East Ferris

East Ferris is a township in northeastern Ontario, Canada, located between Trout Lake and Lake Nosbonsing in Nipissing District.

East Ferris
Township (single-tier)
Township of East Ferris
Corbeil
East Ferris
Coordinates: 46°16′N 79°18′W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Nipissing
Settled	1885 (Astorville) 1897 (Corbeil)
Incorporated	1921
Government
• Mayor	Rick Champagne
• Governing Body	East Ferris Municipal Council
• MP	Pauline Rochefort (L)
• MPP	Vic Fedeli (PC)
Area [1]
• Total	151.94 km2 (58.66 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	4,946
• Density	32.6/km2 (84/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal Code	P0H 1B0 (Astorville) P0H 1K0 (Corbeil)
Area codes	705, 249
Website	eastferris.ca

East Ferris was incorporated in 1921.^[2] West Ferris Township has been annexed into the city of North Bay since 1968.^[3]

Communities

Astorville on Lake Nosbonsing

The main communities within East Ferris are Astorville and Corbeil. There are also smaller residential areas in the township, known as Derland Road and Lake Nosbonsing.

Astorville and Derland were formerly stops along the Canadian National Railway Alderdale Subdivision.^[4] Rail service declined in the mid-20th century and was eliminated altogether in 1996.^[5]

In July 2005, Astorville hosted the first Northern Ontario Ball Hockey Championship.^[6][7] In November 2005, Astorville was one of nine communities that voted on whether to accept private funding for a health centre.^[8]

Corbeil is located on the La Vase River, at a turn in Highway 94 south of its terminus at Highway 17. The township's municipal office and fire station is located in Corbeil on Highway 94 south of Voyer Road.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, East Ferris had a population of 4,946 living in 1,890 of its 2,172 total private dwellings, a change of 1.7% from its 2016 population of 4,862. With a land area of 151.94 km² (58.66 sq mi), it had a population density of 32.6/km² (84.3/sq mi) in 2021.^[1]

Canada census – East Ferris community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	4,946 (+1.7% from 2016)	4,862 (+2.0% from 2011)	4,766 (+12.7% from 2006)
Land area	151.94 km2 (58.66 sq mi)	155.17 km2 (59.91 sq mi)	155.03 km2 (59.86 sq mi)
Population density	32.6/km2 (84/sq mi)	30.6/km2 (79/sq mi)	30.7/km2 (80/sq mi)
Median age	48.0 (M: 47.6, F: 48.0)	47.8 (M: 47.8, F: 47.9)	46.4 (M: 46.1, F: 46.6)
Private dwellings	2,172 (total)  1,890 (occupied)	2,157 (total)  1,826 (occupied)	2,081 (total)  1,802 (occupied)
Median household income	$109,000	$92,199	$81,981

Notes: 2011 and 2016 Population and dwelling figures based on revised counts.^[9]
References: 2021^[10] 2016^[11] 2011^[12]

Historical census populations – East Ferris

Year Pop. ±% 1951 1,046 —     1956 1,284 +22.8% 1961 1,808 +40.8% 1966 2,047 +13.2% 1971 2,483 +21.3%	Year Pop. ±% 1976 3,148 +26.8% 1981 3,323 +5.6% 1986 3,440 +3.5% 1991 4,028 +17.1% 1996 4,139 +2.8%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 4,291 +3.7% 2006 4,228 −1.5% 2011 4,766 +12.7% 2016 4,862 +2.0% 2021 4,946 +1.7%
2006, 2011, and 2016 Population figures based on revised counts. Source: Statistics Canada[1][3][9]

Notable people

Canadian cartoonist Lynn Johnston lived and worked in Corbeil until she moved to North Vancouver in 2015.

The Dionne quintuplets were born on a farm near Corbeil. Corbeil was also the home of Marie-Louise Meilleur, a supercentenarian who was 117 years old when she died in 1998. She was the oldest living person in the world for the eight months preceding her death, and remains both the oldest verified person in Canadian history and the sixth oldest verified person in the world. She lived at the Nipissing Manor Nursing Home, which was once the mansion that housed the Dionne sisters.

See also

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