Petersburg, Ontario

St Petersburg
Unincorporated community
Former Blue Moon Restaurant
Coordinates: 43°24′49″N80°36′19″W / 43.413530°N 80.605148°W / 43.413530; -80.605148
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Regional municipality	Waterloo
Township	Wilmot
Area
• Land	0.66 km2 (0.25 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	374
• Density	566.7/km2 (1,468/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Forward sortation area	N0B 2H0
Area codes	519 and 226
GNBC Code	FDOVR

Petersburg is an unincorporated community in Wilmot Township in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It is recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada.

History

The village was settled and named afer Peter Wilker, a native of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany in the 1830s. ^[1]

The locality had a school in 1842, a post office in 1849 amd in 1856, the locality was a station on the Grand Trunk Railway. ^[2]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Petersburg had a population of 374 living in 147 of its 149 total private dwellings, a change of 10% from its 2016 population of 340. With a land area of 0.66 km² (0.25 sq mi), it had a population density of 566.7/km² (1,467.7/sq mi) in 2021. ^[3]

Notable people

• Harold Albrecht, member of the House of Commons of Canada from 2006 – 2019.
• Glen Cressman, ice hockey player.
• Albert Heer, mayor of Waterloo, Ontario from 1944 to 1946.

See also

• List of communities in Ontario
• List of designated places in Ontario

References

1. "History of Wilmot Township". Township of Wilmot. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
2. "Wilmot Township - Waterloo Museums". Region of Waterloo Museums. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
3. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved January 12, 2025.