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Adjala-Tosorontio

Field	Value
name	Adjala-Tosorontio
native_name
settlement_type	Township (lower-tier)
image_skyline	St. James Church - Colgan, ON.jpg
image_caption	Exterior of St. James Catholic Church in Colgan, Ontario.
motto	Welcome home.
pushpin_map	CAN ON Simcoe#Canada Southern Ontario
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name1
subdivision_name2	Simcoe
established_title	Settled
established_date	1820s
established_title2	Formed
established_date2	January 1, 1994
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Scott W. Anderson
leader_title1	Federal riding
leader_name1	Simcoe—Grey
area_footnotes
area_land_km2	372.34
elevation_footnotes
population_total	10975
population_as_of	2016
population_footnotes
population_density_km2	29.5
population_blank2_title	Growth
population_blank2	3.5% (2011-2016)
postal_code_type
area_codes	705, 519, 905
website
leader_title2	Prov. riding
leader_name2	Simcoe—Grey
timezone	EST
utc_offset	-5
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	-4

Adjala–Tosorontio is a township in south-central Ontario, Canada, in the County of Simcoe.

A predominantly rural area, Adjala–Tosorontio contains numerous small villages and hamlets. Many communities were started in Adjala by Irish Catholics who named their hamlets after their home towns in Ireland, or after prominent pioneer families who first settled the area. The municipality has increasingly become home to residents who commute to the Greater Toronto Area.

Geographically the area is rolling countryside below the Niagara Escarpment to the west, with the Nottawasaga River cutting through it.

"Tosorontio" is a Huron word meaning "Beautiful Mountain", and Adjala was the name of the son of Chief Tecumseh, for whom the neighbouring township (now called New Tecumseth) was named.

History

Adjala–Tosorontio Township was created in 1993 when the County of Simcoe Act merged the townships of Adjala and Tosorontio. The amalgamation took effect on January 1, 1994.

Communities

The township comprises the communities of Achill, Airlie, Athlone, Ballycroy, Cedarville, Colgan, Connor, Everett, Glencairn, Hockley, Keenansville, Lisle, Loretto, Rosemont, Sheldon, Tioga and Tuam.

Loretto

Loretto Hamlet () is one of the oldest communities in Adjala–Tosorontio. It has one of the oldest and most famous taverns in Simcoe County, the Loretto Inn. Highway 50 runs through the town.

Loretto was named after Loreto, Marche in Italy.

Demographics

|1996|9359 |2001|10082 |2006|10695 |2011|10603 |2016|10975

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Adjala-Tosorontio had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 371.53 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

References

(8 February 2017). "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Adjala-Tosorontio, Township". Statistics Canada.
"A Short History of Adjala-Tosorontio". Township of Adjala-Tosorontio.
(1993). "Statutes of the Province of Ontario 1993". Province of Ontario.
(1997). "Place names of Ontario". University of Toronto Press.
(August 2025). "2001 Census Profile: Adjala–Tosorontio". Statistics Canada }}{{Dead link.
(August 2025). "2006 Census Profile: Adjala–Tosorontio". Statistics Canada}}{{Dead link.
(February 6, 2017). "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data". Statistics Canada.
(February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario". [[Statistics Canada]].
"Adjala-Tosorontio census profile". Statistics Canada.

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