Georgina, Ontario


Georgina is a town in south-central Ontario, and the northernmost municipality in the Regional Municipality of York. The town is bounded to the north by Lake Simcoe. Although incorporated as a town, it operates as a township in which dispersed communities share a common administrative council. The largest communities are Keswick, Sutton and Jackson's Point. Smaller communities include Pefferlaw, Port Bolster, Roches Point, Udora and Willow Beach.
The town was formed by the merger of the Village of Sutton, the Township of Georgina and the Township of North Gwillimbury in 1971 and incorporated in 1986. North Gwillimbury had previously been part of Georgina but became its own township in 1826. It took its name from the family of Elizabeth Simcoe, née Gwillim.
Georgina was the proposed name for London, Ontario, by John Graves Simcoe.

Municipal composition

The main centres in Georgina are the communities of Keswick, Belhaven, Sutton West, Jackson's Point, Baldwin, Virginia, Pefferlaw, Port Bolster, Udora and Willow Beach. Other settlements include Jersey, Cedarbrae, Brown Hill, Island Grove, Elm Grove, Roches Point, Sibbald Point, Virginia / Virginia Beach, McRae Beach, Duclos Point, Balfour Beach, Varney, Brighton Beach and a variety of other beach communities.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2016 Census conducted by Statistics Canada:
Racial profile
As per the 2011 Canadian Census
Religions
Mother Tongue
The Town of Georgina operates under a ward system, and its municipal council consists of the mayor, regional councillor and a councillor for each of the five wards. The current council consists of:
The mayor and deputy mayor represent Georgina at meetings of York Regional Council.
Georgina is part of the Federal riding of York—Simcoe, represented by Scot Davidson of the Conservative Party of Canada, who was elected in a by-election on February 25, 2019.
Provincially, it was part of the riding of York North until 2007 and is now part of the provincial riding of York—Simcoe, represented by Julia Munro of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, who was first elected in 1995.

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