Wollaston, Ontario

Wollaston
Township (lower-tier)
Township of Wollaston

Municipal office in Coe Hill
Wollaston
Coordinates: 44°57′22″N 77°50′01″W / 44.95611°N 77.83361°W / 44.95611; -77.83361Coordinates: 44°57′22″N 77°50′01″W / 44.95611°N 77.83361°W / 44.95611; -77.83361[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Ontario
County Hastings
Settled 1860s
Incorporated 1880
Government
 • Type Township
 • Reeve Graham Blair
 • MP Mike Bossio
 • MPP Todd Smith
Area[2]
 • Land 220.19 km2 (85.02 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 708
 • Density 3.2/km2 (8/sq mi)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Postal Code K0L 1P0
Area code(s) 613 and 343
Website www.township.wollaston.on.ca

Wollaston is an incorporated township in Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.[1] The township had a population of 708 in the Canada 2011 Census.

Communities

Coe Hill (44°51′43″N 77°50′11″W / 44.86194°N 77.83639°W / 44.86194; -77.83639) is the main community in Wollaston Township. The local post office serves residents with lock boxes and four rural routes, two of which are for a neighbouring village, Gilmour in Tudor and Cashel Township. Hastings County Road 620 runs through the community, connecting it to Highways 28 to the west and 62 to the east.

Coe Hill has restaurants, a gas station, a Royal Canadian Legion branch, an Liquor Control Board of Ontario outlet, a landscaping business, a school, a post office, a grocery store, a bakery, a fishing supplies store, a doctor's office and a real estate office.

Coe Hill

Demographics

Canada census – Wollaston, Ontario community profile
2011 2006 2001
Population: 708 (-3.0% from 2006) 730 (7.5% from 2001) 679 (-5.6% from 1996)
Land area: 220.19 km2 (85.02 sq mi) 215.22 km2 (83.10 sq mi) 215.29 km2 (83.12 sq mi)
Population density: 3.2/km2 (8.3/sq mi) 3.4/km2 (8.8/sq mi) 3.2/km2 (8.3/sq mi)
Median age: 50.5 (M: 50.5, F: 50.5) 46.0 (M: 45.5, F: 47.4)
Total private dwellings: 624 629 779
Median household income: $32,010 $28,386
References: 2011[3] 2006[4] 2001[5]

Population trend:[6]

Mother tongue:[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Wollaston". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  2. 1 2 "Wollaston, Ontario (Code 3512054) and Hastings, Ontario (Code 3512) (table)". 2011 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  3. ↑ "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  4. 1 2 "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  5. ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  6. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census

Other map sources:

 Faraday Bancroft
North Kawartha Limerick
   Wollaston  
Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Marmora and Lake Tudor and Cashel (Tudor section)


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