Selwyn, Ontario

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Selwyn
Township of Selwyn
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Lakefield urban area in Selwyn Township
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Selwyn
Coordinates: 44°25′N78°20′W / 44.417°N 78.333°W / 44.417; -78.333
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
ProvinceFlag of Ontario.svg  Ontario
County Peterborough
Settled1822
FormedJanuary 1, 2001
(renamed January 2013)
Government
  TypeTownship
  MayorSherry Senis
  Federal riding Peterborough—Kawartha
  Prov. riding Peterborough—Kawartha
Area
  Land315.69 km2 (121.89 sq mi)
Population
  Total18,653
  Density54.0/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (EST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal Code
K0L 2H0 & K0L 1H0 & K0L 1T0 & K9J 6X5
Area code(s) 705, 249
Website www.selwyntownship.ca OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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Chemong Lake with Bridgenorth urban area in background

Selwyn is a township in central-eastern Ontario, Canada, located in Peterborough County. The township comprises a mix of rural areas and built up urban areas (former independent towns and villages).

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The township was created in 2001, as Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield, changing its name to Selwyn effective January 15, 2013. It is not to be confused with the hamlet of Selwyn, one of many unincorporated areas within the township.

History

On January 1, 1998, Ennismore and Smith Townships were amalgamated to form the Township of Smith-Ennismore. On January 1, 2001, a Minister's Order created the current larger township by amalgamating the formerly independent Village of Lakefield with the Township of Smith-Ennismore and part of Douro–Dummer Township.

In December 2012 the township council voted to select a new name after Canada Post notified many residents that addresses would have to be changed to reflect the municipality due to a phasing out of its rural route system. The council chose to focus on a simpler name, reducing what it felt was confusion regarding the collective purpose rather than a persistent notion of disparate parts intended by the history of amalgamations. [2] By a vote of 3 to 2, choosing from a slate of new names, the township council voted to adopt the new name of Selwyn, effective January 2013. [2]

Geography

The township comprises the communities of: Bridgenorth, Chemong Heights, Chemong Park, Connaught Shore, Deer Bay, Emerald Isle, Ennismore, Fife's Bay, Flood's Landing, Fowlers Corners, Gannon Beach, Gannon Village, Kawartha Park, Kimberley Park, Lakefield, Selwyn, Selwyn Shores, Stewart Heights, Tera View Heights, Tindle Bay, Victoria Springs, Village Meadows, Windward Sands, Woodland Acres, Young's Cove, Young's Point and Youngstown.[ citation needed ]

The township is 67 percent rural including small villages and hamlets, along with the urban areas of Lakefield, Bridgenorth - Chemong Park, and Woodland Acres (a suburb of Peterborough). Farms have been established on most of the flat areas, which are intermixed between the rolling hills and lakes.[ citation needed ] The Trent-Severn Waterway passes through the township.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Selwyn had a population of 18,653 living in 7,483 of its 8,540 total private dwellings, a change of 9.3% from its 2016 population of 17,060. With a land area of 316.12 km2 (122.05 sq mi), it had a population density of 59.0/km2 (152.8/sq mi) in 2021. [3]

Canada census – Selwyn, Ontario community profile
2016 2011
Population17,060 (+1.3% from 2011)16,846 (-1.1% from 2006)
Land area315.69 km2 (121.89 sq mi)315.64 km2 (121.87 sq mi)
Population density54.0/km2 (140/sq mi)53.4/km2 (138/sq mi)
Median age51.4 (M: 51.0, F: 51.7)
Private dwellings8,404 (total) 8,006 (total) 
Median household income$79,349
References: 2016 [4] 2011 [5] earlier [6] [7]

Mother tongue: [6]

Selwyn historical populations
YearPop.±%
1996 16,109    
2001 16,414+1.9%
2006 17,413+6.1%
2011 16,846−3.3%
2016 17,060+1.3%
2021 18,653+9.3%
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Economy

The region is in the heart of Ontario's eastern cottage country, where urban residents (mostly from the Toronto region) have cottages on many of the small lakes. Many of the retail and services offered in the region cater to this seasonal market.

Small scale farms are a main industry, and dairy and meat production are some of the notable goods.

Government

In the 2010 municipal election, Mary Smith won the position of reeve (now mayor) from former reeve Ron Millen by 1,355 votes. Former federal Member of Parliament Andy Mitchell succeeded Smith as deputy reeve.

Education

Near the village is Lakefield College School which Prince Andrew, Duke of York attended in 1977, however was dropped as an honorary chairman due to sexual abuse allegations. [10] In the village itself is the Lakefield District Public School, [11] which opened in 2018 after the Ridpath Junior Public School, named after James William Ridpath, publisher in the late 19th century and early 20th century of the Lakefield News, local businessman, sportsman and dignitary, was closed. LDPS took over the building formerly used for the now closed Lakefield District Secondary School. St. Paul's Catholic School is situated nearby.

In Paul Nicholas Mason's novel Battered Soles (2005), Lakefield is the site of a pilgrimage, begun in July 1997, which sees thousands of pilgrims from all over the world walk from Peterborough along the Rotary Greenway Trail to St. John's Anglican Church in the village.[ citation needed ] Mason's second novel, The Red Dress (2008), is also set in Lakefield, although this time the community is thinly-disguised as Greenfield.[ citation needed ]

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