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St. Joseph, Ontario

FieldValue
nameSt. Joseph
official_nameTownship of St. Joseph
native_name
settlement_typeTownship (single-tier)
image_skylineRichards Landing ON 2.JPG
image_captionTown hall in Richards Landing
pushpin_mapCanada Ontario
pushpin_label_positiontop
pushpin_labelSt. Joseph
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameCanada
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Ontario
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_name2Algoma
established_titleSettled
established_date1860s
established_title2Incorporated
established_date21876
government_typeTownship
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameJoseph (Jody) Wildman
leader_title1Governing Body
leader_name1St. Joseph Township Council
leader_title2MP
leader_name2Terry Sheehan (Liberal)
leader_title3MPP
leader_name3Bill Rosenberg (PC)
area_footnotes
area_land_km2127.65
elevation_footnotes
population_total1426
population_as_of2021
population_footnotes
population_density_km211.2
timezoneEST
utc_offset-5
timezone_DSTEDT
utc_offset_DST-4
postal_code_typePostal code
postal_codeP0R 1G0
area_codes705, 249
website

St. Joseph is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, the largest of four municipalities on St. Joseph Island. It had a population of 1,426 in the 2021 Canadian census.

Communities

The township's main population centre is Richards Landing (). It also includes the smaller communities of Harmony () and Sailors Encampment (), as well as Kentvale () on the boundary with Jocelyn Township.

Richards Landing

The hamlet of Richards Landing has a view of the Highway 548 bridge at the pier on the northern tip of town. Highway 548 leads through the centre of the town and is its main thoroughfare. "The Landing" is St. Joseph Island's business centre, offering a grocery store, liquor/beer store, gift shops and galleries, restaurants, accommodation, marina/boat re-fuelling, 24-hour Emergency Department/hospital, medical centre, pharmacy and physiotherapy (physical therapy) clinic, bank, parks, public swimming, beach and tennis courts, variety store and movie rentals.

File:Richards Landing ON 1.JPG|Main street of Richards Landing File:Richards Landing ON 3.JPG|Marina of Richards Landing

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, St. Joseph had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 127.65 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

| 1881 |409 | 1891 |367 | 1901 |1137 | 1911 |1098 | 1921 |1017 | 1931 |1032 | 1941 |908 | 1951 |804 | 1956 |839 | 1961 |902 | 1966 |776 | 1971 |861 | 1976 |983 | 1981 |1061 | 1986 |1054 | 1991 |1180 | 1996 |1235 | 2001 |1201 | 2006 |1129 | 2011 |1201 | 2016 |1240 | 2021 |1426

References

References

  2. {{Cite cgndb. FCKXF. Richards Landing
  3. {{Cite cgndb. FBLXV. Harmony
  4. {{Cite cgndb. FCNJH. Sailors Encampment
  5. {{Cite cgndb. FBUBX. Kentvale
  6. (1944). "Eighth Census of Canada 1941 - Volume II - Population by Local Subdivisions". Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
  7. (July 1973). "1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical)". Statistics Canada.
  8. {{SCref. (2021)
  9. "St. Joseph, Ontario census profile". Statistics Canada.
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