Orillia

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Orillia

Total population

30,546

Coordinates44.61°, -79.42°

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Orillia is a city in Ontario, Canada, about 30 km north-east of Barrie in Simcoe County. It is located at the confluence of Lake Couchiching and Lake Simcoe. Although it is geographically located within Simcoe County, the city is a single-tier municipality. It is part of the Huronia region of Central Ontario. The population in 2021 was 33,411.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Gordon Lightfoot

Canadian singer-songwriter (1938–2023)

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Rick Ley

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Duncan E. McKinlay

American politician (1862-1914)

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Geoff Sarjeant

Canadian ice hockey player

Leslie Frost

Canadian politician (1895-1973)

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Maya Burhanpurkar

Indo Canadian scientist

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Bruce Stanton

Canadian politician

Robin Laws

Canadian writer and game designer

Elizabeth Wyn Wood

Canadian sculptor (1903-1966)

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Charles Howard Curran

Canadian entomologist (1894-1972)

Franklin Carmichael

Canadian artist (1890-1945)

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Amanda Laine

Canadian model

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Bill Watters

Canadian sports media personality

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Brian Greer

ice hockey player

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D'Arcy Plunkett

Canadian politician

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Dan McLean

TV and radio journalist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Orillia

A Brief History of Orillia

Dennis Rizzo · 2014

Orillia Ontario in Colour Photos

Barbara Raue · 2015

Mcrae Point Provincial Park

Ontario. Ministry of Energy. · 1983

REPORT OF A SEMINAR HELD AT GENEVA PARK YMCA, ORILLIA, ONTARIO, ON FEB. 3-5 1969

CANADA. CANADIAN COUNCIL ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Climate applications in forest renewal and forest production

D. C. MacIver · 1986

Then & now

1972

125 years after

1957

Sale by auction of choice shorthorns produced by Beath Farms, Oshawa, Ontario and Murphy Bros., Orillia, Ontario

Beath Farms · 1940

Search results from Open Library.

Events

Notable, recurring, and historical events associated with Orillia, sourced from Wikidata.

• Mariposa Folk Festival 1963

  recurring event edition

  third Mariposa Folk Festival

  Aug 9, 1963

Source: Wikidata (CC0).

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