Thrasher's Corners, Ontario
| Belleville | |
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| City (single-tier) | |
| City of Belleville | |
Belleville skyline
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 Belleville
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| Coordinates: 44°10′N 77°23′W / 44.167°N 77.383°WCoordinates: 44°10′N 77°23′W / 44.167°N 77.383°W | |
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 Canada
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| Province |
 Ontario
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| County | Hastings |
| Settled | 1789 |
| Named | 1816 |
| Incorporated | 1836 (as police village) |
| Incorporated as city | 1878 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Taso Christopher |
| • Federal riding | Bay of Quinte |
| • Prov. riding | Prince Edward—Hastings |
| Area | |
| • Land | 247.21 km2 (95.45 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 741.36 km2 (286.24 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • City (single-tier) | 50,716 |
| • Density | 205.1/km2 (531/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 92,540 |
| • Metro density | 124.8/km2 (323/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal Code FSA | K8N, K8P, K8R |
| Area code(s) | 613, 343 |
| Website | www.city.belleville.on.ca |
| Belleville, Ontario | |
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1834 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
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| Sworn members | 116 |
| Elected officer responsible | The Honourable Marie-France Lalonde, Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services |
| Agency executive | Ron Gignac, Chief of Belleville Police Service |
| Website | |
| Belleville Police | |
Belleville (Canada 2016 Census population 50,716; census agglomeration population 103,472) is a city located at the mouth of the Moira River on the Bay of Quinte in Southern (Central) Ontario, Canada, along the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. It is the seat of Hastings County, but politically independent of it, and is the centre of the Bay of Quinte Region.
Originally the site of an Anishinaabe (Mississaugas) village in the 18th century known as Asukhknosk, the future location of the city was settled by United Empire Loyalists. It was first called Singleton's Creek after an early settler, George Singleton, and then as Meyer's Creek after prominent settler and industrialist John Walden Meyers, one of the founders of Belleville who built a sawmill and grist mill. It was renamed Belleville in honour of Lady Arabella Gore in 1816, after a visit to the settlement by Sir Francis Gore and his wife.
Another important family in the growth of Belleville was that of Henry Corby, the founder of H. Corby Distillery, who had arrived in 1832. He promoted the municipality and his son Henry Corby, Jr. (Harry) donated the public library, helped develop the park at Massassaga Point, established the Corby Charitable Fund, helped raise funds to build the first bridge across the Bay of Quinte and donated Corby Park.
In 1836 Belleville became an incorporated village. By 1846, it had a population of 2040. There were several stone buldings, including a jail and court house as well as some of the seven churches. Transportation to other communities was by stagecoach and, in summer, by a steamboat. Two weekly newspapers were being published. The post office received mail daily. Several court and government offices were located here. In addition to tradesmen, there was some small industry, three cloth factories, a paper miall, two grist mills, three tanneries and two breweries. Seventeen taverns were in operation.
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