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 municipality.

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Ontario has 88 towns [1] that had a cumulative population of 1,986,937 and an average population of 22,579 in the 2021 Census. [2] In the 2021 Census, Ontario's largest and smallest towns are Oakville and Latchford with populations of 213,759 [3] and 355 [4] respectively.

History

Under the former Municipal Act, 1990, a town was both an urban and a local municipality. [5] 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. [5] It also allowed 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. [5]

In the transition to the Municipal Act, 2001, these requirements were abandoned and, as at December 31, 2002, every town that: [6]

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". [7]

Towns in Ontario

Name [1] [2] Municipal
status [1] 		Geographic area [1] Population
(2021) [2] 		Population
(2016) [2] 		Change
(%) [2] 		Area
(km2) [2] 		Population
density [2]
Ajax Lower-tierDurham126,666119,6775.866.641,900.6
Amherstburg Lower-tierEssex23,52421,9367.2183.76128.0
Arnprior Lower-tierRenfrew9,6298,7959.513.04738.5
Atikokan Single-tierRainy River2,6422,753−4.0313.648.4
Aurora Lower-tierYork62,05755,44511.950.001,241.1
Aylmer Lower-tierElgin7,6997,4922.86.371,208.6
Bancroft Lower-tierHastings4,0653,8814.7227.5417.9
Blind River Single-tierAlgoma3,4223,472−1.4513.986.7
Bracebridge Lower-tierMuskoka17,30516,0108.1615.2028.1
Bradford West Gwillimbury Lower-tierSimcoe42,88035,32521.4200.68213.7
Bruce Mines Single-tierAlgoma5825820.06.0995.6
Caledon Lower-tierPeel76,58166,50215.2688.82111.2
Carleton Place Lower-tierLanark12,51710,64417.69.941,259.4
Cobalt Single-tierTimiskaming9891,128−12.32.07478.5
Cobourg Lower-tierNorthumberland20,51919,4405.622.41915.7
Cochrane Single-tierCochrane5,3905,3211.3537.9010.0
Collingwood Lower-tierSimcoe24,81121,79313.833.15748.3
Deep River Lower-tierRenfrew4,1754,1091.650.2783.0
Deseronto Lower-tierHastings1,7471,774−1.52.52693.5
East Gwillimbury Lower-tierYork34,63723,99144.4244.91141.4
Englehart Single-tierTimiskaming1,4421,479−2.52.92494.2
Erin Lower-tierWellington11,98111,4394.7298.8140.1
Espanola Single-tierSudbury5,1855,0482.781.0064.0
Essex Lower-tierEssex21,21620,4273.9277.5376.4
Fort Erie Lower-tierNiagara32,90130,7107.1166.24197.9
Fort Frances Single-tierRainy River7,4667,739−3.525.55292.2
Gananoque Single-tierLeeds and Grenville5,3835,1594.37.01768.4
Georgina Lower-tierYork47,64245,4184.9287.69165.6
Goderich Lower-tierHuron7,8817,6283.38.54923.1
Gore Bay Single-tierManitoulin808867−6.85.14157.2
Grand Valley Lower-tierDufferin3,8512,95630.3158.6024.3
Gravenhurst Lower-tierMuskoka13,15712,3116.9489.1126.9
Greater Napanee Lower-tierLennox and Addington16,87915,8926.2462.3036.5
Grimsby Lower-tierNiagara28,88327,3145.768.71420.4
Halton Hills Lower-tierHalton62,95161,1612.9276.81227.4
Hanover Lower-tierGrey7,9677,6883.69.78814.6
Hawkesbury Lower-tierPrescott and Russell10,19410,263−0.710.101,009.7
Hearst Single-tierCochrane4,7945,070−5.498.0648.9
Huntsville Lower-tierMuskoka21,14719,8166.7705.1830.0
Ingersoll Lower-tierOxford13,69312,7577.312.731,075.3
Innisfil Lower-tierSimcoe43,32636,56618.5262.39165.1
Iroquois Falls Single-tierCochrane4,4184,537−2.6599.037.4
Kapuskasing Single-tierCochrane8,0578,292−2.883.9895.9
Kearney Single-tierParry Sound97488210.4528.211.8
Kingsville Lower-tierEssex22,11921,5522.6246.0889.9
Kirkland Lake Single-tierTimiskaming7,7507,981−2.9261.2929.7
Lakeshore Lower-tierEssex40,41036,61110.4529.0076.4
LaSalle Lower-tierEssex32,72130,1808.464.96503.7
Latchford Single-tierTimiskaming35531313.4152.262.3
Laurentian Hills Lower-tierRenfrew2,8852,961−2.6634.314.5
Lincoln Lower-tierNiagara25,71923,7878.1162.74158.0
Marathon Single-tierThunder Bay3,1383,273−4.1167.0318.8
Mattawa Single-tierNipissing1,8811,993−5.63.67513.1
Midland Lower-tierSimcoe17,81716,8645.735.33504.3
Milton Lower-tierHalton132,979110,12820.7363.83365.5
Minto Lower-tierWellington9,0948,6714.9300.1930.3
Mississippi Mills Lower-tierLanark14,74013,16312.0511.2528.8
Mono Lower-tierDufferin9,4218,6099.4278.3733.8
Moosonee Single-tierCochrane1,5121,4812.1547.832.8
New Tecumseth Lower-tierSimcoe43,94834,24228.3273.87160.5
Newmarket Lower-tierYork87,94284,2244.438.502,284.1
Niagara-on-the-Lake Lower-tierNiagara19,08817,5119.0131.35145.3
Oakville Lower-tierHalton213,759193,83210.3138.941,538.5
Orangeville Lower-tierDufferin30,16728,9004.415.161,989.5
Parry Sound Single-tierParry Sound6,8796,4087.413.10524.9
Pelham Lower-tierNiagara18,19217,1106.3126.35144.0
Penetanguishene Lower-tierSimcoe10,0778,96212.425.42396.4
Perth Lower-tierLanark6,4695,9309.112.21529.8
Petawawa Lower-tierRenfrew18,16017,1875.7164.70110.3
Petrolia Lower-tierLambton6,0135,7424.712.46482.6
Plympton-Wyoming Lower-tierLambton8,3087,7956.6318.8626.1
Prescott Single-tierLeeds and Grenville4,0784,222−3.44.94826.0
Rainy River Single-tierRainy River752807−6.83.12241.4
Renfrew Lower-tierRenfrew8,1908,223−0.412.81639.3
Saugeen Shores Lower-tierBruce15,90813,71516.0170.1993.5
Shelburne Lower-tierDufferin8,9948,12610.76.561,370.8
Smiths Falls Single-tierLanark9,2548,7805.49.66958.1
Smooth Rock Falls Single-tierCochrane1,2001,330−9.8199.736.0
South Bruce Peninsula Lower-tierBruce9,1378,4168.6530.6117.2
Spanish Single-tierAlgoma670712−5.9106.906.3
St. Marys Single-tierPerth7,3867,2651.712.44593.8
Tecumseh Lower-tierEssex23,30023,2290.394.59246.3
The Blue Mountains Lower-tierGrey9,3907,02533.7284.6533.0
Thessalon Single-tierAlgoma1,2601,286−2.04.38287.5
Tillsonburg Lower-tierOxford18,61515,87217.322.20838.6
Wasaga Beach Lower-tierSimcoe24,86220,67520.357.42433.0
Whitby Lower-tierDurham138,501128,3777.9146.69944.1
Whitchurch-Stouffville Lower-tierYork49,86445,8378.8206.42241.6
Total towns1,986,9371,810,7969.716,116.72123.28
Total lower-tier towns1,889,2701,712,61610.311,825.79159.76
Total single-tier towns97,66798,180-0.54,290.9322.76

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "List of Ontario municipalities". Government of Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. August 19, 2019. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2021 and 2016 censuses – 100% data". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population: Profile table". Statistics Canada. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population: Profile table". Statistics Canada. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 "Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter M.45". Service Ontario. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Municipal Act, S.O. 2001, Chapter 25". Service Ontario. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  7. ↑ "The Municipal Councillor's Guide". Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
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