Georgina, Ontario

The main centres in Georgina are the communities of Keswick, Belhaven, Sutton West, Jackson's Point,[3] Baldwin, Virginia, Pefferlaw, Port Bolster, Udora and Willow Beach. Other settlements include Jersey, Cedarbrae, Brown Hill, Island Grove, Elm Grove, Roches Point (named for the family of Author Mazo de la Roche, who is buried in the cemetery, at St. George's Anglican Church, Sibbald Point), Sibbald Point, Virginia/Virginia Beach (originally called Frenchtown), McRae Beach, Duclos Point, Balfour Beach, Varney, Brighton Beach and a variety of other beach communities.[4]

According to the Canada 2016 Census conducted by Statistics Canada:[2]

• Population: 45,418
• Population % Change (2011-2016): 4.4%
• Dwellings: 16,821
• Dwellings % Change (2011-2016): 6.1%
• Area (km².): 287.75 (+ .03)
• Density (persons per km².): 157.8 (+ 6.6)

Racial profile As per the 2011 Canadian Census

• 96.1% White
• 1.6% Aboriginal
• 0.5% Black
• 0.3% Chinese

Religions[5]

• 45.7% Protestant
• 22.4% Roman Catholic
• 3.3% other Christian
• 0.3% Jewish
• 28.3% non-religious

Mother Tongue[6]

• 90.3% English
• 1.2% French
• 1.0% German
• 1.0% Italian

Georgina and other communities on Lake Simcoe, Ontario

The Town of Georgina operates under a ward system, and its municipal council consists of the mayor, regional councillor (known procedurally as deputy mayor) and a councillor for each of the five wards. The current council consists of:

• Mayor: Margaret Quirk
• Deputy mayor/regional councillor: Rob Grossi
• Councillor Ward 1: Mike Waddington
• Councillor Ward 2: Dan Fellini
• Councillor Ward 3: Dave Neeson
• Councillor Ward 4: Frank Sebo
• Councillor Ward 5: Dave Harding

The mayor and deputy mayor represent Georgina at meetings of York Regional Council.

Georgina is part of the Federal riding of York—Simcoe, represented by Scot Davidson of the Conservative Party of Canada, who was elected in a by-election on February 25, 2019.[7]

Provincially, it was part of the riding of York North until 2007 and is now part of the provincial riding of York—Simcoe, represented by Julia Munro of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, who was first elected in 1995.

• Captain William Johnson's Old Mill[8]
• St. George's Anglican Church, built in 1877 by the pioneering Sibbald family and burial place of Stephen Leacock and Mazo de la Roche[8]
• Roche's Point Anglican Church, built in 1862[8]
• The ROC (Recreational Outdoor Campus), including the Georgina Pioneer Village Museum and Archives
• The Red Barn Theatre, Canada's oldest summer stock theatre. [Currently not operating due to a fire in 2010.[9]][8]
• Stephen Leacock Theatre
• Georgina Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Information Centre
• Duclos Point Nature Reserve
• Georgina Arts Centre and Gallery
• The Peter Gzowski Festival of Stories[10]
• Georgina Public Libraries
• York Regional Forests
• Sibbald Point Provincial Park
• Sutton Fair and Horse Show[11]
• Ramada Jacksons Point Resort and Spa
• Willow Beach Conservation Area
• Georgina Military Museum[12]

• Canadian Wrestling Hall of Fame member Whipper Billy Watson was a lifelong resident, and he spearheaded the campaign to build the Georgina Cultural Centre in the 1980s, which also houses the Stephen Leacock Theatre.
• Keswick is the birthplace and childhood home of former NHL goaltender Curtis Joseph.
• Captain William Johnson, former Royal Navy officer and founder of Pefferlaw, Ontario.
• Noted writer Stephen Leacock settled on a farm near Egypt, a hamlet within Georgina.
• Jim Carrey, a Canadian actor, comedian, impressionist, screenwriter, and producer. He was born in nearby Newmarket. His family settled in Sutton for his early life.
• Caroline Mulroney and her husband own land in Jacksons Point.

• Georgina Advocate (Metroland Media Group)

• List of townships in Ontario

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• Town of Georgina
• Georgina Chamber of Commerce