Tay, Ontario

Tay
Township (lower-tier)
Township of Tay
Tay
Coordinates: 44°43′N 79°46′W / 44.717°N 79.767°WCoordinates: 44°43′N 79°46′W / 44.717°N 79.767°W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
County	Simcoe
Incorporated	1994
Government
• Mayor	Scott Warnock
• MPs	Bruce Stanton
• MPPs	Garfield Dunlop
Area[1]
• Total	139.00 km^2 (53.67 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	9,736
• Density	70.0/km^2 (181/sq mi)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	705
Website	www.tay.township.on.ca

Tay is a township in Central Ontario, Canada, located in the southern Georgian Bay region. The township was named in 1822 after a pet dog of Lady Sarah Maitland (1792–1873), wife of Sir Peregrine Maitland, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada. Two other adjoining townships were also named for her pet dogs, Tiny and Flos (now Springwater Township).^[2]

Communities

The township comprises the villages and rural hamlets of Ebenezer, Elliots Corners, Melduf, Mertzs Corners, Ogden's Beach, Old Fort, Paradise Point, Port McNicoll, Riverside, Sturgeon Bay, Triple Bay Park, Vasey, Victoria Harbour, Waubaushene and Waverley.

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  Port McNicoll
• 
  Victoria Harbour

Demographics

Canada census – Tay, Ontario community profile
	2011	2006	2001
Population:	9736 (-0.1% from 2006)	9748 (6.4% from 2001)	9162 (1.3% from 1996)
Land area:	139.00 km^2 (53.67 sq mi)	138.93 km^2 (53.64 sq mi)	138.93 km^2 (53.64 sq mi)
Population density:	70.0/km^2 (181/sq mi)	70.2/km^2 (182/sq mi)	65.9/km^2 (171/sq mi)
Median age:		43.0 (M: 42.5, F: 43.5)	39.8 (M: 39.2, F: 40.4)
Total private dwellings:	5049	5022	4577
Median household income:		$54,029	$45,321
References: 2011[3] 2006[4] 2001[5]

Notable people

• Amos Arbour - NHL, NHA hockey player, member of original Montreal Canadiens hockey club.
• Wayne Middaugh - World Champion Curling Skip
• Sherry Middaugh - Canadian Curling Skip
• Keith Waples - Famed driver of Standardbred horses and inductee into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame

See also

• List of townships in Ontario

References

1. "Tay census profile". 2011 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
2. Rayburn, Alan (1997), Place Names of Ontario (University of Toronto Press), Toronto-Buffalo-London, ISBN 0-8020-7207-0), pp.345
3. "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
4. "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
5. "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-15.

External links

• Township of Tay