List of designated places in Ontario
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A designated place is a type of geographic unit used by Statistics Canada to disseminate census data.[1] It is usually "a small community that does not meet the criteria used to define incorporated municipalities or Statistics Canada population centres (areas with a population of at least 1,000 and no fewer than 400 persons per square kilometre)."[2] Provincial and territorial authorities collaborate with Statistics Canada in the creation of designated places so that data can be published for sub-areas within municipalities.[2] Starting in 2016, Statistics Canada allowed the overlapping of designated places with population centres.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population, Ontario had 135 designated places,[3] an increase from 129 in 2016.[4] Designated place types in Ontario include 45 dissolved municipalities, 44 local service boards, 37 municipal defined places, and 9 dissolved population centres.[5] In 2021, the 135 designated places had a cumulative population of 74,105 and an average population of 549. Ontario's largest designated place is Breslau with a population of 5,053.[6]
List
| Name[6] | Type[5] | 2021 Census of Population[6] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population (2021) |
Population (2016) |
Change (%) |
Land area (km2) |
Population density (per km2) | ||
| Alban part A | Local service board | 1,051 | 990 | +6.2% | 125.71 | 8.4/km2 |
| Alban part B | Local service board | 63 | 58 | +8.6% | 51.5 | 1.2/km2 |
| Arkona | Dissolved municipality | 648 | 634 | +2.2% | 2.53 | 256.1/km2 |
| Armstrong | Local service board | 146 | 193 | −24.4% | 323.85 | 0.5/km2 |
| Athens | Dissolved municipality | 974 | 982 | −0.8% | 2.12 | 459.4/km2 |
| Bayfield | Dissolved municipality | 1,250 | 1,218 | +2.6% | 2.79 | 448.0/km2 |
| Beachburg | Dissolved municipality | 1,074 | 1,054 | +1.9% | 4.29 | 250.3/km2 |
| Blackstock | Municipal defined place | 786 | 781 | +0.6% | 0.9 | 873.3/km2 |
| Bloomfield | Dissolved municipality | 477 | 576 | −17.2% | 2.05 | 232.7/km2 |
| Bloomingdale | Municipal defined place | 230 | 230 | 0.0% | 0.59 | 389.8/km2 |
| Blyth | Dissolved municipality | 1,065 | 989 | +7.7% | 2.5 | 426.0/km2 |
| Bothwell | Dissolved municipality | 908 | 856 | +6.1% | 2.01 | 451.7/km2 |
| Braeside | Dissolved municipality | 203 | 190 | +6.8% | 1.85 | 109.7/km2 |
| Branchton | Municipal defined place | 355 | 375 | −5.3% | 0.59 | 601.7/km2 |
| Breslau | Municipal defined place | 5,053 | 3,778 | +33.7% | 5.44 | 928.9/km2 |
| Britt part A | Local service board | 284 | 273 | +4.0% | 34.3 | 8.3/km2 |
| Britt part B | Local service board | 5 | 20 | −75.0% | 3.26 | 1.5/km2 |
| Brussels | Retired population centre | 993 | 1,158 | −14.2% | 0.87 | 1,141.4/km2 |
| Cache Bay | Dissolved municipality | 658 | 641 | +2.7% | 2.85 | 230.9/km2 |
| Caesarea | Municipal defined place | 816 | 823 | −0.9% | 0.85 | 960.0/km2 |
| Campbell part A | Local service board | 595 | 466 | +27.7% | 158.09 | 3.8/km2 |
| Campbell part B | Local service board | 0 | 0 | NA | 0 | — |
| Caramat | Local service board | 45 | 50 | −10.0% | 35.28 | 1.3/km2 |
| Cartier | Local service board | 218 | 241 | −9.5% | 58.41 | 3.7/km2 |
| Chalk River | Dissolved municipality | 1,025 | 1,000 | +2.5% | 2.31 | 443.7/km2 |
| Chatsworth | Dissolved municipality | 560 | 535 | +4.7% | 0.76 | 736.8/km2 |
| Claremont | Municipal defined place | 1,215 | 1,202 | +1.1% | 2.12 | 573.1/km2 |
| Clifford | Dissolved municipality | 875 | 823 | +6.3% | 2.67 | 327.7/km2 |
| Conestogo | Municipal defined place | 1,272 | 1,270 | +0.2% | 2.16 | 588.9/km2 |
| Croft part A | Local service board | 572 | 386 | +48.2% | 148.46 | 3.9/km2 |
| Croft part B | Local service board | 50 | 50 | 0.0% | 30.45 | 1.6/km2 |
| Deloro | Dissolved municipality | 143 | 139 | +2.9% | 1.06 | 134.9/km2 |
| Epsom | Municipal defined place | 181 | 177 | +2.3% | 0.48 | 377.1/km2 |
| Erie Beach | Dissolved municipality | 153 | 150 | +2.0% | 0.24 | 637.5/km2 |
| Erieau | Dissolved municipality | 363 | 389 | −6.7% | 0.69 | 526.1/km2 |
| Ferguson | Local service board | 352 | 392 | −10.2% | 46.3 | 7.6/km2 |
| Finch | Dissolved municipality | 541 | 417 | +29.7% | 2.07 | 261.4/km2 |
| Flesherton | Dissolved municipality | 590 | 584 | +1.0% | 3.64 | 162.1/km2 |
| Foleyet | Local service board | 165 | 177 | −6.8% | 11.15 | 14.8/km2 |
| Foxboro Green | Municipal defined place | 398 | 422 | −5.7% | 0.58 | 686.2/km2 |
| Gamebridge | Municipal defined place | 119 | 115 | +3.5% | 0.28 | 425.0/km2 |
| Gogama | Local service board | 310 | 325 | −4.6% | 56.75 | 5.5/km2 |
| Goodwood | Municipal defined place | 689 | 663 | +3.9% | 1.43 | 481.8/km2 |
| Grand River | Municipal defined place | 757 | 778 | −2.7% | 3.79 | 199.7/km2 |
| Greenbank | Municipal defined place | 584 | 554 | +5.4% | 0.78 | 748.7/km2 |
| Hampton | Municipal defined place | 775 | 755 | +2.6% | 1.23 | 630.1/km2 |
| Hawk Junction | Local service board | 138 | 158 | −12.7% | 83.35 | 1.7/km2 |
| Hawkesville | Municipal defined place | 301 | 311 | −3.2% | 0.44 | 684.1/km2 |
| Heidelberg Wellesley | Municipal defined place | 392 | 387 | +1.3% | 0.38 | 1,031.6/km2 |
| Heidelberg Woolwich | Municipal defined place | 640 | 666 | −3.9% | 0.55 | 1,163.6/km2 |
| Hepworth | Dissolved municipality | 519 | 506 | +2.6% | 3.55 | 146.2/km2 |
| Highgate | Dissolved municipality | 299 | 338 | −11.5% | 2.88 | 103.8/km2 |
| Highway 401 Employment Area | Municipal defined place | 48 | 29 | +65.5% | 3.87 | 12.4/km2 |
| Hillsburgh | Retired population centre | 1,152 | 1,124 | +2.5% | 2.94 | 391.8/km2 |
| Hudson | Local service board | 266 | 270 | −1.5% | 17.11 | 15.5/km2 |
| Hurkett | Local service board | 94 | 214 | −56.1% | 53.08 | 1.8/km2 |
| Iron Bridge | Dissolved municipality | 592 | 629 | −5.9% | 31.89 | 18.6/km2 |
| Jogues | Local service board | 214 | 312 | −31.4% | 79.15 | 2.7/km2 |
| Kaministiquia | Local service board | 643 | 625 | +2.9% | 136.95 | 4.7/km2 |
| Killaloe | Dissolved municipality | 487 | 594 | −18.0% | 6.69 | 72.8/km2 |
| King-Lebel | Local service board | 354 | 379 | −6.6% | 83.76 | 4.2/km2 |
| Komoka | Retired population centre | 1,882 | 1,754 | +7.3% | 1.11 | 1,695.5/km2 |
| Lanark | Dissolved municipality | 803 | 778 | +3.2% | 4.77 | 168.3/km2 |
| Lancaster | Dissolved municipality | 729 | 750 | −2.8% | 0.72 | 1,012.5/km2 |
| Lappe | Local service board | 1,434 | 1,436 | −0.1% | 145.62 | 9.8/km2 |
| Lee Valley | Local service board | 242 | 491 | −50.7% | 3.15 | 76.8/km2 |
| Linwood | Municipal defined place | 734 | 759 | −3.3% | 0.98 | 749.0/km2 |
| Lion's Head | Dissolved municipality | 624 | 597 | +4.5% | 2.01 | 310.4/km2 |
| Madawaska | Local service board | 325 | 347 | −6.3% | 262.96 | 1.2/km2 |
| Madsen | Local service board | 153 | 147 | +4.1% | 52.74 | 2.9/km2 |
| Magnetawan | Dissolved municipality | 268 | 259 | +3.5% | 1.57 | 170.7/km2 |
| Manchester | Municipal defined place | 111 | 99 | +12.1% | 0.48 | 231.3/km2 |
| Manilla | Municipal defined place | 102 | 76 | +34.2% | 0.27 | 377.8/km2 |
| Mannheim | Retired population centre | 1,002 | 982 | +2.0% | 0.99 | 1,012.1/km2 |
| Maryhill | Municipal defined place | 605 | 576 | +5.0% | 0.79 | 765.8/km2 |
| Maxville | Dissolved municipality | 748 | 816 | −8.3% | 2.03 | 368.5/km2 |
| McGregor Bay part A | Local service board | 201 | 10 | +1,910.0% | 38.69 | 5.2/km2 |
| McGregor Bay part B | Local service board | 0 | 0 | NA | 12.23 | 0.0/km2 |
| Minaki | Local service board | 197 | 173 | +13.9% | 150.23 | 1.3/km2 |
| Missanabie | Local service board | 33 | 40 | −17.5% | 0.27 | 122.2/km2 |
| Moose Factory South | Municipal defined place | 495 | 672 | −26.3% | 1.51 | 327.8/km2 |
| Mount Hope | Retired population centre | 2,413 | 2,368 | +1.9% | 1.44 | 1,675.7/km2 |
| Nestleton | Municipal defined place | 71 | 74 | −4.1% | 0.27 | 263.0/km2 |
| Nestleton Station | Municipal defined place | 211 | 217 | −2.8% | 0.91 | 231.9/km2 |
| Nestor Falls part A | Local service board | 304 | 242 | +25.6% | 427.19 | 0.7/km2 |
| Nestor Falls part B | Local service board | 0 | 0 | NA | 47.98 | 0.0/km2 |
| Nestor Falls part C | Local service board | 0 | 0 | NA | 71.81 | 0.0/km2 |
| Neustadt | Dissolved municipality | 546 | 517 | +5.6% | 2.88 | 189.6/km2 |
| Newboro | Dissolved municipality | 262 | 251 | +4.4% | 4.81 | 54.5/km2 |
| Newburgh | Dissolved municipality | 695 | 729 | −4.7% | 13.02 | 53.4/km2 |
| Newtonville | Municipal defined place | 629 | 576 | +9.2% | 2.26 | 278.3/km2 |
| Oba | Local service board | 5 | 15 | −66.7% | 100.92 | 0.0/km2 |
| Onaping - Levack | Retired population centre | 1,941 | 1,990 | −2.5% | 8.27 | 234.7/km2 |
| Pearson | Local service board | 343 | 347 | −1.2% | 143.24 | 2.4/km2 |
| Petersburg | Municipal defined place | 374 | 340 | +10.0% | 0.66 | 566.7/km2 |
| Plantagenet | Dissolved municipality | 1,056 | 1,027 | +2.8% | 3.9 | 270.8/km2 |
| Port Bolster | Municipal defined place | 192 | 135 | +42.2% | 0.46 | 417.4/km2 |
| Redditt | Local service board | 139 | 116 | +19.8% | 70.01 | 2.0/km2 |
| Restoule | Local service board | 502 | 455 | +10.3% | 122.01 | 4.1/km2 |
| Robinson | Local service board | 149 | 110 | +35.5% | 226.96 | 0.7/km2 |
| Rodney | Retired population centre | 1,004 | 998 | +0.6% | 2.08 | 482.7/km2 |
| Roseville | Municipal defined place | 342 | 338 | +1.2% | 0.4 | 855.0/km2 |
| Rosseau | Dissolved municipality | 288 | 223 | +29.1% | 1.75 | 164.6/km2 |
| Rossport | Local service board | 96 | 65 | +47.7% | 1.15 | 83.5/km2 |
| Savard | Local service board | 244 | 282 | −13.5% | 201.55 | 1.2/km2 |
| Seagrave | Municipal defined place | 396 | 458 | −13.5% | 1.13 | 350.4/km2 |
| Searchmont | Local service board | 445 | 392 | +13.5% | 374.74 | 1.2/km2 |
| Shakespeare | Local service board | 160 | 170 | −5.9% | 36.53 | 4.4/km2 |
| Shallow Lake | Dissolved municipality | 541 | 505 | +7.1% | 1.54 | 351.3/km2 |
| Sonya | Dissolved municipality | 60 | 50 | +20.0% | 0.15 | 400.0/km2 |
| Springfield | Dissolved municipality | 761 | 878 | −13.3% | 1.92 | 396.4/km2 |
| St. Agatha | Municipal defined place | 450 | 450 | 0.0% | 0.67 | 671.6/km2 |
| St. Isidore | Dissolved municipality | 892 | 805 | +10.8% | 1.17 | 762.4/km2 |
| Stockyards/Martin Grove | Municipal defined place | 246 | 246 | 0.0% | 1.15 | 213.9/km2 |
| Sultan | Local service board | 45 | 64 | −29.7% | 2.76 | 16.3/km2 |
| Tara | Dissolved municipality | 1,119 | 1,138 | −1.7% | 2.4 | 466.3/km2 |
| Teeswater | Retired population centre | 1,030 | 995 | +3.5% | 2.52 | 408.7/km2 |
| Terrace Bay | Retired population centre | 1,523 | 1,606 | −5.2% | 9.42 | 161.7/km2 |
| Thamesville | Dissolved municipality | 774 | 861 | −10.1% | 2.22 | 348.6/km2 |
| Thedford | Dissolved municipality | 842 | 749 | +12.4% | 2.24 | 375.9/km2 |
| Thorne | Local service board | 172 | 204 | −15.7% | 0.69 | 249.3/km2 |
| Tiverton | Dissolved municipality | 717 | 725 | −1.1% | 2.26 | 317.3/km2 |
| Trout Creek | Dissolved municipality | 458 | 538 | −14.9% | 3.13 | 146.3/km2 |
| Utica | Municipal defined place | 121 | 113 | +7.1% | 0.45 | 268.9/km2 |
| Vienna | Dissolved municipality | 736 | 773 | −4.8% | 2.71 | 271.6/km2 |
| Wabigoon | Local service board | 419 | 373 | +12.3% | 50.53 | 8.3/km2 |
| Wardsville | Dissolved municipality | 420 | 382 | +9.9% | 2.21 | 190.0/km2 |
| Webbwood | Dissolved municipality | 440 | 485 | −9.3% | 2.82 | 156.0/km2 |
| West Montrose | Municipal defined place | 245 | 257 | −4.7% | 0.34 | 720.6/km2 |
| Wilfrid | Municipal defined place | 99 | 89 | +11.2% | 0.17 | 582.4/km2 |
| Willisville & Whitefish Falls | Local service board | 321 | 286 | +12.2% | 158.61 | 2.0/km2 |
| Winterbourne | Municipal defined place | 343 | 313 | +9.6% | 0.51 | 672.5/km2 |
| Woodville | Dissolved municipality | 718 | 826 | −13.1% | 2.28 | 314.9/km2 |
| Zephyr | Municipal defined place | 452 | 505 | −10.5% | 1.26 | 358.7/km2 |
| Zurich | Dissolved municipality | 941 | 917 | +2.6% | 0.85 | 1,107.1/km2 |
| Total designated places | — | 74,105 | 72,751 | +1.9% | 4,457.05 | 16.6/km2 |
| Province of Ontario | — | 14,223,942 | 13,448,494 | +5.8% | 892,411.76 | 15.9/km2 |