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Hamilton Township
A rural township between Lake Ontario and Rice Lake, surrounding the town of Cobourg.
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Try the tool →Why people choose Hamilton Township.
Why people move here
Rice Lake angling, scenic cycling routes and community events, all between the shores of Lake Ontario and Rice Lake.
Eight hamlets
Baltimore, Bewdley, Camborne, Cold Springs, Precious Corners, Plainville, Gores Landing and Harwood.
Room to spread out
About 11,000 people live across 256 square kilometres, around 43 people per square kilometre in 2021.
Hamilton Township is growing gradually.
How many people call Hamilton Township home, and how fast that number is rising.
Census check: Hamilton Township counted 10,942 people in the 2016 census and 11,059 in 2021. The median age in 2021 was 49.6.
Census counts: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population, as published in Wikipedia: Hamilton Township, Ontario. Canada's 2026 census results are not out until 2027.
How Hamilton Township became Hamilton Township.
From the first settlers to today, the moments that shaped the town.
Where the name comes from
Named for Henry Hamilton, Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec from 1782 to 1785.
Indigenous roots
In the mid-1830s, a group of Michi Saagiig Anishinaabeg relocated from Grape Island in the Bay of Quinte to the Rice Lake area. The township lies within the territory covered by the Williams Treaties of 1923.
The township area is first settled.
Bewdley, on the western end of Rice Lake, is first settled. It was later founded as a community by William Bancks.
Hamilton Township is incorporated.
The census counts 11,059 people, up 1.1% from 2016.
History summarized from Wikipedia: Hamilton Township, Ontario, the Township of Hamilton community profile and Wikipedia: Bewdley. Wikipedia text is available under CC BY-SA.
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