Grey Highlands

Grey Highlands
Municipality (lower-tier)
Municipality of Grey Highlands
Grey Highlands
Coordinates: 44°20′N 80°30′W / 44.333°N 80.500°W / 44.333; -80.500Coordinates: 44°20′N 80°30′W / 44.333°N 80.500°W / 44.333; -80.500
Country  Canada
Province  Ontario
County Grey
Formed January 1, 2001
Government
 • Mayor Paul McQueen
 • Federal riding Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound
 • Prov. riding Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound
Area[1]
 • Land 882.44 km2 (340.71 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 9,520
 • Density 10.8/km2 (28/sq mi)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Postal Code N0C 1H0
Area code(s) 519 and 226
Website www.greyhighlands.ca
Eugenia Falls

Grey Highlands is a municipality in the southeast corner of Grey County, Ontario, Canada that was formed on January 1, 2001, by the amalgamation of the village of Markdale and the townships of Artemesia, Euphrasia and Osprey, which included the unincorporated hamlets of Eugenia Ceylon, Maxwell, Singhampton, Priceville, Kimberley, and Feversham. The former village of Flesherton is also located within the municipality; it was amalgamated with Artemesia Township in 1998.

According to the 2011 Census, the municipality covers a land area of 882 square kilometres and has a population of 9,520.

Communities

Geography

The dominant natural feature of the area is the Niagara Escarpment, which passes through the municipality and has several ancillary features:

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 3752 (total dwellings: 5297)

Education

Elementary students (Kindergarten to grade 8) are divided into three catchment areas:

All of these students go to Grey Highlands Secondary School in Flesherton for Grades 9-12.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Grey Highlands census profile". 2011 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
  2. ↑ "List of Biosphere Reserves 2009" (PDF). UNESCO. 2009. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
  3. ↑ "In 1852, when the country was very new and wild, somebody thought he had discovered gold in the rocks below the falls... One adventurous waggonmaker, from the County of York, happening to be in the region, made a rush with the rest to the diggings, and soon departed homeward, several days journey through woods and bushroads, with a backbreaking load in a bag... He got home, and before he slept kindled up his forge fire to melt down a little of the precious stuff.... The sulphurious fumes and horrible stench of the vile stuff choked him, and well nigh drove him out of the premises. He had carried home a backload of worthless iron pyrites!"Smith, William Wye (1866). Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Grey for 1865-66. Toronto: Global Steam Press.
  4. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census

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