Georgian Bluffs | |
Official Name: | Township of Georgian Bluffs |
Settlement Type: | Township (lower-tier) |
Flag Size: | 120x100px |
Pushpin Map: | CAN ON Grey#Canada Southern Ontario |
Coordinates: | 44.65°N -83°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Title2: | Formed |
Established Date2: | January 1, 2001 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Sue Carleton |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Area Land Km2: | 604.37 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 10479 |
Population Density Km2: | 17.3 |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Website: | Township of Georgian Bluffs |
Georgian Bluffs is a township in southwestern Ontario, Canada, in Grey County located between Colpoy's Bay and Owen Sound on Georgian Bay.
The township was incorporated on January 1, 2001, by amalgamating the former townships of Derby, Keppel, and Sarawak, and the village of Shallow Lake.
The now-former township of Derby was surveyed by the prolific Crown land surveyor Charles Rankin in 1846.[2]
The township comprises the communities of Alvanley, Balmy Beach, Benallen, Big Bay, Clavering, Copperkettle, Cruickshank, East Linton, Hogg, Inglis Falls, Jackson, Keady, Kemble, Kilsyth, Lake Charles, Lindenwood, Oxenden, Shallow Lake, Shouldice, Springmount, Squire, Wolseley and Zion.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Georgian Bluffs had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 599.96km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]