
- James Frederick Lister, lawyer
- Norm Maracle, hockey goaltender
- Rick Meagher, retired NHL player
- Rick Mofina, author of crime fiction and thriller novels
- Susanna Moodie moved to Belleville with her husband in 1840 after several years spent "roughing it in the bush"
- Riyo Mori, Miss Universe 2007 spent her teenage years in Belleville, studying at Centennial Secondary School and at Quinte Ballet School of Canada[6]
- Farley Mowat, author, born in Belleville, resides in Port Hope
- William Barton Northrup, lawyer and politician
- Brian Orser, figure skater and coach
- Pete Quaife, bassist for The Kinks in the 1960s, lived in Quinte Region from 1980 to 2005
- Peter Quinney, Canadian football player, Toronto Argonauts
- Andrew Raycroft, NHL goaltender
- Brad Richardson, NHL forward
- Alexander Milton Ross, abolitionist and agent for the Underground Railroad
- Johnny Rutherford, former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Nancy Anne Sakovich, actress and former model
- Mike Schad, National Football League offensive lineman; attended Moira Secondary School
- Alex Stieda,former professional road bicycle racer
- Chris Valentine, former ice hockey player and coach
- Thomas Campbell Wallbridge, lawyer and politician
- John Weldon, animated movies director, Oscar Award winner (1979)
- Ed Westfall, retired NHL player
- The Wilkinsons, country music group
- Ty Wishart, professional ice hockey player
- Jerry Yanover, political advisor
See also
References
- ^ a b c Statistics Canada - 2006 Community Profiles: City of Belleville
- ^ a b Statistics Canada - 2006 Community Profiles: Census Agglomeration of Belleville
- ^ http://www.heritagefdn.on.ca/userfiles/HTML/nts_1_5632_1.html Ontario Heritage Trust Belleville City Hall
- ^ http://www.thekingshighway.ca/PHOTOS/Hwy2photos9.htm
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
- ^ CANOE - CNEWS - Canada: New Miss Universe studied in Ont