Northern Bruce Peninsula | |
Official Name: | Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula |
Settlement Type: | Municipality (lower-tier) |
Flag Size: | 120x100px |
Pushpin Map: | CAN ON Bruce#Canada Southern Ontario |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Bruce |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Title2: | Formed |
Established Date2: | January 1, 1999 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Milt McIver |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Name1: | Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Leader Name2: | Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Land Km2: | 783.99 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 3999 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Density Km2: | 5.1 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Postal Code: | N0H |
Area Code: | 519 and 226 |
The Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula is located on the Bruce Peninsula in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada. It is a popular vacation spot in the summer for its water sports and cottaging, and in the winter for snowmobiling. The municipality was formed on January 1, 1999, when the townships of St. Edmunds, Lindsay, and Eastnor (which was named after Eastnor, Herefordshire[3]), as well as the Village of Lion's Head, were amalgamated.
It is home to the Bruce Peninsula National Park, the Fathom Five National Marine Park, and the Lion's Head Provincial Park.
Its main population centres are Lion's Head and Tobermory. Other communities include Barrow Bay, Clarke's Corners, Dyer's Bay, Ferndale, Hope Bay, Miller Lake, Pike Bay, and Stokes Bay.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Northern Bruce Peninsula had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 775.7km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]
Population trend:[5]