Essa, Ontario

See also: Essa (disambiguation)

Essa
Township (lower-tier)
Township of Essa
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Motto: Where Town and Country Meet
Essa Location of Essa, Ontario
Coordinates:
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
County	Simcoe
Government
• Mayor	Terry Dowdall
• Deputy Mayor	Sandie MacDonald
• MPs	Kellie Leitch
• MPPs	Jim Wilson
Area
• Land	280.07 km2 (108.14 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	18,505
• Density	66.1/km2 (171/sq mi)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	705
Website	www.essatownship.on.ca

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Thornton

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Peacekeepers Park, Angus

Essa is a township in Ontario, Canada, west and south of the city of Barrie in Simcoe County. It is bounded by County Road 90 to its north, County Road 27 to its east, and Ontario Highway 89 to its south. The township is about 100 kilometres (62 mi) from Toronto.

Communities

The main communities of this township are Angus, Thornton, and Baxter. Other small hamlets are Cedargrove, Colwell, Egbert, Elmgrove, Hoe Doe Valley, Ivy, Utopia and West Essa.

Angus is the largest community in Essa Township, and the main access to the neighbouring Canadian Forces Base Borden. It offers services such as Essa Public Library, catholic and public elementary schools, public secondary school, a small shopping centre, many stores, a chamber of commerce and a recreation facility. Angus is located in the northwestern part of Essa township. Located in Essa's municipal Ward 1, the township councillor for Angus is Keith White.

Notable residents

Politician Helena Guergis, the former Member of Parliament for Simcoe—Grey, resides in Angus. Her cousin David Guergis was Essa's mayor until 2010.

Government

The mayor as of December 2010 is Terry Dowdall and the deputy mayor is Sandra Macdonald.

Township councillors are Keith White, Mike Smith and Ronald Hederson.

Fire, EMS and police services

Township of Essa Fire Department is a fire services staffed by full-time chief and deputy chief, with 54 volunteer fire fighters at two stations (Angus and Thornton).

Ambulance service is covered by County of Simcoe Paramedic Services Angus Paramedic Station.

Policing in Essa Township is covered by Ontario Provincial Police Nottawasaga Detachment.

Education

Essa Township has several elementary schools and a high school:

• Angus Morrison Public School (Angus)
• Pine River Elementary School (Angus)
• Baxter Central Public School (Baxter)
• Our Lady of Grace School (Temporary Site in Borden)
• Nottawasaga Pines Secondary School (Angus)

These schools are managed by the Simcoe County District School Board and the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board.

There are also two French Catholic Schools accessible to Essa residents:

• École élémentaire catholique Marguerite-Bourgeois (Borden)
• École secondaire catholique Nouvelle-Alliance (Barrie)

These schools are managed by the French Catholic School Board, Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud (CSDCCS).

Climate

Egbert 1 W, Ontario, Canada (1981-2010 quasi-normals [1])
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     1.6     27 11     2.1     30 13     2     39 20     2.9     53 33     3.6     66 43     3.1     74 53     3.7     79 57     2.4     77 55     2.3     70 48     2.1     57 38     3.4     44 30     2.7     32 18 Average max. and min. temperatures in °F Precipitation totals in inches
Metric conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     41     −3 −12     52     −1 −11     51     4 −7     73     12 1     91     19 6     79     23 12     93     26 14     60     25 13     58     21 9     53     14 3     86     6 −1     69     0 −8 Average max. and min. temperatures in °C Precipitation totals in mm

See also

• List of townships in Ontario
• List of francophone communities in Ontario

External links

• Township of Essa