Jarvis, Ontario
Jarvis is a small community in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
Jarvis | |
|---|---|
Unincorporated Community | |
 The Jarvis Train Station | |
  Jarvis Location in southern Ontario | |
| Coordinates: 42°53′04″N 80°06′50″W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| County | Haldimand |
| Government | |
| • Mayor of Haldimand | Shelley Ann Bentley |
| • Governing body | The Council of the Corporation of Haldimand County |
| • Ward 1 (Jarvis & Townsend) Councillor | Stewart Patterson |
| • MP | Leslyn Lewis (Conservative) |
| • MPP | Toby Barrett (PC) |
| Area | |
| • Land | 0.52 km2 (0.20 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 184 m (604 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,214[1] |
| • Density | 2,159.8/km2 (5,594/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Postal code span | N0A 1J0 |
| Area code(s) | (519) |
This community is located near the towns of Simcoe, Townsend, Cayuga, Port Dover and Hagersville. Highway 3 and Highway 6 form a crossroads near the centre of the community.
History
Jarvis is located on land originally granted to William Jarvis, Provincial Secretary of Upper Canada from 1792 to 1817.[2]
On May 24, 1873, a fire destroyed a quarter of the town. Although there were no deaths a large amount of wooden structures in town were destroyed.[3]
The town was much bigger in the early 1900s, featuring 4 churches, 4 hotels, 5 blacksmiths, a school, brickyard, and cheese factories.
Demographics
| 2021 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 1,214 (+12% from 2016) | 1,037 (+13.6% from 2011) |
| Land area | 0.56 km2 (0.22 sq mi) | 0.52 km2 (0.20 sq mi) |
| Population density | 2,159.8/km2 (5,594/sq mi) | 1,987.4/km2 (5,147/sq mi) |
| Median age | 39.6 (M: 38.4, F: 40.4) | 39.1 (M: 36.5, F: 41.8) |
| Private dwellings | 425 (total) | 375 (total) |
| Median household income | $92,000 | $70,912 |
Ethnicity
Only those ethnicities which compose more than 1% of the population have been included.
| Ethnic Group |
2021[1] | 2016[8] | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |||||||||||
| Canadian | 275 | 22.65% | 460 | 44.36% | ||||||||||
| English | 370 | 30.48% | 460 | 44.36% | ||||||||||
| Irish | 305 | 25.12% | 260 | 25.07% | ||||||||||
| Scottish | 235 | 19.36% | 265 | 25.55% | ||||||||||
| French[lower-alpha 1] | 30 | 2.47% | 140 | 13.5% | ||||||||||
| German | 220 | 18.12% | 185 | 17.84% | ||||||||||
| Italian | 85 | 7% | 30 | 2.89% | ||||||||||
| Ukrainian | 20 | 1.65% | 35 | 3.38% | ||||||||||
| Dutch | 110 | 9.06% | 75 | 7.23% | ||||||||||
| Polish | 45 | 3.71% | 25 | 2.41% | ||||||||||
| Québécois | 30 | 2.47% | 0 | 0% | ||||||||||
| French Canadian | 15 | 1.24% | ||||||||||||
| Russian | 25 | 2.06% | 0 | 0% | ||||||||||
| Norwegian | 15 | 1.24% | 0 | 0% | ||||||||||
| Welsh | 30 | 2.47% | 20 | 1.93% | ||||||||||
| Portuguese | 40 | 3.29% | 0 | 0% | ||||||||||
| American | 20 | 1.65% | 10 | 0.96% | ||||||||||
| Hungarian | 35 | 2.88% | 15 | 1.45% | ||||||||||
| Total responses | 1,275 | 105.02% | 1,065 | 102.7% | ||||||||||
| Total population | 1,214 | 100% | 1,037 | 100% | ||||||||||
| Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. | ||||||||||||||
Language
As of the 2021 census, there were 1,185 citizens that spoke English only and 25 that spoke both official languages.[1]
Religion
As of the 2021 census, there were 770 and 495 as non-religious and secular perspectives.[1]
Education
Schools include Jarvis Community Christian School (a member of the Ontario Alliance of Christian Schools) and Jarvis Public School.
Jarvis Public School has 22 students enrolled in grade 6 as of the 2017-18 school year. Slightly over 18% of the students at Jarvis Public School have some form of developmental disability. Grade 3 and 6 students at Jarvis Public perform the best at writing and the worst at mathematics. Recent testing has indicated that 40% of Jarvis Public School students in grade 3 and grade 6 are experiencing troubles coping with the current Ontario curriculum. Female students have somewhat of a greater edge over the male students in reading; but the gulf between the male students and the female students is not so significant in math.[9]
Business
Businesses in the town of Jarvis include a gas station, a microbrewery, several restaurants, two convenience stores, beer and wine can be found. Jarvis also has a community centre that holds Jack and Jills along with weddings and other events.
There is also a car dealership that also sells motorcycle trikes, a flower store, a new and gently used children's clothing shop along with a butcher shop and bakery. There was only one bank in Jarvis (CIBC), which had served Jarvis since 1898 and officially closed on May 24, 2018, due to lack of business.[10]
Royal Canadian Air Force Station Jarvis
During World War II the Royal Canadian Air Force built and operated No. 1 Bombing & Gunnery School as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan[11] on a 600-acre site 6 kilometers southeast of Jarvis. A historical plaque on Concession 2 Walpole marks the location, and the reverse side of the plaque lists the names of the thirty-eight Commonwealth airmen and one civilian who died while serving at No. 1 B&GS.
The air station appears in the 1942 Hollywood movie Captains of the Clouds.
Notes
- Statistic includes all individuals that identified as having a French origin but not otherwise specified.
References
- "Census Profile: Jarvis Ontario (Population centre)". Canada 2021 Census. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- Blakely, Phyllis R. and John N. Grant, eds., “Mr. Secretary Jarvis: William Jarvis of Cornwall and York,” in Eleven Exiles: Accounts of Loyalists of the American Revolution, Dundurn Press Limited, Toronto, 1982
- "The History of Jarvis information". visual heritage. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
- "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022.
- "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021.
- "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
- "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
- "Census Profile: Jarvis Ontario (Population centre)". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- Jarvis Public School testing information at Fraser Institute
- CIBC will transfer accounts to Hagersville Archived 2017-12-01 at the Wayback Machine at Simcoe Reformer
- Hatch, F. J. (1983). The Aerodrome of Democracy: Canada and the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, 1939-1945. Ottawa: Directorate of History, Department of National Defence. ISBN 0660114437.