Sonya, Ontario Explained

Official Name:Sonya
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Ontario
Subdivision Type2:Regional municipality
Subdivision Name2:Durham
Subdivision Type3:City
Subdivision Name3:Kawartha Lakes
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Coordinates:44.2331°N -78.9575°W
Postal Code Type:Forward sortation area
Postal Code:L??
Area Code:905 and 289
Blank Name:NTS Map
Blank Info:031D02
Blank1 Name:GNBC Code
Blank1 Info:FCQAH

Sonya (pronounced Sawn•ya) is a small hamlet in Durham Region and the City of Kawartha Lakes in Ontario, Canada. It is located 3 km north of Seagrave on Simcoe Street, also known as Regional Road 2.

A recently constructed sub-division has expanded the hamlet from about 15 houses to more than 30. At one time it had a railroad station, as part of the Whitby, Port Perry, and Lindsay Railroad, a post office, a blacksmith shop, and a general store. The railroad closed in the 1940s and the general store was destroyed by fire in the 1950s. The railroad trackbed is still visible just west of the hamlet where it crossed the concession road, and the station, now gone, was located just north of the road.

The former Knox Presbyterian Church, built in 1893,[1] is now a private residence, after closing in the 1980s.

The village park land is now surrounded by the new subdivision and was once home to the Sonya Sleigh Riders baseball team.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sonya had a population of 60 living in 20 of its 21 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 50. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]

References

  1. Build date as marked in building's cornerstone
  2. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places . . February 9, 2022 . Sep 2, 2022.

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