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Shelburne (2021 population 8,994) is a town in Dufferin County, Ontario, Canada, is located at the intersection of Highway 10 and Highway 89. Shelburne hosts the Annual Canadian Championship Old Time Fiddling Contest that is held each August.
Shelburne Police Station. The Shelburne Police Service (SPS) was the police force for the Town of Shelburne, Ontario, Canada.It was established in 1879 and consisted of 23 members, including 15 police officers, 4 auxiliary police officers, 2 civilian support members.
A town is a sub-type of municipalities in the Canadian province of Ontario.A town can have the municipal status of either a single-tier or lower-tier municipality.. Ontario has 88 towns [1] that had a cumulative population of 1,813,458 and an average population of 22,316 in the 2016 Census. [2]
York Region in Ontario. The section of York County north of Metro Toronto eventually became the Regional Municipality of York, and York County was dissolved. Historical Townships [1] [2] Georgina; East Gwillimbury; North Gwillimbury; King; Markham; Vaughan; Whitchurch; Current Municipalities. Town of Aurora; Town of East Gwillimbury; Town of ...
Built c.1871, the Orangeville Town Hall contains an opera hall, used by the Theatre Orangeville company. Dufferin County is part of two Ontario travel regions. Headwaters Tourism Association represents the county and the adjacent municipalities of Caledon and Erin. Central Counties of Ontario combines the Headwaters area and a larger adjacent ...
The Canadian Open Old-Time Fiddling Championship is one of the most important fiddle festivals in Canada. Founded in 1951, the contest was held annually in early August in Shelburne, Ontario. In the 2010s, it also became part of the Heritage Music Festival.
On January 21, 1911, Shelburne received a grant $6,000 from the Carnegie Foundation for the construction of a public library. The building was designed by architect J.A. McKenzie, [2] and opened on February 12, 1912. [3]
The principal urban centres along the highway include Alliston, Shelburne and Mount Forest. Outside these towns, the highway travels through rural farmland across a large part of southwestern Ontario. Highway 89 was established in 1937 as a result of the rerouting of Highway 9 between Orangeville and Highway 27.