What is the population of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario?

Kawartha Lakes has a population of approximately 75,423 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Kawartha Lakes, Ontario located?

Kawartha Lakes is located in Ontario, Canada, at approximate coordinates 44.3597°, -78.7422°.

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Total population

75,423

Founded

2001

Coordinates44.36°, -78.74°

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Founded

2001

Official website

www.kawarthalakes.ca

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Overview

Kawartha Lakes is a single-tier municipality in Central Ontario, Canada. Though structured as a single-tier municipality, Kawartha Lakes is the size of a typical Ontario county and is mostly rural. It is the second largest single-tier municipality in Ontario by land area.

History & geography

History

The Kawartha Lakes area is situated on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg, Huron-Wendat and more recently, the Haudenosaunee peoples. The city's name is from the Kawartha Lakes. Kawartha is an anglicization of Ka-wa-tha (from Ka-wa-tae-gum-maug or Gaa-waategamaag), which was coined in 1895 by Martha Whetung of the Curve Lake First Nations. It meant "land of reflections" in the Anishinaabe language, according to Whetung. The word was later changed by tourism promoters to Kawartha, meaning "bright waters and happy lands." Prior to its restructuring as a city, the area was known as Victoria County. The city was created in 2001, during the ruling provincial Progressive Conservative party's "Common Sense Revolution". Through provincial legislation, the former Victoria County and its constituent municipalities were amalgamated into one entity named the City of Kawartha Lakes. This act was implemented by the Victoria County Restructuring Commission, led by commissioner Harry Kitchen. Despite general opposition from residents of the area, the provincial government pushed forward with the amalgamation, The incorporated townships were (with main population centres): *Bexley (Victoria Road, Coboconk) *Carden (Dalrymple) *Dalton (Sebright, Uphill, Sadowa) *Eldon (Glenarm, Kirkfield, Woodville) *Emily (Omemee, Downeyville, Fowlers Corners) *Fenelon (Cameron, Cambray, Powles Corners) *Laxton, Digby and Longford (Uphill, Norland) *Longford (largely uninhabited) *Manvers (Janetville, Bethany, Pontypool) *Mariposa (Oakwood, Little Britain, Manilla) *Ops (Reaboro) *Somerville (Coboconk, Kinmount) *Verulam (Dunsford, Bobcaygeon) The township of Laxton, Digby and Longford is an amalgamation of the once individual townships of Digby, Laxton, and Longford Township. In 2000,…

Geography

Surrounding counties are: *Muskoka District Municipality *Haliburton County *Northumberland County *Peterborough County *Regional Municipality of Durham *Simcoe County *Ancona Point *Bethany *Bobcaygeon *Bolsover *Burnt River *Cameron *Coboconk *Dalrymple *Dongola *East Emily *Eldon *Fenelon Falls *Glenarm *Head Lake *Kinmount *Kirkfield *Lindsay *Little Britain *Lorneville *Manvers *Mariposa *Norland *Omemee *Pontypool *Rokeby *Rosedale *St. Mary's *Sturgeon Point *Valentia *Victoria Road *View Lake *Woodville The Kawartha Lakes area has a humid continental climate with warm, sometimes humid summers and cold snowy winters. The snowier areas are typically the ones closer to large lakes, and snow usually ranges from 150 cm to 200 cm in a year in most areas.

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