Essa, Ontario

See also: Essa (disambiguation)

Essa
Township (lower-tier)
Township of Essa
Motto(s):  Where Town and Country Meet
Essa Location of Essa, Ontario
Coordinates: 44°15′N 79°47′W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
County	Simcoe
Government
• Mayor	Terry Dowdall
• Deputy Mayor	Sandie MacDonald
• MPs	Kellie Leitch
• MPPs	Jim Wilson
Area
• Land	280.03 km2 (108.12 sq mi)
Population  (2016)
• Total	21,083
• Density	75.3/km2 (195/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code	705
Website	Official website

Thornton

Peacekeepers Park, Angus

Essa is a township in Ontario, Canada, west and south of the city of Barrie in Simcoe County. It is bounded by County Road 90 to its north, County Road 27 to its east, and Ontario Highway 89 to its south. The township is about 100 kilometres (62 mi) from Toronto.

Communities

The main communities of this township are Angus, Thornton, and Baxter. Other small hamlets are Cedargrove, Colwell, Egbert, Elmgrove, Hoe Doe Valley, Ivy, Utopia and West Essa.

Angus is the largest community in Essa Township, and the main access to the neighbouring Canadian Forces Base Borden. It offers services such as Essa Public Library, catholic and public elementary schools, public secondary school, a small shopping centre, many stores, a chamber of commerce and a recreation facility. Angus is located in the northwestern part of Essa township. Located in Essa's municipal Ward 1, the township councillor for Angus is Keith White.

Notable residents

Controversial politician Helena Guergis, the former Member of Parliament for Simcoe—Grey, resides in Angus. Her cousin David Guergis was Essa's mayor until 2010. Esma W. was the recipient of the 2018 Super Bowl CTV $50,000 Giveway.

Government

The mayor as of December 2010 is Terry Dowdall and the deputy mayor is Sandra Macdonald.

Township councillors are Keith White, Mike Smith and Ronald Hederson.

Fire, EMS and police services

Township of Essa Fire Department is a fire services staffed by full-time chief, Cynthia Tustin and deputy chief, Doug Burgin. With 54 volunteer fire fighters at two stations (Angus and Thornton).

Ambulance service is covered by County of Simcoe Paramedic Services Angus Paramedic Station.

Policing in Essa Township is covered by Ontario Provincial Police Nottawasaga Detachment.

Education

Essa Township has 4 elementary schools and a high school:

• Angus Morrison Public School (Angus)

Principal: Suzanne Laybolt

• Pine River Elementary School (Angus)

Principal: Lorna Howlett-Lowe

• Baxter Central Public School (Baxter)

Principal: Aileen Ross

• Our Lady of Grace Separate School (Angus)

Principal: Carla Collier

• Nottawasaga Pines Secondary School (Angus)

Principal: Jason Pino

These schools are managed by the Simcoe County District School Board and the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board.

There are also two French Schools accessible to Essa residents, managed by the French Public School Board, Conseil Scolaire Viamonde.

Academie La Pinède ( Borden)

Principal: Patrick Seamont

Ecole Secondaire Romeo Dallaire (Barrie)

Principal: Harold Roberts

Climate

Egbert 1 W, Ontario, Canada (1981-2010 quasi-normals [1])
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     1.6     27 11     2.1     30 13     2     39 20     2.9     53 33     3.6     66 43     3.1     74 53     3.7     79 57     2.4     77 55     2.3     70 48     2.1     57 38     3.4     44 30     2.7     32 18 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F █ Precipitation totals in inches
Metric conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     41     −3 −12     52     −1 −11     51     4 −7     73     12 1     91     19 6     79     23 12     93     26 14     60     25 13     58     21 9     53     14 3     86     6 −1     69     0 −8 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C █ Precipitation totals in mm

Demographics

Canada census – Essa, Ontario community profile

	2011
Population	18,505 (9.5% from 2006)
Land area	280.07 km2 (108.14 sq mi)
Population density	66.1/km2 (171/sq mi)
Median age
Private dwellings	6930 (total)
Median household income

References: 2011 earlier

See also

• List of townships in Ontario
• List of francophone communities in Ontario

External links

• Township of Essa