Surf Wiki
Save to docs
general/township-municipalities-in-ontario

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Tyendinaga, Ontario

FieldValue
nameTyendinaga
official_nameTownship of Tyendinaga
settlement_typeTownship (lower-tier)
image_skylineMarysville ON.JPG
image_captionMarysville
flag_size120x100px
shield_size100x90px
pushpin_mapCanada Southern Ontario
pushpin_label_positiontop
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Hastings
established_titleSettled
established_title2Incorporated
established_date21820
government_typeTownship
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameClaire Kennelly
leader_title1Fed. riding
leader_name1Hastings—Lennox and Addington—Tyendinaga
leader_title2Prov. riding
leader_name2Hastings—Lennox and Addington
area_land_km2312.42
area_footnotes
population_as_of2021
population_footnotes
population_total4538
population_density_km214.5
timezoneEST
utc_offset-5
timezone_DSTEDT
utc_offset_DST-4
postal_code_typePostal Code
postal_codeK0K
area_codes613, 343
coordinates
website

Tyendinaga is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Hastings County. The community takes its name from a variant spelling of Mohawk leader Joseph Brant's traditional Mohawk name, Thayendanegea.

Communities

The township comprises the communities of:

  • Albert
  • Blessington
  • Chisholms Mills
  • Ebenezer
  • Halston
  • Kingsford
  • Lonsdale
  • Lonsdale Station
  • Melrose
  • Marysville
  • Milltown
  • Myrehall
  • Naphan
  • Read
  • Shannonville

A radio transmitter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is located in Read. Saint Charles Borromeo Cemetery is also located in Read.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Tyendinaga had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 312.42 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

| 1871 |7573 | 1881 |7832 | 1891 |5135 | 1901 |4743 | 1911 |3321 | 1921 |3047 | 1931 |2708 | 1941 |2605 | 1951 |2355 | 1956 |2597 | 1961 |2548 | 1966 |2474 | 1971 |2522 | 1976 |2625 | 1981 |2661 | 1986 |2714 | 1991 |3118 |1996| 3549 |2001| 3769 |2006| 4070 |2011| 4150 |2016| 4297 |2021| 4538

Mother tongue (2021 census):

  • English as first language: 96.0%
  • French as first language: 0.9%
  • English and French as first language: 0.6%
  • Other as first language: 1.9%

Industry

Shipman’s Flour and Sawmill was constructed in 1851 and bought by William Fraser Chisholm in 1857, and known as Chisholm's Mills since.

References

References

  1. "CBC Channels and Frequencies".
  2. [[Canada 1996 Census. 1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census. 2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census. 2006]] census
  3. (1944). "Eighth Census of Canada 1941 - Volume II - Population by Local Subdivisions". Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
  4. (July 1973). "1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical)". Statistics Canada.
  5. (13 Dec 2019). "CULTIVATING CREATIVITY: More than a century of art at Chisholm's Mill".
  6. {{SCref. (2021)
  7. "Tyendinaga census profile". Statistics Canada.
Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

township-municipalities-in-ontario lower-tier-municipalities-in-ontario municipalities-in-hastings-county
Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Tyendinaga, Ontario — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report