Douro-Dummer

Communities

The township comprises the communities of:

• Centre Dummer
• Clarina
• Cottesloe
• Crowe's Landing
• Donwood
• Douro
• Five Corners - referring to convergence of Douro Seventh Line, Nassau Road and Peterborough County Road 4
• Galesburg - south of Clear Lake
• Guerin - along Indian River
• Hall's Glen
• parts of Stony Lake, including McCracken's Landing and Juniper Island
• South Beach
• South Dummer
• Warsaw - south end of Quarry Lake and seat of municipal government
• Young's Point

History

The area was historically inhabited by Mississaugas First Nations. After the Rice Lake Treaty #20 was signed in 1818, in which 1,951,000 acre of land north of Rice Lake were surrendered, both Douro and Dummer townships were opened for settlement. Douro Township was named in honour of one of the battles in the Peninsula War. In 1823, Dummer Township was surveyed, and in 1831, 2,000 Irish and English settlers arrived there to begin colonization, who were granted 100 acre of land per family. In 1841, the first post office in Dummer Township opened. By that time, both townships were fully settled.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Douro-Dummer had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 459.46 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

|1996| 6724 |2001| 6652 |2006| 6954 |2011| 6805 |2016| 6709 |2021| 7632

Local government

Douro-Dummer is governed by a mayor, deputy-mayor and three councillors. As of the 2022 election, the elected council members are:

• Mayor: Heather Watson
• Deputy Mayor: Harold Nelson
• Councillor at Large: Thomas G. Watt
• Councillors:
  • Ward 1: Ray Johnston
  • Ward 2: Adam Vervoort

Notable people

• Ronnie Hawkins, American-born Canadian musician, Rockabilly Legend (resident 1970-2017)
• Leahy, Canadian folk rock band (family homestead)
• Susanna Moodie 1803-1885, Pioneer, English-born Canadian writer and newspaper editor (former resident 1832-1840)
• Catharine Parr Traill 1802-1899, Pioneer, English-born Canadian writer, naturalist and sister of Susanna Moodie (former resident 1832-1840)

References

References

1. {{SCref. (2021)
2. "Municipal restructuring activity summary table - Dataset - Ontario Data Catalogue". Government of Ontario.
3. "General store near Peterborough closes its doors after 124 years". The Globe and Mail.
4. https://www.mykawartha.com/news-story/9150802-it-s-been-a-year-since-fire-stole-a-piece-of-douro-with-destruction-of-p-g-towns-and-sons-general-store/l {{Dead link. (February 2022)
5. (3 March 2022). "Stage 1 & 2 Archaeological Assessment of 1304 Whetung Road, Lot 32, Concession 8, Geographic Township of Dummer, Township of Douro-Dummer, Peterborough County, Ontario". Northeastern Archaeological Associates Limited.
6. "Douro Township". Heritage Property INdex.
7. "Dummer Township". Heritage Property INdex.
8. Statistics Canada: [[Canada 1996 Census. 1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census. 2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census. 2006]]