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Canada Bay, New South Wales

Suburb of Sydney, Australia

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name	Canada Bay
city	Sydney
state	nsw
image	Canada Bay Sydney.JPG
caption	Canada Bay
alternative_location_map	Australia NSW metro Sydney
pushpin_map_caption	Location in metropolitan Sydney
coordinates
local_map	yes
zoom	13
lga	City of Canada Bay
postcode	2046
pop
pop_year
pop_footnotes
stategov	Drummoyne
fedgov	Reid
near-nw	Concord
near-ne	Five Dock
near-w	Concord
near-e	Five Dock
near-sw	Burwood
near-s	Croydon
near-se	Croydon
dist1	11
dir1	west
location1	Sydney CBD

Canada Bay is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 11 km west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of City of Canada Bay.

Canada Bay is also a bay on Parramatta River between Concord and Five Dock. The suburb of Canada Bay sits on the southern shore and is bordered by the suburbs of Burwood, Croydon and Five Dock. The City of Canada Bay takes its name from the bay but its administrative centre is located in the suburb of Drummoyne.

History

The name Canada Bay honours a link between Australia and Canada. Following the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837 to 1838, two Irish and 58 French Canadian rebels were deported to Australia. At the request of the local Catholic bishop, they were brought to Sydney. Imprisoned at Longbottom Stockade (which was located at what is now Concord Oval), the convicts broke stone for the construction of Parramatta Road and collected oyster shells for making lime. In 1842, the French Canadians were allowed to work outside the prison. Between 1843 and 1844, all received pardons and, except for two people who died and one (Joseph Marceau) who settled in Dapto, all returned to Canada.

After the rebellions, John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, Governor General and Lord High Commissioner to British North America recommended that Britain grant responsible self-government to the Union of Upper and Lower Canada. Many parts of Canada Bay are a reminder of this history: Exile Bay, France Bay, Durham Street, Marceau Drive, Polding Street and Gipps Street. Bayview Park has a plaque that honours the exiles and marks the point of disembarkation.

The City of Canada Bay was formed in December 2000 by the merger of Concord and Drummoyne councils.

Demographics

According to the , there were residents in Canada Bay. 66.2% of people were born in Australia, the next most common countries of birth included Italy at 6.5%, China (excluding Special Administrative Regions and Taiwan) at 4.3%, England at 2.8%, New Zealand at 1.3%, and Vietnam at 1.1%. 64.5% of people spoke only English at home; other languages spoken at home included Italian at 11.2%, Mandarin at 4.7%, Cantonese at 3.4%, Greek at 2.1%, and Arabic at 1.7%. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 43.2%, No Religion, so described 27.3%, Anglican 7.1% and Eastern Orthodox 4.9%; a further 3.4% of respondents elected not to disclose their religion.

The median household income was $ compared to the national average of $.

References

[http://www.suburbguide.com.au/category/home/location/sydney-inner-west Australian Suburb Guide: Sydney Inner West] {{webarchive. link. (26 December 2012 . Retrieved 7 August 2013.)
Sansome, David. "The Canadian Exiles".
{{Census 2021 AUS

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