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Bluewater, Ontario

Municipality in Ontario, Canada

43°27′N 81°36′W / 43.45°N 81.6°W / 43.45; -81.6Country

CanadaProvince

OntarioCountyHuronFormedJanuary 1, 2001Government

• MayorPaul Klopp • Deputy MayorJohn Becker • Federal ridingHuron—Bruce • Prov. ridingHuron—BruceArea

^[1]

• Land416.99 km² (161.00 sq mi)Population

(2016)^[2]

• Total7,136 • Density17.1/km² (44/sq mi)Time zoneUTC-5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)Postal Code

N0M

Area codes519 and 226Websitewww.municipalityofbluewater.ca

Bluewater is a municipality located in Huron County, Ontario, which is part of Southwestern Ontario, Ontario, Canada. As of 2016, the municipality has a population of 7,136.

History

Bluewater was formed on January 1, 2001 when the Government of Ontario amalgamated the townships of Hay and Stanley with the villages of Bayfield, Hensall and Zurich.^[3]

Geography

Bluewater's western boundary is Lake Huron. Its northern boundary is the Bayfield River between Lake Huron and Clinton. Highway 4 is the eastern boundary, while Huron Road 83 and the Exeter urban boundary (in South Huron) form the southern boundary.

Communities

Bluewater includes the following communities:

Hay Township: Blake (shared with Stanley Township), Dashwood, Hensall, Kippen (shared with Huron East)(and formerly shared between Hay, Stanley and Tuckersmith Townships), St. Joseph, Zurich, Hay, Hills Green, Johnson's Mills, Rodgerville, Sarepta
Stanley Township: Bayfield, Brucefield (shared with Huron East), Kippen (shared with Huron East)(and formerly shared between Hay, Stanley and Tuckersmith Townships), Varna; Bannockburn, Dinsley Terrace, Drysdale, Goshen

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1996	6,874	—
2001	6,919	+0.7%
2006	7,120	+2.9%
2011	7,044	−1.1%
2016	7,136	+1.3%
^[4]^[1]^[2]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bluewater had a population of 7,540 living in 3,302 of its 4,882 total private dwellings, a change of 5.7% from its 2016 population of 7,136. With a land area of 416.7 km² (160.9 sq mi), it had a population density of 18.1/km² (46.9/sq mi) in 2021.^[5]

Notable persons

William Aberhart – Premier of Alberta
Ryan O'Reilly – Professional hockey player and Stanley Cup champion
Babe Siebert – Professional hockey player

References

^ ^a ^b "Bluewater, Ontario (Code 3540010) census profile". 2011 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Archived from the original on 2018-10-16. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
^ ^a ^b "Census Profile, 2016 Census Bluewater, Ontario". Statistics Canada. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
^ "Bluewater Official Plan" (PDF). municipalityofbluewater.ca. 2005-04-05. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-08-26. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2022.