Tay, Ontario

Not to be confused with Tay Valley, Ontario.

Tay is a township in Central Ontario, Canada, located in Simcoe County in the southern Georgian Bay region. The township was named in 1822 after a pet dog of Lady Sarah Maitland (1792–1873), wife of Sir Peregrine Maitland, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada. Two other adjoining townships were also named for her pet dogs, Tiny and Flos (now Springwater Township).^[2]

Tay
Township (lower-tier)
Township of Tay
Tay Show map of Simcoe County Tay Show map of Southern Ontario
Coordinates: 44°43′N 79°46′W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
County	Simcoe
Incorporated	1994
Government
• Mayor	Ted Walker
• MPs	Adam Chambers
• MPPs	Jill Dunlop
Area [1]
• Land	137.86 km2 (53.23 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	11,091
• Density	80.5/km2 (208/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	705, 249
Website	www.tay.ca

History

The current territory of Tay was home to the Wendat towns of Teanaostataé (St. Louis), and Taenhatentaron (St. Ignace). Together with the nearby town of Teanaustayé (St. Joseph) in nearby Hillsdale they were destroyed by the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) in 1648–1649. During this warfare, the Jesuits Jean de Brébeuf and Gabriel Lalemant were killed at Taenhatentaron.^[3]

In 1994, under countywide municipal restructuring, the Villages of Port McNicoll and Victoria Harbour were amalgamated with Tay.

Communities

The township comprises the villages and rural hamlets of Ebenezer, Elliots Corners, Melduf, Mertzs Corners, Ogden's Beach, Old Fort, Paradise Point, Port McNicoll, Riverside, Sturgeon Bay, Triple Bay Park, Vasey, Victoria Harbour, Waubaushene and Waverley.

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  Port McNicoll
• 
  Victoria Harbour

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Tay had a population of 11,091 living in 4,535 of its 5,301 total private dwellings, a change of 10.5% from its 2016 population of 10,033. With a land area of 137.86 km² (53.23 sq mi), it had a population density of 80.5/km² (208.4/sq mi) in 2021.^[1]

	2021	2016	2011
Population	11,091 (+10.5% from 2016)	10,033 (+3.1% from 2011)	9,736 (-0.1% from 2006)
Land area	137.86 km2 (53.23 sq mi)	139.07 km2 (53.70 sq mi)	139.00 km2 (53.67 sq mi)
Population density	80.5/km2 (208/sq mi)	72.1/km2 (187/sq mi)	70.0/km2 (181/sq mi)
Median age	49.2 (M: 48.4, F: 50.0)	48.7 (M: 47.9, F: 49.4)
Private dwellings	5,301 (total)  4,535 (occupied)	4,931 (total)	5,049 (total)
Median household income	$82,000	$65,190

Canada census – Tay, Ontario community profile

References: 2021^[4] 2016^[5] 2011^[6]

Historical census populations – Tay, Ontario

Year	Pop.	±%
1996	9,044	—
2001	9,162	+1.3%
2006	9,748	+6.4%
2011	9,736	−0.1%
2016	10,033	+3.1%
2021	11,091	+10.5%
Population counts are not adjusted for boundary changes. Source: Statistics Canada

Notable people

• Amos Arbour - NHL, NHA hockey player, member of original Montreal Canadiens hockey club.
• Wayne Middaugh - World Champion Curling Skip
• Sherry Middaugh - Canadian Curling Skip
• Keith Waples - Famed driver of Standardbred horses and inductee into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame

See also

• List of townships in Ontario