Jocelyn | |
Official Name: | Township of Jocelyn |
Settlement Type: | Township (single-tier) |
Coordinates: | 46.1833°N -141°W |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Ontario |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Ontario |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Algoma |
Government Type: | Township |
Leader Title: | Reeve |
Leader Name: | Mark Henderson |
Leader Title1: | Governing Body |
Leader Name1: | Jocelyn Township Council |
Leader Title2: | MP |
Leader Name2: | Carol Hughes (NDP) |
Leader Name3: | Michael Mantha (NDP) |
Established Title: | Established |
Area Total Km2: | 131.45 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 313 |
Population Density Km2: | 2.4 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | P0R 1G0 |
Area Code: | 705, 249 |
Website: | jocelyn.ca |
Jocelyn is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located on St. Joseph Island in the Algoma District. The current reeve of the township is Mark Henderson. Jocelyn is home to Fort St. Joseph National Historic Site.
The primary community in the township is Kentvale, which is located around Kentvale Merchants Limited, the largest general store on St. Joseph Island. Kentvale Merchants Limited is actually located in the Township of St. Joseph and previously operated under the name Kentvale General Merchants. It was opened in 1888 by Emily M. Kent and Frederick B. Kent. A community outdoor hockey rink on the property provided recreation for this farming community for many years. It was operated by the Kent family and volunteers from the community.
The original operation consisted of a grist and saw mill operated by Frederick and a store that Emily ran. At the time of this writing in 2005, the fourth generation of the original owners are operating the store. Today the store sells groceries, hardware, dry goods, building supplies, lawn and garden equipment, gasoline, fishing gear, feed for livestock and much more.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Jocelyn had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 130.43km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]