New Tecumseth
{{distinguish|Tecumseh, Ontario}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = New Tecumseth
| official_name = Town of New Tecumseth
| settlement_type = Town (lower-tier)
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| image_skyline = Straw bales on a stubble field in Alliston, Ontario.jpg
| image_caption = Straw bales near Alliston
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| pushpin_map = CAN ON Simcoe#Canada Southern Ontario
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| coordinates = {{coord|44|05|05|N|79|45|56|W|region:CA-ON|notes={{Cite web |title=Place names - New Tecumseth |url=https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=FERXH |accessdate=February 3, 2025 |website=Canadian Geographical Names Database |publisher=Natural Resources Canada}}|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name = {{CAN}}
| subdivision_name1 = {{ON}}
| subdivision_name2 = Simcoe
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Richard Norcross
| leader_title1 = MP
| leader_name1 = Scot Davidson
| leader_title2 = MPP
| leader_name2 = Brian Saunderson
| established_title = Settled
| established_date = ca. 1820
| established_title2 = Incorporated
| established_date2 = January 1991
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| area_total_km2 =
| area_land_km2 = 274.21
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| population_as_of = 2021
| population_total = 43,948
| population_density_km2 = 160.5
| timezone = Eastern (EST)
| utc_offset = -5
| timezone_DST = EDT
| utc_offset_DST = -4
| area_code = 705, 289 and 905
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| postal_code_type = Postal code FSA
| postal_code = L9R
L0G
| website = [http://newtecumseth.ca/ newtecumseth.ca]
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New Tecumseth is a town in Simcoe County, in south-central Ontario, Canada. While it is not officially a part of the Greater Toronto Area, it is counted, in terms of the census, as being a part of the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area.
History
The municipality was created in 1991 through the amalgamation of the Town of Alliston, the Villages of Beeton and Tottenham, and the Township of Tecumseth. The name 'New Tecumseth' was chosen because a Town of Tecumseh already existed in Essex County.
Communities
Education
New Tecumseth has nine elementary schools and two area high schools:
- Alliston Union PS (Alliston)
- Banting Memorial High School (Alliston)
- Boyne River PS (Alliston)
- Ernest Cumberland ES (Alliston)
- FX O'Reilly Catholic School (Tottenham)
- Monsignor Ronan Catholic School (Beeton)
- St. James Catholic School (Tottenham){{Cite web|url=https://sja.schools.smcdsb.on.ca/home|title=Home|website=sja.schools.smcdsb.on.ca}}
- St. Paul's Catholic School (Alliston)
- St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School (Tottenham)
- Tecumseth Beeton ES (Beeton)
- Tecumseth South Central PS (Tottenham)
- Tottenham PS (Tottenham)
- Alliston Community Christian School (Alliston)(Private)
Public schools are in the Simcoe County District School Board and Catholic with the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board.
Demographics
{{Historical populations
|title = New Tecumseth
Historical populations
|type = Canada
|align = right
|percentages =
| 1991| 20239
|2001| 26141
|2006| 27701
|2011| 30234
|2016| 34242
|2021| 43948
}}
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, New Tecumseth had a population of {{val|43948|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|15854|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|16249|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:43948-34242}}|34242|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|34242|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|273.87|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|43948|273.87|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 30, 2022}}
{{Canada census
|location = New Tecumseth
|2021_population=43,948 | 2021_pop_delta=+28.3 | 2021_land_area=273.87 | 2021_pop_density=160.5
|2021_median_age=39.6 | 2021_median_age_m=38.8 | 2021_median_age_f=40.4
|2021_total_pvt_dwell=15,855 |2021_mean_hh_income= |2021_geocode=2021A00053543007 | 2021_access_date=2022-04-27
|2016_population=34,242| 2016_pop_delta=+13.3 | 2016_land_area=274.21 | 2016_pop_density=124.9
|2016_median_age=42.7 | 2016_median_age_m=41.6 | 2016_median_age_f=43.8
|2016_total_pvt_dwell=13,191 | 2016_mean_hh_income=85,988 | 2016_access_date=2019-07-05
}}
Notable persons
- Kate Aitken, influential cooking and homemaking expert, television and radio broadcaster, born in Beeton. A plaque was placed in Beeton Park in her honour.{{cite web|title=And now here's Mrs. A... Kate Aitken's Story|url=http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/sgc-cms/histoires_de_chez_nous-community_memories/pm_v2.php?id=exhibit_home&fl=0&lg=English&ex=00000325&pg=0|website=virtualmuseum.ca|access-date=27 April 2015}}
- Dr Sir Frederick Banting, physician and scientist born in Alliston. Discovered insulin with his assistant, Charles Best.
- Sir William Osler, physician and professor of medicine was born in Bond Head (formerly in Tecumseth and now part of Bradford West Gwillimbury). He has been called 'the Father of Modern Medicine'.
- Deanne Rose, Olympic medal-winning soccer player was born in New Tecumseth.
- Jim Rutherford, retired NHL goaltender and Stanley-Cup-winning General Manager was born in Beeton.
See also
References
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{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3543007&Geo2=CD&Code2=3543&Data=Count&SearchText=Tecumseth&SearchType=Contains&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115181927/http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3543007&Geo2=CD&Code2=3543&Data=Count&SearchText=Tecumseth&SearchType=Contains&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 15, 2013 |title=New Tecumseth census profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=2011 Census of Population |access-date=2012-07-04 }}
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External links
- {{official|http://www.town.newtecumseth.on.ca}}
{{Geographic location
| Centre = New Tecumseth
| North = Essa
| Northeast = Innisfil
| East = Bradford West Gwillimbury
| Southeast = King
| South =
| Southwest = Caledon
| West = Adjala-Tosorontio
| Northwest =
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{{Simcoe County}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario