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Selwyn
A township of lakeside communities, including Lakefield, Bridgenorth and Young's Point.
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Try the tool →Why people choose Selwyn.
Why people move here
Selwyn is a mix of rural areas and built-up former independent towns and villages.
Communities
The township includes Bridgenorth, Buckhorn, Chemong Park, Lakefield, Kawartha Park, Young's Point and Youngstown, among others.
Room to spread out
About 18,700 people live across 316 square kilometres, around 59 people per square kilometre in 2021.
Selwyn keeps growing.
How many people call Selwyn home, and how fast that number is rising.
Census check: Selwyn counted 17,060 people in the 2016 census and 18,653 in 2021. The Lakefield urban area counted 2,943 people in 2021.
Census counts: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population, as published in Wikipedia: Selwyn, Ontario and CityPopulation. Canada's 2026 census results are not out until 2027.
How Selwyn became Selwyn.
From the first settlers to today, the moments that shaped the town.
Where the name comes from
The township was created in 2001 as Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield. It changed its name to Selwyn effective January 15, 2013.
Townships come together
Ennismore and Smith townships amalgamated on January 1, 1998. The village of Lakefield joined them in the 2001 restructuring.
Ennismore and Smith townships amalgamate to form the Township of Smith-Ennismore.
Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield is created, bringing in the village of Lakefield.
The township officially becomes Selwyn on January 15.
The census counts 18,653 people, up 9.3% from 2016.
History summarized from Wikipedia: Selwyn, Ontario. Wikipedia text is available under CC BY-SA.
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