Georgian Bluffs is a township

Township (Canada)

The term township generally means the district or area associated with a town. However in some systems no town needs to be involved. The specific use of the term to describe political subdivisions has varied by country, usually to describe a local rural or semi-rural government within the county...

 in southwestern Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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, in Grey County

Grey County, Ontario

Grey County is a county and census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. The county seat is in Owen Sound. The population was 92,411 in 2006. It is located in the subregion of Southern Ontario named Southwestern Ontario...

 located between Colpoy's Bay and Owen Sound on Georgian Bay

Georgian Bay

Georgian Bay is a large bay of Lake Huron, located entirely within Ontario, Canada...

.

The township was incorporated on January 1, 2001 by amalgamating the former townships of Derby, Keppel, and Sarawak, and the village of Shallow Lake.

Communities

The township comprises the communities of Alvanley, Balmy Beach, Benallen, Big Bay, Clavering, Copperkettle, Cruickshank, East Linton, Hogg, Inglis Falls, Jackson, Keady, Kemble, Kilsyth

Kilsyth, Ontario

Kilsyth is an unincorporated community in rural Georgian Bluffs Township, Ontario, Canada with an approximate population of 100 people. The village is a quiet rural place set in pleasant rolling farmland...

, Lake Charles, Lindenwood, Oxenden, Shallow Lake, Shouldice, Springmount, Squire, Wolseley and Zion.

Demographics

According to the 2006 Statistics Canada

Statistics Canada

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 Census:

• Population: 10,506
• % Change (2001–2006): 3.7
• Dwellings:4,697
• Area (km².): 603.58
• Density (persons per km².): 17.4

Population trend:

• Population in 2006: 10,506
• Population in 2001: 10,152 (or 10,127 when adjusted to 2006 boundaries)
• Population in 1996:
  • Derby (township): 2891
  • Keppel (township): 4042
  • Sarawak (township): 2832
  • Shallow Lake (village): 491
• Population in 1991:
  • Derby (township): 2818
  • Keppel (township): 3612
  • Sarawak (township): 2803
  • Shallow Lake (village): 505

External links

• Township of Georgian Bluffs