List of designated places in Ontario

Railway bridge connecting Kitchener to Breslau, Ontario's most populous designated place

A designated place is a type of geographic unit used by Statistics Canada to disseminate census data.[1] It is usually "a small community that does not meet the criteria used to define incorporated municipalities or Statistics Canada population centres (areas with a population of at least 1,000 and no fewer than 400 persons per square kilometre)."[2] Provincial and territorial authorities collaborate with Statistics Canada in the creation of designated places so that data can be published for sub-areas within municipalities.[2] Starting in 2016, Statistics Canada allowed the overlapping of designated places with population centres.[2]

In the 2021 Census of Population, Ontario had 135 designated places,[3] an increase from 129 in 2016.[4] Designated place types in Ontario include 45 dissolved municipalities, 44 local service boards, 37 municipal defined places, and 9 dissolved population centres.[5] In 2021, the 135 designated places had a cumulative population of 74,105 and an average population of 549. Ontario's largest designated place is Breslau with a population of 5,053.[6]

List

List of designated places in Ontario
Name[6] Type[5] 2021 Census of Population[6]
Population
(2021) 		Population
(2016) 		Change
(%) 		Land
area
(km2) 		Population
density
(per km2)
Alban part A Local service board 1,051 990 +6.2% 125.71 8.4/km2
Alban part B Local service board 63 58 +8.6% 51.5 1.2/km2
Arkona Dissolved municipality 648 634 +2.2% 2.53 256.1/km2
Armstrong Local service board 146 193 −24.4% 323.85 0.5/km2
Athens Dissolved municipality 974 982 −0.8% 2.12 459.4/km2
Bayfield Dissolved municipality 1,250 1,218 +2.6% 2.79 448.0/km2
Beachburg Dissolved municipality 1,074 1,054 +1.9% 4.29 250.3/km2
Blackstock Municipal defined place 786 781 +0.6% 0.9 873.3/km2
Bloomfield Dissolved municipality 477 576 −17.2% 2.05 232.7/km2
Bloomingdale Municipal defined place 230 230 0.0% 0.59 389.8/km2
Blyth Dissolved municipality 1,065 989 +7.7% 2.5 426.0/km2
Bothwell Dissolved municipality 908 856 +6.1% 2.01 451.7/km2
Braeside Dissolved municipality 203 190 +6.8% 1.85 109.7/km2
Branchton Municipal defined place 355 375 −5.3% 0.59 601.7/km2
Breslau Municipal defined place 5,053 3,778 +33.7% 5.44 928.9/km2
Britt part A Local service board 284 273 +4.0% 34.3 8.3/km2
Britt part B Local service board 5 20 −75.0% 3.26 1.5/km2
Brussels Retired population centre 993 1,158 −14.2% 0.87 1,141.4/km2
Cache Bay Dissolved municipality 658 641 +2.7% 2.85 230.9/km2
Caesarea Municipal defined place 816 823 −0.9% 0.85 960.0/km2
Campbell part A Local service board 595 466 +27.7% 158.09 3.8/km2
Campbell part B Local service board 0 0 NA 0 —
Caramat Local service board 45 50 −10.0% 35.28 1.3/km2
Cartier Local service board 218 241 −9.5% 58.41 3.7/km2
Chalk River Dissolved municipality 1,025 1,000 +2.5% 2.31 443.7/km2
Chatsworth Dissolved municipality 560 535 +4.7% 0.76 736.8/km2
Claremont Municipal defined place 1,215 1,202 +1.1% 2.12 573.1/km2
Clifford Dissolved municipality 875 823 +6.3% 2.67 327.7/km2
Conestogo Municipal defined place 1,272 1,270 +0.2% 2.16 588.9/km2
Croft part A Local service board 572 386 +48.2% 148.46 3.9/km2
Croft part B Local service board 50 50 0.0% 30.45 1.6/km2
Deloro Dissolved municipality 143 139 +2.9% 1.06 134.9/km2
Epsom Municipal defined place 181 177 +2.3% 0.48 377.1/km2
Erie Beach Dissolved municipality 153 150 +2.0% 0.24 637.5/km2
Erieau Dissolved municipality 363 389 −6.7% 0.69 526.1/km2
Ferguson Local service board 352 392 −10.2% 46.3 7.6/km2
Finch Dissolved municipality 541 417 +29.7% 2.07 261.4/km2
Flesherton Dissolved municipality 590 584 +1.0% 3.64 162.1/km2
Foleyet Local service board 165 177 −6.8% 11.15 14.8/km2
Foxboro Green Municipal defined place 398 422 −5.7% 0.58 686.2/km2
Gamebridge Municipal defined place 119 115 +3.5% 0.28 425.0/km2
Gogama Local service board 310 325 −4.6% 56.75 5.5/km2
Goodwood Municipal defined place 689 663 +3.9% 1.43 481.8/km2
Grand River Municipal defined place 757 778 −2.7% 3.79 199.7/km2
Greenbank Municipal defined place 584 554 +5.4% 0.78 748.7/km2
Hampton Municipal defined place 775 755 +2.6% 1.23 630.1/km2
Hawk Junction Local service board 138 158 −12.7% 83.35 1.7/km2
Hawkesville Municipal defined place 301 311 −3.2% 0.44 684.1/km2
Heidelberg Wellesley Municipal defined place 392 387 +1.3% 0.38 1,031.6/km2
Heidelberg Woolwich Municipal defined place 640 666 −3.9% 0.55 1,163.6/km2
Hepworth Dissolved municipality 519 506 +2.6% 3.55 146.2/km2
Highgate Dissolved municipality 299 338 −11.5% 2.88 103.8/km2
Highway 401 Employment Area Municipal defined place 48 29 +65.5% 3.87 12.4/km2
Hillsburgh Retired population centre 1,152 1,124 +2.5% 2.94 391.8/km2
Hudson Local service board 266 270 −1.5% 17.11 15.5/km2
Hurkett Local service board 94 214 −56.1% 53.08 1.8/km2
Iron Bridge Dissolved municipality 592 629 −5.9% 31.89 18.6/km2
Jogues Local service board 214 312 −31.4% 79.15 2.7/km2
Kaministiquia Local service board 643 625 +2.9% 136.95 4.7/km2
Killaloe Dissolved municipality 487 594 −18.0% 6.69 72.8/km2
King-Lebel Local service board 354 379 −6.6% 83.76 4.2/km2
Komoka Retired population centre 1,882 1,754 +7.3% 1.11 1,695.5/km2
Lanark Dissolved municipality 803 778 +3.2% 4.77 168.3/km2
Lancaster Dissolved municipality 729 750 −2.8% 0.72 1,012.5/km2
Lappe Local service board 1,434 1,436 −0.1% 145.62 9.8/km2
Lee Valley Local service board 242 491 −50.7% 3.15 76.8/km2
Linwood Municipal defined place 734 759 −3.3% 0.98 749.0/km2
Lion's Head Dissolved municipality 624 597 +4.5% 2.01 310.4/km2
Madawaska Local service board 325 347 −6.3% 262.96 1.2/km2
Madsen Local service board 153 147 +4.1% 52.74 2.9/km2
Magnetawan Dissolved municipality 268 259 +3.5% 1.57 170.7/km2
Manchester Municipal defined place 111 99 +12.1% 0.48 231.3/km2
Manilla Municipal defined place 102 76 +34.2% 0.27 377.8/km2
Mannheim Retired population centre 1,002 982 +2.0% 0.99 1,012.1/km2
Maryhill Municipal defined place 605 576 +5.0% 0.79 765.8/km2
Maxville Dissolved municipality 748 816 −8.3% 2.03 368.5/km2
McGregor Bay part A Local service board 201 10 +1,910.0% 38.69 5.2/km2
McGregor Bay part B Local service board 0 0 NA 12.23 0.0/km2
Minaki Local service board 197 173 +13.9% 150.23 1.3/km2
Missanabie Local service board 33 40 −17.5% 0.27 122.2/km2
Moose Factory South Municipal defined place 495 672 −26.3% 1.51 327.8/km2
Mount Hope Retired population centre 2,413 2,368 +1.9% 1.44 1,675.7/km2
Nestleton Municipal defined place 71 74 −4.1% 0.27 263.0/km2
Nestleton Station Municipal defined place 211 217 −2.8% 0.91 231.9/km2
Nestor Falls part A Local service board 304 242 +25.6% 427.19 0.7/km2
Nestor Falls part B Local service board 0 0 NA 47.98 0.0/km2
Nestor Falls part C Local service board 0 0 NA 71.81 0.0/km2
Neustadt Dissolved municipality 546 517 +5.6% 2.88 189.6/km2
Newboro Dissolved municipality 262 251 +4.4% 4.81 54.5/km2
Newburgh Dissolved municipality 695 729 −4.7% 13.02 53.4/km2
Newtonville Municipal defined place 629 576 +9.2% 2.26 278.3/km2
Oba Local service board 5 15 −66.7% 100.92 0.0/km2
Onaping - Levack Retired population centre 1,941 1,990 −2.5% 8.27 234.7/km2
Pearson Local service board 343 347 −1.2% 143.24 2.4/km2
Petersburg Municipal defined place 374 340 +10.0% 0.66 566.7/km2
Plantagenet Dissolved municipality 1,056 1,027 +2.8% 3.9 270.8/km2
Port Bolster Municipal defined place 192 135 +42.2% 0.46 417.4/km2
Redditt Local service board 139 116 +19.8% 70.01 2.0/km2
Restoule Local service board 502 455 +10.3% 122.01 4.1/km2
Robinson Local service board 149 110 +35.5% 226.96 0.7/km2
Rodney Retired population centre 1,004 998 +0.6% 2.08 482.7/km2
Roseville Municipal defined place 342 338 +1.2% 0.4 855.0/km2
Rosseau Dissolved municipality 288 223 +29.1% 1.75 164.6/km2
Rossport Local service board 96 65 +47.7% 1.15 83.5/km2
Savard Local service board 244 282 −13.5% 201.55 1.2/km2
Seagrave Municipal defined place 396 458 −13.5% 1.13 350.4/km2
Searchmont Local service board 445 392 +13.5% 374.74 1.2/km2
Shakespeare Local service board 160 170 −5.9% 36.53 4.4/km2
Shallow Lake Dissolved municipality 541 505 +7.1% 1.54 351.3/km2
Sonya Dissolved municipality 60 50 +20.0% 0.15 400.0/km2
Springfield Dissolved municipality 761 878 −13.3% 1.92 396.4/km2
St. Agatha Municipal defined place 450 450 0.0% 0.67 671.6/km2
St. Isidore Dissolved municipality 892 805 +10.8% 1.17 762.4/km2
Stockyards/Martin Grove Municipal defined place 246 246 0.0% 1.15 213.9/km2
Sultan Local service board 45 64 −29.7% 2.76 16.3/km2
Tara Dissolved municipality 1,119 1,138 −1.7% 2.4 466.3/km2
Teeswater Retired population centre 1,030 995 +3.5% 2.52 408.7/km2
Terrace Bay Retired population centre 1,523 1,606 −5.2% 9.42 161.7/km2
Thamesville Dissolved municipality 774 861 −10.1% 2.22 348.6/km2
Thedford Dissolved municipality 842 749 +12.4% 2.24 375.9/km2
Thorne Local service board 172 204 −15.7% 0.69 249.3/km2
Tiverton Dissolved municipality 717 725 −1.1% 2.26 317.3/km2
Trout Creek Dissolved municipality 458 538 −14.9% 3.13 146.3/km2
Utica Municipal defined place 121 113 +7.1% 0.45 268.9/km2
Vienna Dissolved municipality 736 773 −4.8% 2.71 271.6/km2
Wabigoon Local service board 419 373 +12.3% 50.53 8.3/km2
Wardsville Dissolved municipality 420 382 +9.9% 2.21 190.0/km2
Webbwood Dissolved municipality 440 485 −9.3% 2.82 156.0/km2
West Montrose Municipal defined place 245 257 −4.7% 0.34 720.6/km2
Wilfrid Municipal defined place 99 89 +11.2% 0.17 582.4/km2
Willisville & Whitefish Falls Local service board 321 286 +12.2% 158.61 2.0/km2
Winterbourne Municipal defined place 343 313 +9.6% 0.51 672.5/km2
Woodville Dissolved municipality 718 826 −13.1% 2.28 314.9/km2
Zephyr Municipal defined place 452 505 −10.5% 1.26 358.7/km2
Zurich Dissolved municipality 941 917 +2.6% 0.85 1,107.1/km2
Total designated places — 74,105 72,751 +1.9% 4,457.05 16.6/km2
Province of Ontario — 14,223,942 13,448,494 +5.8% 892,411.76 15.9/km2

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References

  1. ^ "2006 Census Dictionary, Figure 20: Hierarchy of standard geographic units for dissemination, 2006 Census". Statistics Canada. November 20, 2009. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Dictionary, Census of Population, 2016: Designated place (DPL)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  3. ^ "Dictionary, Census of Population, 2021 – Table 1.1: Geographic areas by province and territory, 2021 Census". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  4. ^ "Table 1.1: Geographic areas by province and territory, 2016 Census". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population: Select from a list of geographies, Ontario". Statistics Canada. January 23, 2022. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  6. ^ a b c "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions, census subdivisions (municipalities) and designated places (Ontario)". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 4, 2022.