East Ferris
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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|official_name = Township of East Ferris
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|leader_title =Mayor
|leader_name = Pauline Rochefort
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|leader_name1 =East Ferris Municipal Council
|leader_title2 =MP
|leader_name2 =Anthony Rota (L)
|leader_title3 =MPP
|leader_name3 =Vic Fedeli (PC)
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|established_title = Settled
|established_date = 1885 (Astorville)
1897 (Corbeil)
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|area_footnotes = {{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=3&O=D&RPP=9999&CMA=0&PR=35 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Ontario) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=2012-02-08 | access-date=2012-10-12 | archive-date=2014-12-26 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226063211/http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=3&O=D&RPP=9999&CMA=0&PR=35 | url-status=dead }}
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|population_total = 4750
|population_density_km2 = 30.6
|timezone = EST
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|postal_code_type = Postal Code
|postal_code = P0H 1B0 (Astorville)
P0H 1K0 (Corbeil)
|website = [http://eastferris.ca/ eastferris.ca]
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File:Astorville Lake Nosbonsing.JPG
East Ferris is a township in northeastern Ontario, Canada located between Trout Lake and Lake Nosbonsing in the District of Nipissing. West Ferris has long been annexed into the city of North Bay.
Communities
The main communities within East Ferris are Astorville and Corbeil. There are also smaller residential areas in the township, known as Derland Road and Lake Nosbonsing.
Astorville and Derland were formerly stops along the Canadian National Railway Alderdale Subdivision.{{cite web |url=http://www.cnr-in-ontario.com/Subdivisions/Alderdale.html |title=Alderdale Subdivision |website=CNR in Ontario |access-date=20 July 2020 |date=9 July 2019}} Rail service declined in the mid-20th century and was eliminated altogether in 1996.{{citation |url=https://otc-cta.gc.ca/eng/ruling/1996-r-152 |title=Order No. 1996-R-152 |author=Canadian Transportation Agency |author-link=Canadian Transportation Agency |date=18 April 1996 |access-date=25 July 2020}}
In July 2005, Astorville hosted the first Northern Ontario Ball Hockey Championship."Northern ball hockey championship planned," North Bay Nugget, May 3, 2005, pg. B.6."Ball hockey tournament entry deadline Friday," North Bay Nugget, July 7, 2005, pg. C.2. In November 2005, Astorville was one of nine communities that voted on whether to accept private funding for a health centre.Brandi Cramer, "Plebiscite draws thousands- organizer," North Bay Nugget, November 21, 2005, pg. A.1.Fro.
Corbeil is located on the La Vase River, at a turn in Highway 94 south of its terminus at Highway 17. The township's municipal office and fire station is located in Corbeil on Highway 94 south of Voyer Road.
Notable people
Canadian cartoonist Lynn Johnston lived and worked in Corbeil until she moved to North Vancouver in 2015.
The Dionne quintuplets were born on a farm near Corbeil. Corbeil was also the home of Marie-Louise Meilleur, a supercentenarian who was 117 years old when she died in 1998. She was the oldest living person in the world for the eight months preceding her death, and remains both the oldest verified person in Canadian history and the sixth oldest verified person in the world. She lived at the Nipissing Manor Nursing Home, which was once the mansion that housed the Dionne sisters.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, East Ferris had a population of {{val|4946|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|1890|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|2172|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:4946-4862}}|4862|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|4862|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|151.94|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|4946|151.94|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000235 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=March 31, 2022}}
{{Canada census
|location = East Ferris
|2021_population=4,946 | 2021_pop_delta=+1.7 | 2021_land_area=151.94 | 2021_pop_density=32.6
|2021_median_age=48.0 | 2021_median_age_m=47.6 | 2021_median_age_f=48.0
|2021_total_pvt_dwell=2,172 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=1,890 |2021_mean_hh_income=109,000
|2021_geocode=2021A00053548034 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19
|2016_population=4,750 | 2016_pop_delta=-0.3 | 2016_land_area=155.17 | 2016_pop_density=30.6
|2016_median_age=47.8 | 2016_median_age_m=47.8 | 2016_median_age_f=47.9
|2016_total_pvt_dwell=2,084 | 2016_mean_hh_income=92,199 | 2016_access_date=2019-06-24
|2011_population=4,766 | 2011_pop_delta= | 2011_land_area=155.03 | 2011_pop_density=30.7
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|2011_total_pvt_dwell=2,081 | 2011_mean_hh_income= | 2011_access_date=
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See also
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.eastferris.ca}}
{{Geographic Location
| Centre = East Ferris
| North = North Bay
| Northeast = Unorganized North Nipissing
| East = Bonfield
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| South = Chisholm
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| West = Callander
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{{Nipissing District}}
Category:Municipalities in Nipissing District