St. Joseph, Ontario Explained

St. Joseph
Official Name:Township of St. Joseph
Settlement Type:Township (single-tier)
Pushpin Map:Canada Ontario
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Coordinates:46.2667°N -84°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Ontario
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Algoma
Established Title:Established
Government Type:Township
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Joseph (Jody) Wildman
Leader Title1:Governing Body
Leader Name1:St. Joseph Township Council
Area Land Km2:129.36
Population Total:1240
Population As Of:2016
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Density Km2:9.3
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:P0R 1G0
Area Code:705, 249
Website:www.stjosephtownship.com
Pushpin Label:St. Joseph
Leader Title2:MP
Leader Name2:Carol Hughes (NDP)
Leader Name3:Michael Mantha (NDP)
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4

St. Joseph is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, the largest of four municipalities on St. Joseph Island. It had a population of 1,240 in the Canada 2016 Census.

Communities

The township's main population centre is Richards Landing. It also includes the smaller communities of Harmony and Sailors Encampment.

Richards Landing

The hamlet of Richards Landing has a view of the Highway 548 bridge at the pier on the northern tip of town. Highway 548 leads through the centre of the town and is its main thoroughfare. "The Landing" is St. Joseph Island's business centre, offering a grocery store, liquor/beer store, gift shops and galleries, restaurants, accommodation, marina/boat re-fuelling, 24-hour Emergency Department/hospital, medical centre, pharmacy and physiotherapy (physical therapy) clinic, bank, parks, public swimming, beach and tennis courts, variety store and movie rentals.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, St. Joseph had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 127.65km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: St. Joseph, Ontario census profile . Statistics Canada . . 2012-02-17.
  2. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario . . February 9, 2022 . April 2, 2022.