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Unincorporated rural community in Ontario, Canada

Airlie
Unincorporated rural community
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Coordinates: 44°15′40″N 80°00′30″W / 44.26111°N 80.00833°W / 44.26111; -80.00833
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
County	Simcoe
Township	Adjala–Tosorontio
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNBC Code	FABZL^[1]

Airlie is an unincorporated rural community in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.^[1]

Officially located in Adjala–Tosorontio Township, Airlie has historically been associated with both Mulmur Township and the former Tosorontio Township (now Adjala–Tosorontio Township) because it is located on the boundary between both townships.^[2]^[3]

Airlie was founded in the 1860s. The early settlement was also known as "Bonny-Town" and "Mill Hill". A sawmill located at Airlie enabled it to prosper.^[3]^[4]

A post office opened in 1869, and mail was delivered daily.^[3]^[5]

During the 1870s and 1880s, Airlie had two stores, two blacksmith shops, three sawmills, and 12 houses. The Cherry Hotel was located at Airlie, owned by early settlers, the Cherry family.^[3]^[6]^[7] Two churches were built: St. James Episcopal Church in 1886, and Calvin Presbyterian Church in 1889.^[8]^[9] The population in 1890, and in 1908, was about 100.^[3]^[10] The settlement continued to prosper into the first decade of the 1900s.^[10]

Elijah Kidd, a resident of Airlie, served as deputy reeve and then reeve of Mulmur Township between 1913 and 1917.^[3]^[11]

In 1914, the post office closed.^[5]

(From left to right): former Orange Hall, former Calvin Presbyterian Church (1889), and St. James Church (1886)

References

1 2 "Airlie". Natural Resources Canada. October 6, 2016.
↑ "Airlie". Statistics Canada. November 2, 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Mulmur Township Settlement Areas and Signs" (PDF). Mulmur Township. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 29, 2017. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
↑ Rosenthal, Max (February 1965). "Early Post Offices of the Fergus District" (PDF). BNA Topics. 22 (2). British North America Philatelic Society: 37–39. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-07-03. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
1 2 "Airlie". Library and Archives Canada. May 27, 2014.
↑ Ontario Commercial Year Book and Gazetteer : 1906. Ontario Year Book. 1906. pp. 304.
↑ Cook, Wayne. "Adjala–Tosorontio #5". Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
↑ "History". St. James' Anglican Church Clougher-Lisle. Archived from the original on January 24, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
↑ "Airlie, Ontario" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
1 2 Mercer, Adam, G. (1908). Lovell's Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada. J. Lovell. pp. 261.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑ "Town Officers". Dufferin County. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved October 31, 2017.

v t e Simcoe County, Ontario
Cities ¹	Barrie Orillia
Towns	Bradford West Gwillimbury Collingwood Innisfil Midland New Tecumseth Penetanguishene Wasaga Beach
Townships	Adjala–Tosorontio Clearview Essa Oro-Medonte Ramara Severn Springwater Tay Tiny
Unincorporated communities	Airlie Alliston Beeton Bradford Cooper's Falls Creemore Edenvale Elmvale Midhurst Moonstone Newton Robinson Penville Pinkerton Port McNicoll Thornton Tottenham
First Nations	Beausoleil Chippewas of Rama
Indian reserves	Christian Island 30 Christian Island 30A Mnjikaning First Nation 32
See also: Census divisions of Ontario ¹ Separated municipalities but remain a census subdivision of the county

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