Grey County

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FieldValue
nameGrey County
official_nameCounty of Grey
native_name
settlement_typeCounty (upper-tier)
total_type
image_skylineGeorgian Bluffs ON.jpg
image_sealGrey County.png
seal_size80x80px
image_blank_emblemLogo of Grey County, Canada.svg
blank_emblem_typeLogo
blank_emblem_size150px
image_mapMap of Ontario GREY.svg
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameCanada
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1
seat_typeCounty seat
seatOwen Sound
parts_typeSubdivisions
parts_style
parts
p1City of Owen Sound
p2Town of The Blue Mountains
p3Town of Hanover
p4Municipality (Town) of Meaford
p5Township of Chatsworth
p6Township of Georgian Bluffs
p7Municipality (township) of Grey Highlands
p8Township of Southgate
p9Township of West Grey
government_typeUpper Tier Municipal Government
leader_titleWarden
leader_title1
established_titleEstablished
established_date1852
area_footnotes
area_land_km24,497.93
elevation_footnotestags--
population_as_of2021
population_footnotes
population_total100,905
population_density_km222.4
timezoneEST
utc_offset-5
timezone_DSTEDT
utc_offset_DST-4
coor_type
coordinates
postal_code_type
area_code519 / 226 / 548
website
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|leader_name1 = |established_title = Established |established_date = 1852 |area_magnitude = |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = 4,497.93 |area_water_km2 = |area_water_percent = |elevation_footnotes = tags-- |elevation_m = |elevation_max_m = |elevation_min_m = |population_as_of = 2021 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 100,905 |population_density_km2 = 22.4 |timezone = EST |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = EDT |utc_offset_DST = -4 |coor_type = |coordinates = |postal_code_type =
|postal_code = |area_code = 519 / 226 / 548 |website = |footnotes = Grey County is a county in the province of Ontario. The county is located in the Southwestern Ontario region, and is a part of the Georgian Triangle. At the time of the 2021 Canadian census the population of the county was 100,905. Owen Sound is the county seat and the largest city in Grey County.

Administrative divisions

Grey County consists of the following municipalities (in order of population):

::data[format=table] | Municipality || 2016 Population || Population Centres | |---| | City of Owen Sound | | Municipality of West Grey | | Municipality of Meaford | | Township of Georgian Bluffs | | Municipality of Grey Highlands | | Town of Hanover | | Township of Southgate | | Town of The Blue Mountains | | Township of Chatsworth | ::

History

Origin and evolution

The first European settlement was in the vicinity of Collingwood or Meaford. Exploring parties arrived from York in 1825 by travelling from Holland Landing and down the Holland River into Lake Simcoe and Shanty Bay. From there they travelled by land to the Nottawasaga River into Georgian Bay and along the thickly wooded shore.

In 1837 the village of Sydenham was surveyed by Charles Rankin. In 1856 it was incorporated as the Town of Owen Sound with an estimated population of 2,000.

In 1840, the area became part of the new District of Wellington, and its territory formed the County of Waterloo for electoral purposes. In 1849, Wellington District was abolished, and Waterloo County remained for municipal and judicial purposes. The territory of the Bruce Peninsula became part of Waterloo in 1849, but was later withdrawn and transferred to Bruce County in 1851.

In January 1852, Waterloo County became the United Counties of Wellington, Waterloo and Grey. Grey County was named in honour of the British Colonial Secretary's father, Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1830-1834. Its territory was declared to consist of the following townships, together with part of the Indian Reserves on the Bruce Peninsula:

  • Artemesia
  • Bentinck
  • Collingwood
  • Derby
  • Egremont
  • Euphrasia
  • Glenelg
  • Holland
  • Melancthon
  • Normanby
  • Osprey
  • Proton
  • Saint Vincent
  • Sullivan
  • Sydenham ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/1857_Colton_Map_of_Ontario,Canada-Geographicus-_CanadaWest-colton-1857.jpg" caption="[[Canada West]] in 1857. Grey County is marked in dark pink."] ::

The Indian lands were later surveyed and became the townships of Keppel and Sarawak. A Provisional Municipal Council was organized for the County in April 1852, with the Town of Sydenham named as the county town.

Waterloo was withdrawn from the United Counties in January 1853, and the remainder was renamed the United Counties of Wellington and Grey. In January 1854, the United Counties was dissolved, and Wellington and Grey were separate counties for all purposes.

In 1861-1862 the first gravel roads were constructed into Owen Sound at a cost of $300,000. The four colonization roads were:

:* the Garafraxa Road running from Fergus to Owen Sound (now Highway 6); :* the Durham Road leading east and west from the village of Durham (formerly part of Highway 4, and now County Road 4); :* the Lake Shore Road from Collingwood to Owen Sound (now Highway 26); and :* the Toronto-Sydenham Road leading from Shelburne to Owen Sound (now Highway 10).

Prior to the road building it often took two days to walk up to Owen Sound.

In 1881, the township of Melancthon and the village of Shelburne were withdrawn from Grey and transferred to the new Dufferin County.

On January 1, 2001, Grey County underwent a major restructuring, resulting in the reduction in number of the local municipalities:

::data[format=table] | New Municipality || Constituted from | |---| | City of Owen Sound | | Town of Hanover | | Town of The Blue Mountains | | Township of Chatsworth | | Township of Georgian Bluffs | | Municipality of Grey Highlands | | Municipality of Meaford | | Township of Southgate | | Municipality of West Grey | ::

Demographics

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Grey County had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 4497.93 km2, it had a population density of in 2021. |location = Grey |2021_population=100,905 | 2021_pop_delta=+7.5 | 2021_land_area=4,497.93 | 2021_pop_density=22.4 |2021_median_age=49.6 | 2021_median_age_m=48.0 | 2021_median_age_f=50.8 |2021_total_pvt_dwell=50,183 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=42,309 |2021_mean_hh_income=78,000 |2021_geocode=2021A00033542 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19 |2016_population= 93,830 |2016_pop_delta=+1.4|2016_land_area= 4,513.50|2016_pop_density=20.8 |2016_median_age=49.3 |2016_median_age_m=48.1 |2016_median_age_f=50.4 |2016_total_pvt_dwell= 47,560 |2016_mean_hh_income=62,935 |2016_access_date=2019-08-06 |2011_population= 92,568|2011_pop_delta= +0.2|2011_land_area= 4,513.21|2011_pop_density=20.5 |2011_median_age= |2011_median_age_m= |2011_median_age_f= |2011_total_pvt_dwell= 46,481|2011_mean_hh_income= |2011_access_date=2012-02-08 |2006_population= 92,411| 2006_pop_delta=+3.7| 2006_land_area= 4,508.12| 2006_pop_density=20.5 |2006_median_age= 44.4| 2006_median_age_m= 43.4| 2006_median_age_f= 45.4 |2006_total_pvt_dwell= 44,387| 2006_mean_hh_income= 49,912| 2006_access_date=2012-02-08 |2001_population= 89,073| 2001_pop_delta=+1.7| 2001_land_area= 4,508.20| 2001_pop_density=19.8 |2001_median_age= 41.9| 2001_median_age_m= 40.9| 2001_median_age_f=42.8 |2001_total_pvt_dwell= 42,396|2001_mean_hh_income= 43,107| 2001_access_date=2012-02-08 |notes=

|title = Historical census populations – Grey County |align = none |cols = 3 |percentages = |footnote = Population counts are not adjusted for boundary changes. |source = Statistics Canada | 1921 |59051 | 1931 |57699 | 1941 |57160 | 1951 |58960 | 1956 |60971 | 1961 |62005 | 1966 |62592 | 1971 |66403 | 1976 |72,176 | 1981 |73,824 | 1986 |74,759 | 1991 |84,071 | 1996 |87,632 | 2001 |89,073 | 2006 |92,411 | 2011 |92,568 | 2016 |93,830 | 2021 |100,905

References

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