| Official Name: | Bethesda |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ontario |
| Subdivision Type2: | Regional municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | York Region |
| Subdivision Type3: | Town |
| Subdivision Name3: | Whitchurch-Stouffville |
| Government Type: | Municipality |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Iain Lovatt |
| Leader Title1: | Councillor, Ward 3 |
| Leader Name1: | Hugo Kroon |
| Established Title: | Amalgamation |
| Established Date: | (With Town of Stouffville) 1 January 1971 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Coordinates: | 43.9672°N -79.3547°W |
| Elevation M: | 269 |
| Postal Code Type: | Forward sortation area |
| Postal Code: | L4A |
| Area Codes: | 905 and 289 |
Bethesda is a hamlet in York Region, Ontario, Canada, in the town of Whitchurch-Stouffville. The hamlet is centred at the intersection of Warden Avenue and Bethesda Road in the south-eastern region of Whitchurch-Stouffville; it flourished around 1875.[1]
Mennonites settled in the area starting with Christian Steckley, who came from Pennsylvania in 1795.[2]
The community gained distinction with the formation of a private telephone company, the Bethesda and Stouffville Telephone Association in 1904, with 1188 users from Newmarket to Markham by 1930. The entire system was purchased by Bell Telephone in 1960.[3]
