St. Charles, Ontario Explained

St. Charles
Official Name:Municipality of St. Charles
Municipalité de St-Charles
Settlement Type:Municipality (single-tier)
Pushpin Map:Canada Ontario
Coordinates:46.35°N -105°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Ontario
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Sudbury
Government Type:Town
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Nathaniel Hefferman
Leader Title2:Governing Body
Leader Name2:St Charles Municipal Council
Leader Title3:MP
Leader Name3:Marc Serré (Liberal)
Leader Name4:John Vanthof (NDP)
Established Title:Incorporated
Established Date:1999
Area Total Km2:321.75
Area Water Km2:321.74
Population As Of:2016
Population Footnotes:[1] [2]
Population Total:1,269
Population Density Km2:3.9
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Area Code:705

St. Charles is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Sudbury District.

It was created on January 1, 1999 by amalgamating the political townships of Casimir, Jennings and Appleby as well as a strip of unorganized territory on the West Arm of Lake Nipissing. Along with the municipalities of Markstay-Warren and French River, it is part of the region known as Sudbury East.[3]

The town had a population of 1,269 in the Canada 2016 Census.[4] Franco-Ontarians, or Ontarians who speak French as their mother tongue, make up the majority of the population.

In addition to the primary townsite at St. Charles, the municipality also includes the smaller communities of Casimir and West Arm.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, St.-Charles had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 314.46km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2011 Census Profile. 8 February 2012 .
  2. Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census: St.-Charles, Ontario . Statistics Canada . July 8, 2019.
  3. http://www.sepb.org/ Sudbury East Planning Board
  4. Web site: 2011 Census Profile. 8 February 2012 .
  5. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario . . February 9, 2022 . March 31, 2022.