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 1,813,458 and an average population of 22,316 in the 2016 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
(2016) [2] 		Population
(2011) [8] 		Change
(%) [2] 		Area
(km2) [2] 		Population
density [2]
Ajax Lower-tierDurham119,677109,6009.267.001,786.4
Amherstburg Lower-tierEssex21,93621,5561.8185.61118.2
Arnprior Lower-tierRenfrew8,7958,1148.413.07672.7
Atikokan Single-tierRainy River2,7532,787−1.2319.528.6
Aurora Lower-tierYork55,44553,2034.249.851,112.3
Aylmer Lower-tierElgin7,4927,1514.86.261,197.6
Bancroft Lower-tierHastings3,8813,8800.00229.5116.9
Blind River Single-tierAlgoma3,4723,549−2.2525.656.6
Bracebridge Lower-tierMuskoka16,01015,4143.9628.2225.5
Bradford West Gwillimbury Lower-tierSimcoe35,32528,07725.8201.04175.7
Bruce Mines Single-tierAlgoma5825662.86.2293.6
Caledon Lower-tierPeel66,50259,46011.8688.1696.6
Carleton Place Lower-tierLanark10,6449,8098.59.051,176.2
Cobalt Single-tierTimiskaming1,1281,133−0.42.08541.8
Cobourg Lower-tierNorthumberland19,44018,5195.022.36869.3
Cochrane Single-tierCochrane5,3215,340−0.4539.129.9
Collingwood Lower-tierSimcoe21,79319,24113.333.78645.1
Deep River Lower-tierRenfrew4,1094,193−2.050.1382.0
Deseronto Lower-tierHastings1,7741,835−3.32.51705.7
East Gwillimbury Lower-tierYork23,99122,4736.8245.0497.9
Englehart Single-tierTimiskaming1,4791,519−2.63.02489.7
Erin Lower-tierWellington11,43910,7706.2297.7638.4
Espanola Single-tierSudbury4,9965,364−6.982.8260.3
Essex Lower-tierEssex20,42719,6004.2277.9773.5
Fort Erie Lower-tierNiagara30,71029,9602.5166.27184.7
Fort Frances Single-tierRainy River7,7397,952−2.725.51303.4
Gananoque Single-tierLeeds and Grenville5,1595,194−0.77.03733.6
Georgina Lower-tierYork45,41843,5174.4287.75157.8
Goderich Lower-tierHuron7,6287,5261.48.64882.8
Gore Bay Single-tierManitoulin8678502.05.23165.7
Grand Valley Lower-tierDufferin2,9562,7268.4158.2318.7
Gravenhurst Lower-tierMuskoka12,31112,0552.1518.0623.8
Greater Napanee Lower-tierLennox and Addington15,89215,5112.5461.1734.5
Grimsby Lower-tierNiagara27,31425,3257.968.93396.3
Halton Hills Lower-tierHalton61,16159,0133.6276.27221.4
Hanover Lower-tierGrey7,6887,4902.69.80784.9
Hawkesbury Lower-tierPrescott and Russell10,26310,551−2.79.621,067.3
Hearst Single-tierCochrane5,0705,090−0.498.5251.5
Huntsville Lower-tierMuskoka19,81619,0564.0710.0127.9
Ingersoll Lower-tierOxford12,75712,1465.012.751,000.7
Innisfil Lower-tierSimcoe36,56632,72711.7262.71139.2
Iroquois Falls Single-tierCochrane4,5374,595−1.3600.017.6
Kapuskasing Single-tierCochrane8,2928,1961.284.3798.3
Kearney Single-tierParry Sound8828414.9532.001.7
Kingsville Lower-tierEssex21,55221,3620.9246.8387.3
Kirkland Lake Single-tierTimiskaming7,9818,493−6.7262.1330.4
Lakeshore Lower-tierEssex36,61134,5466.0530.3369.0
LaSalle Lower-tierEssex30,18028,6435.465.35461.8
Latchford Single-tierTimiskaming313387−19.1153.532.0
Laurentian Hills Lower-tierRenfrew2,9612,8115.3642.034.6
Lincoln Lower-tierNiagara23,78722,4875.8162.81146.1
Marathon Single-tierThunder Bay3,2733,353−2.4170.5419.2
Mattawa Single-tierNipissing1,9932,023−1.53.66544.8
Midland Lower-tierSimcoe16,86416,5721.835.34477.3
Milton Lower-tierHalton110,12884,36230.5363.22303.2
Minto Lower-tierWellington8,6718,3344.0300.6928.8
Mississippi Mills Lower-tierLanark13,16312,3856.3519.5825.3
Mono Lower-tierDufferin8,6097,54614.1277.8331.0
Moosonee Single-tierCochrane1,4811,725−14.1546.722.7
New Tecumseth Lower-tierSimcoe34,24230,23413.3274.21124.9
Newmarket Lower-tierYork84,22479,9785.338.452,190.5
Niagara-on-the-Lake Lower-tierNiagara17,51115,40013.7132.80131.8
Oakville Lower-tierHalton193,832182,5206.2138.891,395.6
Orangeville Lower-tierDufferin28,90027,9753.315.611,851.9
Parry Sound Single-tierParry Sound6,4086,1913.513.40478.2
Pelham Lower-tierNiagara17,11016,5983.1126.43135.3
Penetanguishene Lower-tierSimcoe8,9629,111−1.625.58350.3
Perth Lower-tierLanark5,9305,8401.512.25484.1
Petawawa Lower-tierRenfrew17,18715,9887.5166.69103.1
Petrolia Lower-tierLambton5,7425,5283.912.68452.8
Plympton-Wyoming Lower-tierLambton7,7957,5762.9318.7824.5
Prescott Single-tierLeeds and Grenville4,2224,284−1.44.93856.2
Rainy River Single-tierRainy River807842−4.23.11259.9
Renfrew Lower-tierRenfrew8,2238,2180.112.78643.4
Saugeen Shores Lower-tierBruce13,71512,6618.3171.0580.2
Shelburne Lower-tierDufferin8,1265,84639.06.561,238.1
Smiths Falls Single-tierLanark8,7808,978−2.29.66909.1
Smooth Rock Falls Single-tierCochrane1,3301,376−3.3200.106.6
South Bruce Peninsula Lower-tierBruce8,4168,4130.0532.2915.8
Spanish Single-tierAlgoma7126962.3108.676.6
St. Marys Single-tierPerth7,2656,6559.212.45583.5
Tecumseh Lower-tierEssex23,22923,610−1.694.64245.4
The Blue Mountains Lower-tierGrey7,0256,4538.9287.2424.5
Thessalon Single-tierAlgoma1,2861,2790.54.52284.6
Tillsonburg Lower-tierOxford15,87215,3013.722.33710.8
Wasaga Beach Lower-tierSimcoe20,67517,53717.958.64352.6
Whitby Lower-tierDurham128,377122,0225.2146.66875.4
Whitchurch-Stouffville Lower-tierYork45,83737,62821.8206.22222.3
Total towns1,810,7441,683,2417.616,226.84111.59
Total lower-tier towns1,712,6161,583,9838.111,902.32143.89
Total single-tier towns98,12899,258-1.14,324.5222.69

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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 "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses (Ontario)". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017.
  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.
  8. ↑ "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.
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