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|name                   = Adjala-Tosorontio
|official_name          = Township of Adjala-Tosorontio
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|subdivision_name2      = [[Simcoe County|Simcoe]]
|established_title      = Settled
|established_date       = 1820s
|established_title2     = Formed
|established_date2      = January 1, 1994
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|leader_title           = Mayor
|leader_name            = Scott W. Anderson
|leader_title1          = Federal riding
|leader_name1           = [[Simcoe—Grey (federal electoral district)|Simcoe—Grey]]
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|population_total       = 10975
|population_as_of       = 2016
|population_footnotes   = <ref name="census2016">{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census: Adjala-Tosorontio, Township |date = 8 February 2017|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3543003&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&SearchText=adjala&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=July 6, 2019}}</ref>
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|area_codes              = [[Area codes 705 and 249|705, 519, 905]]
|website                = {{URL|http://www.adjtos.ca/}}
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|leader_title2          = Prov. riding
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|timezone               = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
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'''Adjala–Tosorontio''' is a [[township (Canada)|township]] in south-central [[Ontario]], Canada, in the [[Simcoe County|County of Simcoe]].
A predominantly rural area, Adjala–Tosorontio contains numerous small villages and [[Hamlet (place)|hamlets]]. Many communities were started in Adjala by [[Irish Catholics]] who named their hamlets after their home towns in [[Ireland]], or after prominent pioneer families who first settled the area. The municipality has increasingly become home to residents who commute to the [[Greater Toronto Area]].
Geographically the area is rolling countryside below the [[Niagara Escarpment]] to the west, with the [[Nottawasaga River]] cutting through it.
"{{lang|wyn|Tosorontio}}" is a [[Wyandot language|Huron]] word meaning "Beautiful Mountain", and Adjala was the name of the wife of Chief [[Tecumseh]], for whom the neighbouring township (now called [[New Tecumseth, Ontario|New Tecumseth]]) was named.<ref name=history>{{cite web |url=http://www.townshipadjtos.on.ca/Community/History/ |title=A Short History of Adjala-Tosorontio |publisher=Township of Adjala-Tosorontio |access-date=2012-03-15}}</ref>
==History==
Adjala–Tosorontio Township was created in 1993 when the County of Simcoe Act merged the townships of Adjala and Tosorontio.  The amalgamation took effect on January 1, 1994.<ref>{{cite web |title=Statutes of the Province of Ontario 1993 |year=1993 |url=https://archive.org/stream/statutesofprovin1993onta#page/555/mode/1up |publisher=Province of Ontario |access-date=July 6, 2019 |page=555}}</ref>
==Communities==
The township comprises the communities of Achill, [[Airlie, Ontario|Airlie]], Athlone, Ballycroy, Cedarville, Colgan, Connor, Everett, Glencairn, Hockley, Keenansville, Lisle, Loretto, Rosemont, Sheldon, Tioga and Tuam.
===Loretto===
Loretto Hamlet (<small>{{coord|44|03|00|N|79|53|25|W|display=inline|region:CA-ON}}</small>) is one of the oldest communities in Adjala–Tosorontio. It has one of the oldest and most famous taverns in [[Simcoe County]], the Loretto Inn.  Highway 50 runs through the town.
Loretto was named after [[Loreto, Marche]] in [[Italy]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Rayburn|first1=Alan|title=Place names of Ontario|date=1997|publisher=University of Toronto Press|location=Toronto|isbn=0-8020-7207-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TwF6AAAAMAAJ|page=198|access-date=19 October 2017}}</ref>
==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
|title       = Adjala–Tosorontio Historical population
|type        = Canada
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|footnote    = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3543003&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=adjala&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |title=2001 Census Profile: Adjala–Tosorontio |publisher=Statistics Canada}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3511035&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=addington&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=|title=2006 Census Profile: Adjala–Tosorontio |publisher=Statistics Canada}}</ref><ref name="Census">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=302&SR=176&S=86&O=A&RPP=25&PR=35&CMA=0&CSD=0 |title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data |date=February 6, 2017 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=February 8, 2017}}</ref><ref name="cp 2011"/>
|[[Canada 1996 Census|1996]]|9359
|[[Canada 2001 Census|2001]]|10082
|[[Canada 2006 Census|2006]]|10695
|[[Canada 2011 Census|2011]]|10603
|[[Canada 2016 Census|2016]]|10975
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In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Adjala-Tosorontio had a population of {{val|10989|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|3836|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|3995|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:10989-10975}}|10975|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|10975|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|371.53|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|10989|371.53|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000235 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=April 2, 2022}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[List of municipalities in Ontario]]
*[[List of townships in Ontario]]
*[[Earl Rowe Provincial Park]]
==References==
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<ref name="cp 2011">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3543003&Geo2=CD&Code2=3543&Data=Count&SearchText=Adjala&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |title=Adjala-Tosorontio census profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=[[Canada 2011 Census|2011 Census of Population]] |access-date=2012-03-15}}</ref>
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== External links ==
*{{official|http://www.adjtos.ca}}
{{Geographic Location
| Centre    = Adjala-Tosorontio
| North     = [[Clearview, Ontario|Clearview]]
| Northeast =
| East      = [[Essa, Ontario|Essa]]<br>[[New Tecumseth, Ontario|New Tecumseth]]
| Southeast =
| South     = [[Caledon, Ontario|Caledon]]
| Southwest =
| West      = [[Mulmur, Ontario|Mulmur]]<br>[[Mono, Ontario|Mono]]
| Northwest =
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{{Simcoe County}}
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[[Category:Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario]]
[[Category:Municipalities in Simcoe County]]
[[Category:Township municipalities in Ontario]]