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Guide to Municipal Dates of Incorporation

​​​​​​​This guide provides a general timeline for the dates of incorporation of municipalities within the County of Simcoe.​


Please note, that this guide is intended for general-information purposes only and does not include details pertaining to boundary adjustments resulting from all historical annexations. 


The guide is also available as a PDF: SCA Guide to Municipal Dates of Incorporation​


Name ​​
 ​Initial Date of Incorporation 
 ​Predecessor ​​
 ​Successor ​
​Adjala Township 
 ​1850-01-01 ​​
 ​​N/A​
 ​Adjala-Tosorontio Township ​
​Adjala-Tosorontio Township 

1994-01-01 


Adjala Township Tosorontio Township Everett Police Village

--​

​Allandale Village
 ​1891-06-17
 ​Innisfil Township
 ​Barrie (annexation)​
​Alliston Town​
 ​1874-06-18
 ​N/A
 ​New Tecumseth Town
​Angus Police Village
 ​1920-01-29
 ​Essa Township
 ​Essa Township
​Barrie City
 ​1854-01-01
 ​Vespra Township
 ​N/A
​Beeton Village
 ​1884-06-18
 Tecumseth Township​​ ​New Tecumseth Town
​Bradford Town
 ​1858-01-01
 ​West Gwillimbury Township
 ​Bradford West Gwillimbury 
​Bradford West Gwillimbury Town​
 ​1991-01-01
 ​Tecumseth Township
West Gwillimbury Township
Bradford Town​​
 ​​N/A​
​Brechin Police Village
 ​1909-02-17
 ​Mara Township
 ​Ramara Township
​Clearview Township

 ​1994-01-01

​Nottawasaga Township
Sunnidale Township
Stayner Town
Creemore Village
Nottawa Police Village


 ​​​N/A
​Coldwater Village
 ​1908-01-29 
 ​Medonte Township
 ​Severn Township
​Collingwood Town
 ​1858-01-01
 ​Nottawasaga Township
 ​N/A
​Cookstown Village
 ​1905-03-31 ​Essa Township
Innisfil Township 
Tecumseth Township West Gwillimbury Township		 ​Innisfil Tow​n​
​Creemore Village

 ​1889-11-20 
 ​Nottawasaga Township 
 ​Clearview Township​
​Elmvale Village
 ​1940-05-01
 ​Flos Township  Springwater Township
​Essa and Tosorontio United Townships
 ​1850-01-01
 ​N/A
 ​Essa Township 
Tosorontio Township
​Essa Township
(pre-1991)
 ​1850-01-01
 ​N/A
 Essa Township
Thornton Police Vill
age
​Essa Township
(post-1990)

 ​1991-01-01
 ​Essa Township
Thornton Police Village
 ​​N/A​
​Everett Police Village

 ​1909-01-29
 ​Tosorontio Township
​Adjala-Tosorontio Township
​Flos Township
 ​1854-01-01
 ​1854-01-01
 Springwater Township Wasaga Beach
​Hawkestone Police Village
 ​1922-12-01
 ​Oro Township
 ​Oro-Medonte Township
​Hillsdale Police Village
 ​1905-12-15
 ​Medonte Township
 ​Springwater Township
​Innisfil Town 

 ​1991-01-01
 Cookstown Village​​
Innisfil Township 
Gwillimbury Township 

 ​​​N/A
​​Innisfil Township 
 ​1850-01-01 ​​​N/A
 Barrie Town (annexation)
Innisfil Town
​Mara and Rama United Townships
 ​1850-01-01
 ​​​​N/A
 ​Mara Township
Rama Township
​Mara Township

 ​1974-01-01
 ​Separated from Ontario County (incorporated 1850-01-01)
 ​Ramara Township
​Matchedash Township

 ​1887-06-14
 ​N/A
 ​Severn Township
​Medonte Township​
 ​1850-01-01
 ​​N/A
 ​Oro-Medonte Township
Severn Township
​Springwater Township
​Midland Town

 ​1878-10-24
 ​Tiny Township
 ​​N/A
​New Tecumseth Town 
 ​1991-01-01
 ​Tecumseth Township Alliston Town
Beeton Village Tottenham Village Nottawa Police Village
 ​​​N/A​
​Nottawa Police Village 
 ​1920-06-01
 ​Nottawasaga Township
 ​Clearview Township
​Nottawasaga Township 
 ​1851-01-01
 ​ -- 
 ​Clearview Township Collingwood Town
Wasaga Beach Town
​Orillia City

 ​1866-11-22
 ​​Orillia Township
 ​​ -- 
​Orillia Township 
 ​1852-01-01 ​
 ​ -- 
 ​Oro-Medonte Township
Severn Township
​​Oro-Medonte Township

 ​1994-01-01
 ​Oro-Medonte Township Oro Township
Hawkstone Police Village 

​​ -- ​



​Penetanguishene Town
 ​1875-06-29
 ​Tiny Township
 -- ​

​Port McNicoll Village

 ​1917-04-12
 ​Tay Township
 ​Tay Township
​Rama Township

 ​1974-01-01
 ​from Ontario County (incorporated 1869-01-01)
 ​Ramara Township
​Ramara Township

 ​1994-01-01
 ​Rama Township
Mara Township
Brechin Police Village
 ​-- 
​Severn Township 

 ​1994-01-01 
 ​Matchedash Township Medonte Township Orillia Township
Tay Township Coldwater Village​

 ​​-- 
​Simcoe County
 ​1850-01-01
 Simcoe District
 ​​​-- 
​Simcoe District 
 ​1843-01-11
 ​Home District
 ​​Simcoe County
​Springwater Township 
 ​1994-01-01
 ​Flos Township
Vespra Township Elmvale Village Hillsdale Police Village
 ​​​​-- 
​Stayner Town 

 ​1872-06-26 
 ​Nottawasaga Township
 ​Clearview Township Sunnidale Township​
​Sunnidale Township

 ​1858-06-23
 ​Vespra, Flos and Sunnidale ​Clearview Township
Wasaga Beach Town
​Tay Township (pre-1994)
 ​1869-01-04
 ​Tiny and Tay United Townships 
 Tay Township
Severn Township​
​Tay Township (post-1993)​
 ​1994-01-01​
 ​Tay Township
Port McNicholl Village Victoria Harbour Village
​​​​​​-- 
​Tecumseth Township

​1850-01-01

​-- 

 Bradford West Gwillimbury Town Innisfil Town
New Tecumseth Town
​Thornton Police Village
​1912-11-22
​Essa Township
​Essa Township
​Tiny and Tay United Townships
​1851-01-01
​​-- 

 ​Tiny Townships
Tay Townships
​Tosorontio Township

​1855-01-01
​Essa and Tosorontio United Townships 
 New Tecumseth
Town of Adjala-Tosorontio
​Tottenham Village
​1884-06-18
​Tecumseth Township
​New Tecumseth
Town
​Vespra Township

​1850-01-01 
​​​-- 
 Barrie Town (annexation) Springwater Township
Vespra, Flos and Sunnidale United Townships
​1837-01-01
​​​​-- 
​​​​-- 
​Victoria Harbour Village
​1910-12-31
​Tay Township
​Tay Township
​Wasaga Beach Town
​1945-12-31 
​Flos Township Nottawasaga Township 
Sunnidale Township
​​​​​-- 
​West Gwillimbury Township
​1850-01-01
​--
  Innisfil Town
Bradford W. Gwillimbury Town​