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Whitchurch, Ontario

Whitchurch–Stouffville
Town / Municipality (lower-tier)
Town of Whitchurch–Stouffville
Main Street, Whitchurch–Stouffville
Main Street, Whitchurch–Stouffville
Flag of Whitchurch–Stouffville
Flag
Coat of arms of Whitchurch–Stouffville
Coat of arms
Official logo of Whitchurch–Stouffville
Logo
Motto: Country close to the city.
Whitchurch–Stouffville is located in Southern Ontario
Whitchurch–Stouffville
Whitchurch–Stouffville
Coordinates: 43°58′00″N 79°15′00″W / 43.96667°N 79.25000°W / 43.96667; -79.25000Coordinates: 43°58′00″N 79°15′00″W / 43.96667°N 79.25000°W / 43.96667; -79.25000
Country  Canada
Province  Ontario
Regional municipality York
Incorporated Township of Whitchurch 1792
Incorporated Village of Stouffville 1877
Amalgamation January 1, 1971
Government
 • Type Municipality
 • Mayor Justin Altmann
 • Councillors Ken Ferdinands
Maurice Smith
Hugo Kroon
Rick Upton
Iain Lovatt
Rob Hargrave
 • MPP Helena Jaczek
 • MP Jane Philpott
Area
 • Total 206.22 km2 (79.62 sq mi)
Elevation 239 m (784 ft)
Population (2016)
 • Total 45,837
 • Density 222.3/km2 (576/sq mi)
 • Growth +21.8% (2,011–2,016)
 • Ethnicity
  From Statistics Canada
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Forward sortation area L0H (Gormley)
L4A (Stouffville, Vandorf)
L0G (Cedar Valley)
Area code(s) 905 and 289
Highways Highway 48
Highway 404
Website www.townofws.ca

Whitchurch–Stouffville /ˈwɪərˈstvl/ (2016 population 45,837) is a municipality in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada, approximately 50 kilometres north of downtown Toronto, and 55 kilometres north-east of Toronto Pearson International Airport. It is 206.41 square kilometres in size, and located in the mid-eastern area of the Regional Municipality of York on the ecologically-sensitive Oak Ridges Moraine. Its motto since 1993 is "country close to the city".

The Town of Whitchurch–Stouffville consists of several distinct communities and the intermediary countryside. The largest urban area is the community of Stouffville proper (2011 pop. 24,866), while other communities in the larger town include Ballantrae, Bethesda, Bloomington, Cedar Valley, Gormley, Lemonville, Lincolnville, Musselman's Lake, Pine Orchard, Pleasantville, Preston Lake, Ringwood, Vandorf, Vivian, and Wesley Corners. The town is bounded by Davis Drive (York Regional Road 31) in the north, York-Durham Line (York Regional Road 30) in the east, and Highway 404 in the west. The southern boundary conforms with a position approximately 200 metres north of 19th Avenue (York Regional Road 29), and is irregular due to the annexation of lands formerly part of Markham Township in 1971.


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