List of towns in Ontario

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A town is a sub-type of municipalities in the Canadian province of Ontario. A town can have the municipal status of either a single-tier or lower-tier municipality90 towns[1] that had a cumulative population of 1,871,050 and an average population of 20,789 in the 2011 Census.[2] Ontario's largest and smallest towns are Richmond Hill and Latchford with populations of 185,541 and 387 respectively.[2]

History

Under the former Municipal Act, 1990, a town was both an urban and a local municipality.[3] Under this former legislation, a locality with a population of 2,000 or more could have been incorporated as a town by Ontario's Municipal Board upon review of an application from 75 or more residents of the locality.[3] It also enabled the Municipal Board to change the status of a village or township to a town if it had a population of 2,000 upon review of an application from the village or township.[3]

In the transition to the Municipal Act, 2001, these requirements were abandoned and, as at December 31, 2002, every town that:[4]

  • "existed and formed part of a county, a regional or district municipality or the County of Oxford for municipal purposes" became a lower-tier municipality yet retained its name as a town; and
  • "existed and did not form part of a county, a regional or district municipality or the County of Oxford for municipal purposes" became a single-tier municipality yet retained its name as a town.

The current legislation also provides lower and single-tier municipalities with the authority to name themselves as "towns", or other former municipal status types such as "cities", "villages" or "townships", or generically as "municipalities".[5]

Towns in Ontario

Name[1][2] Municipal
status[1] 		Geographic area[1] Population
(2011)[2] 		Population
(2006)[2] 		Change
(%)[2] 		Area
(km²)[2] 		Population
density[2]
Ajax Lower-tier Durham 109,600 90,167 21.6 67.07 1,634.2
Amherstburg Lower-tier Essex 21,556 21,748 −0.9 185.68 116.1
Arnprior Lower-tier Renfrew 8,114 7,158 13.4 13.04 622.2
Atikokan Single-tier Rainy River 2,787 3,293 −15.4 319.29 8.7
Aurora Lower-tier York 53,203 47,629 11.7 49.78 1,068.8
Aylmer Lower-tier Elgin 7,151 7,069 1.2 6.22 1,148.9
Bancroft Lower-tier Hastings 3,880 3,838 1.1 229.56 16.9
Blind River Single-tier Algoma 3,549 3,780 −6.1 526.46 6.7
Bracebridge Lower-tier Muskoka 15,414[6] 15,652 −1.5 625.66 24.6
Bradford West Gwillimbury Lower-tier Simcoe 28,077 24,039 16.8 201.03 139.7
Bruce Mines Single-tier Algoma 566 584 −3.1 6.13 92.3
Caledon Lower-tier Peel 59,460 57,050 4.2 688.15 86.4
Carleton Place Lower-tier Lanark 9,809 9,453 3.8 8.83 1,110.3
Cobalt Single-tier Timiskaming 1,133 1,224 −7.4 2.05 553
Cobourg Lower-tier Northumberland 18,519 18,210 1.7 22.37 827.8
Cochrane Single-tier Cochrane 5,340 5,487 −2.7 539.02 9.9
Collingwood Lower-tier Simcoe 19,241 17,290 11.3 33.46 575.1
Deep River Lower-tier Renfrew 4,193 4,216 −0.5 50.9 82.4
Deseronto Lower-tier Hastings 1,835 1,824 0.6 2.52 728.3
East Gwillimbury Lower-tier York 22,473 21,069 6.7 245.03 91.7
Englehart Single-tier Timiskaming 1,519 1,494 1.7 3.04 499.9
Erin Lower-tier Wellington 10,770 11,148 −3.4 297.75 36.2
Espanola Single-tier Sudbury 5,364 5,314 0.9 82.44 65.1
Essex Lower-tier Essex 19,600 20,032 −2.2 277.92 70.5
Fort Erie Lower-tier Niagara 29,960 29,925 0.1 166.24 180.2
Fort Frances Single-tier Rainy River 7,952 8,103 −1.9 26.85 296.2
Gananoque Single-tier Leeds and Grenville 5,194 5,285 −1.7 7.01 740.8
Georgina Lower-tier York 43,517 42,346 2.8 287.72 151.2
Goderich Lower-tier Huron 7,521 7,563 −0.6 7.91 950.8
Gore Bay Single-tier Manitoulin 850 924 −8 5.27 161.4
Grand Valley Lower-tier Dufferin 2,726 2,844 −4.1 158.23 17.2
Gravenhurst Lower-tier Muskoka 12,055[6] 11,046 9.1 518.59 23.2
Greater Napanee Lower-tier Lennox and Addington 15,511 15,400 0.7 461.31 33.6
Grimsby Lower-tier Niagara 25,325 23,937 5.8 68.96 367.2
Halton Hills Lower-tier Halton 59,008 55,289 6.7 276.25 213.6
Hanover Lower-tier Grey 7,490 7,147 4.8 9.81 763.8
Hawkesbury Lower-tier Prescott and Russell 10,551 10,869 −2.9 9.46 1,115.6
Hearst Single-tier Cochrane 5,090 5,620 −9.4 98.73 51.6
Huntsville Lower-tier Muskoka 19,056 18,280 4.2 710.64 26.8
Ingersoll Lower-tier Oxford 12,146 11,760 3.3 12.9 941.8
Innisfil Lower-tier Simcoe 32,727[6] 31,175 5.0 284.21 115.2
Iroquois Falls Single-tier Cochrane 4,595 4,729 −2.8 599.92 7.7
Kapuskasing Single-tier Cochrane 8,196 8,509 −3.7 84.13 97.4
Kearney Single-tier Parry Sound 841 798 5.4 531.31 1.6
Kingsville Lower-tier Essex 21,362 20,908 2.2 246.84 86.5
Kirkland Lake Single-tier Timiskaming 8,493[6] 8,248 3.0 262.54 32.3
Lakeshore Lower-tier Essex 34,546 33,245 3.9 530.32 65.1
LaSalle Lower-tier Essex 28,643 27,652 3.6 65.3 438.6
Latchford Single-tier Timiskaming 387 390 −0.8 153.35 2.5
Laurentian Hills Lower-tier Renfrew 2,811 2,789 0.8 640.48 4.4
Lincoln Lower-tier Niagara 22,487 21,722 3.5 162.86 138.1
Marathon Single-tier Thunder Bay 3,353 3,863 −13.2 170.48 19.7
Mattawa Single-tier Nipissing 2,023 2,003 1 3.66 553.5
Midland Lower-tier Simcoe 16,572 16,330 1.5 35.37 468.5
Milton Lower-tier Halton 84,362 53,889 56.5 363.22 232.3
Minto Lower-tier Wellington 8,334 8,504 −2 300.57 27.7
Mississippi Mills Lower-tier Lanark 12,385 11,734 5.5 519.53 23.8
Mono Lower-tier Dufferin 7,546 7,071 6.7 277.78 27.2
Moosonee Single-tier Cochrane 1,725 2,006 −14 550.12 3.1
New Tecumseth Lower-tier Simcoe 30,234 27,701 9.1 274.18 110.3
Newmarket Lower-tier York 79,978 74,295 7.6 38.33 2,086.3
Niagara-on-the-Lake Lower-tier Niagara 15,400 14,587 5.6 132.83 115.9
Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands Single-tier Manitoulin 2,706 2,711 −0.2 495.68 5.5
Oakville Lower-tier Halton 182,520 165,613 10.2 138.88 1,314.2
Orangeville Lower-tier Dufferin 27,975 26,925 3.9 15.61 1,791.6
Parry Sound Single-tier Parry Sound 6,191 5,818 6.4 13.36 463.3
Pelham Lower-tier Niagara 16,598 16,155 2.7 126.42 131.3
Penetanguishene Lower-tier Simcoe 9,111 9,354 −2.6 25.57 356.4
Perth Lower-tier Lanark 5,840 5,907 −1.1 12.25 476.7
Petawawa Lower-tier Renfrew 15,988 14,651 9.1 164.68 97.1
Petrolia Lower-tier Lambton 5,528 5,222 5.9 12.68 435.8
Plympton-Wyoming Lower-tier Lambton 7,576 7,506 0.9 318.76 23.8
Prescott Single-tier Leeds and Grenville 4,284 4,180 2.5 4.95 865.3
Rainy River Single-tier Rainy River 842 909 −7.4 2.99 281.5
Renfrew Lower-tier Renfrew 8,218 7,846 4.7 12.77 643.5
Richmond Hill Lower-tier York 185,541 162,704 14 100.95 1,838
Saugeen Shores Lower-tier Bruce 12,661 11,720 8 170.97 74.1
Shelburne Lower-tier Dufferin 5,846 5,149 13.5 6.44 907.1
Smiths Falls Single-tier Lanark 8,978 9,163 −2 9.61 934.6
Smooth Rock Falls Single-tier Cochrane 1,376 1,473 −6.6 199.79 6.9
South Bruce Peninsula Lower-tier Bruce 8,413 8,415 0 538.32 15.6
Spanish Single-tier Algoma 696 728 −4.4 108.39 6.4
St. Marys Single-tier Perth 6,655 6,617 0.6 12.48 533.3
Tecumseh Lower-tier Essex 23,610 24,224 −2.5 94.69 249.3
The Blue Mountains Lower-tier Grey 6,453 6,825 −5.5 287.23 22.5
Thessalon Single-tier Algoma 1,279 1,312 −2.5 4.37 292.4
Tillsonburg Lower-tier Oxford 15,301 14,822 3.2 22.34 685.1
Wasaga Beach Lower-tier Simcoe 17,537 15,029 16.7 58.43 300.1
Whitby Lower-tier Durham 122,022 111,184 9.7 146.53 832.7
Whitchurch-Stouffville Lower-tier York 37,628 24,390 54.3 206.41 182.3
Total towns 1,871,478 1,713,806 9.2 16,848.16 111.1

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "List of Ontario Municipalities". Ontario Municipal Affairs and Housing. September 21, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Ontario)". Statistics Canada. May 28, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter M.45". Service Ontario. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  4. ^ "Municipal Act, S.O. 2001, Chapter 25". Service Ontario. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  5. ^ "The Municipal Councillor's Guide". Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  6. ^ a b c d "Corrections and updates: Population and dwelling count amendments, 2011 Census". Statistics Canada. February 14, 2013. Retrieved February 15, 2013.
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