City of Canada Bay

The City of Canada Bay is located in the northern part of the Inner West region of Sydney. To the north it is bounded by the Parramatta River, and to the south by Parramatta Road. In the east and west, it is bounded by two large bays: Iron Cove in the east, and Homebush Bay in the west. At its centre is a third large bay, Hen and Chicken Bay. (The eponymous Canada Bay is an inlet of the larger Hen and Chicken Bay.) As a result, the area is largely in the form of two peninsulas, linked by a narrow strip of land at its centre, which is the location of the eponymous suburb of Canada Bay. As a result of its geographical layout, many of the suburbs in the City of Canada Bay enjoy water frontages onto one of the bays of Parramatta River.

Suburbs in the City of Canada Bay are:

Some of the localities in the City of Canada Bay are:

At the 2016 census there were 88,015 people in the Canada Bay local government area; of these 48.1 per cent were male and 51.9 per cent were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5 per cent of the population. The median age of people in the City of Canada Bay was 36 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 16.2 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.7 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 50.8 per cent were married and 9.3 per cent were either divorced or separated.[1]

Population growth in the City of Canada Bay between the 2001 census and the 2006 census was 10.73 per cent; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 census, population growth was 15.24 per cent. t the 2016 census, the population in the City of Canada Bay increased by 16.17 per cent. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same period, being 8.8 per cent, population growth in Canada Bay local government area was nearly double the national average.[4][5][6][7] The median weekly income for residents within the City of Canada Bay is significantly higher than the national average.[1]

Selected historical census data for Canada Bay local government area
Census year			2001[4][5]	2006[6]	2011[7]	2016[1]
Population		Estimated residents on census night	59,371	65,742	75,763	88,015
		LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales			28th	27th
		% of New South Wales population			1.10%	1.17%
		% of Australian population	0.32%	0.33%	0.35%	0.38%
Cultural and language diversity
Ancestry, top responses		English			16.5%	15.4%
		Australian			16.3%	13.8%
		Chinese			9.1%	13.3%
		Italian			12.8%	12.6%
		Irish			7.5%	7.1%
Language, top responses (other than English)		Mandarin	1.7%	2.7%	5.1%	9.8%
		Italian	12.2%	10.1%	8.8%	7.1%
		Korean	n/c	2.2%	3.1%	4.2%
		Cantonese	2.7%	3.3%	3.7%	3.9%
		Greek	3.3%	2.9%	2.8%	2.2%
Religious affiliation
Religious affiliation, top responses		Catholic	43.4%	41.7%	39.2%	33.9%
		No religion, so described	11.1%	13.4%	18.6%	27.7%
		Not stated	n/c	n/c	n/c	8.7%
		Anglican	15.8%	13.4%	11.2%	7.9%
		Eastern Orthodox	5.1%	5.1%	7.2%	4.2%
Median weekly incomes
Personal income		Median weekly personal income		A$664	A$782	A$882
		% of Australian median income		142.5%	135.5%	133.2%
Family income		Median weekly family income		A$1,510	A$2,152	A$2,361
		% of Australian median income		147.0%	145.3%	136.2%
Household income		Median weekly household income		A$1,773	A$1,817	A$2,061
		% of Australian median income		151.4%	147.2%	143.3%
Dwelling structure
Dwelling type		Separate house		51.2%	45.5%	38.6%
		Semi-detached, terrace or townhouse		10.6%	12.0%	9.3%
		Flat or apartment		37.6%	41.8%	50.7%

A 2015 review of local government boundaries by the NSW Government Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal recommended that the City of Canada Bay merge with adjoining councils. The government proposed a merger of the Burwood, Canada Bay, and Strathfield Councils to form a new council with an area of 41 square kilometres (16 sq mi) and support a population of approximately 163,000.[30] In May 2016 Strathfield Council challenged the proposed merger between Strathfield, Burwood and Canada Bay and commenced proceedings in the New South Wales Land and Environment Court. After the Court heard that there were legal flaws in the report from the State Government appointed delegate who examined the proposal for merging the councils, the NSW Government withdrew from the case and the merger proposal stalled.[31] In July 2017, the Berejiklian government decided to abandon the forced merger of the Strathfield, Burwood and Canada Bay local government areas, along with several other proposed forced mergers.[32]

• List of local government areas of New South Wales
• City of Canada Bay Museum

• City of Canada Bay website
• Suburbs of Canada Bay
• Archived site with a brief history of the area
• Canada in Australia: Canadian Department of Foreign and International Affairs