Orillia (Ontario)

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Orillia
Nickname : The Sunshine City
View of the port of Orillia
View of the port of Orillia
Location in Ontario
Orillia (Ontario)
Orillia
Orillia
State : CanadaCanada Canada
Province : Ontario
Region : Simcoe County
Local community: city
Coordinates : 44 ° 36 ′  N , 79 ° 25 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 36 ′  N , 79 ° 25 ′  W
Height : 219  m
Area : 28.16 km²
Inhabitants :
-  Metropolitan Area : 		30,546 (as of 2016)
40,731 (as of 2016)
Population density : 1,084.7 inhabitants / km²
Time zone : Eastern Time ( UTC − 5 )
Foundation : 1867
Mayor : Steve Clarke
Website : www.orillia.ca

Orillia is a small town in Canada in the province of Ontario in Simcoe County . Although the city of Orillia is assigned to Simcoe County, it is an independent city and is part of the central region of Ontario.

location

Orillia is located in the Golden Horseshoe , a region of over 8.1 million people that stretches in a semicircle around the western end of Lake Ontario to Niagara Falls . Known as the "Sunshine City", Orillia is an attractive place for tourists with its large expanses of water.

history

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Orillia was founded as a village in 1867, with the actual establishment of a settlement by the indigenous people going back several thousand years. Archaeologists have discovered evidence that the Wyandot and Iroquois tribes fished in the area more than 4,000 years ago, as well as had their sites for trade, fishing, and hunting.

Population development

1841: 200 inhabitants 1871: 1,322 inhabitants 1881: 2,911 inhabitants
1891: 4,752 inhabitants 1901: 4,907 inhabitants 1911: 6,828 inhabitants
1921: 8,774 inhabitants 1931: 8,183 inhabitants 1941: 9,705 inhabitants
1951: 12,110 inhabitants 1961: 15,345 inhabitants 1971: 24,040 inhabitants
1981: 23,955 inhabitants 1991: 25,925 inhabitants 1996: 27,846 inhabitants
2001: 29,121 inhabitants 2006: 30,259 inhabitants 2011: 30,586 inhabitants

climate

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Orillia
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) −3.6 −2.7 2.9 10.7 18.2 22.5 25.7 24.2 19.3 12.2 5.8 -0.7 O 11.3
Min. Temperature (° C) -8.4 −7.7 −2.1 5.7 12.9 17.1 20.6 19.4 14.8 8.2 2.2 −4.8 O 6.6
Precipitation ( mm ) 13.9 15.4 38.4 60.9 77.3 76.4 77.4 102.4 95.3 86.5 77.1 29.6 Σ 750.6
Rainy days ( d ) 2.6 2.3 6.5 10.6 12.7 11.7 9.8 12.5 13.6 15th 12.3 4.5 Σ 114.1
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25.7
20.6
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  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Source: Max./Min. Temperature, rainfall and rainy days:

Personalities

literature

English-language literature

  • A. Rodney Bobiwash: The History of Native People in the Toronto Area. An Overview , Toronto 1997, ISBN 978-0-9682546-0-8 .

travel Guide

Web links

Commons : Orillia  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Helmut Linde: Canada, East, Baedeker Allianz Travel Guide, ISBN 978-3-8297-1125-8
  2. ^ The History of Native People in the Toronto Area. An Overview, Toronto 1997, ISBN 978-0-9682546-0-8 .
  3. ↑ Environment Canada - Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000 , accessed April 15, 2012.