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Lakeshore, Ontario - Definition

Map of Essex County with Lakeshore in red
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Map of Essex County with Lakeshore in red

Lakeshore is a town in southwestern Ontario, Canada on Lake St. Clair. It is located in Essex County.

According to the 2001 Statistics Canada Census:

  • Population: 28,746
  • % Change (1996-2001): 10.0
  • Dwellings: 10,834
  • Area (sq. km.): 530.67
  • Density (persons per sq. km.): 54.2

Lakeshore also has a significant concentration of Franco-Ontarians, and is one of only three communities in Southern Ontario (excluding Eastern Ontario) where francophones, as a percentage of the community's population, exceed the provincial average of five per cent. (The other two are Welland and Penetanguishene.)

Communities

  • Belle River
  • Byrnedale
  • Deerbrook
  • Elmstead
  • Emeryville
  • Haycroft
  • Lighthouse Cove
  • North Woodslee
  • Pike Creek
  • Pleasant Park
  • Puce
  • Rosslyn
  • Ruscom Station
  • South Woodslee
  • St. Joachim
  • Stoney Point
  • Strangefield




North: Lake St. Clair
West: Tecumseh,
Lakeshore East: Chatham-Kent
South: Essex, Kingsville, Leamington
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