Jarvis, Ontario

Jarvis
Unincorporated Community
The Jarvis Train Station
The Jarvis Train Station
Jarvis is located in Southern Ontario
Jarvis
Jarvis
Location in southern Ontario
Coordinates: 42°53′04″N 80°06′50″W / 42.88444°N 80.11389°W / 42.88444; -80.11389
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
CountyHaldimand
Government
 • Mayor of HaldimandShelley Ann Bentley
 • Governing bodyThe Council of the Corporation of Haldimand County
 • Ward 1 (Jarvis & Townsend) CouncillorStewart Patterson
 • MPLeslyn Lewis (Conservative)
 • MPPBobbi Ann Brady (Independent)
Area
 • Land0.52 km2 (0.20 sq mi)
Elevation
184 m (604 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total
1,214[1]
 • Density2,159.8/km2 (5,594/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code span
N0A 1J0
Area code(s)(519)

Jarvis is a small community in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.

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

Canada census – Jarvis community profile
20212016
Population1,214 (+12% from 2016)1,037 (+13.6% from 2011)
Land area0.56 km2 (0.22 sq mi)0.52 km2 (0.20 sq mi)
Population density2,159.8/km2 (5,594/sq mi)1,987.4/km2 (5,147/sq mi)
Median age39.6 (M: 38.4, F: 40.4)39.1 (M: 36.5, F: 41.8)
Private dwellings425 (total)  375 (total) 
Median household income$92,000$70,912
References: 2021[4] 2016[5] earlier[6][7]

Ethnicity

Only those ethnicities which compose more than 1% of the population have been included.

Ethnic Groups in the Community of Jarvis, Ontario (2021)
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[a] 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, and two convenience stores. 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

  1. ^ Statistic includes all individuals that identified as having a French origin but not otherwise specified.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Census Profile: Jarvis Ontario (Population centre)". Canada 2021 Census. Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ "The History of Jarvis information". visual heritage. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  4. ^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022.
  5. ^ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021.
  6. ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
  7. ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
  8. ^ "Census Profile: Jarvis Ontario (Population centre)". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  9. ^ Jarvis Public School testing information at Fraser Institute
  10. ^ CIBC will transfer accounts to Hagersville Archived 2017-12-01 at the Wayback Machine at Simcoe Reformer
  11. ^ 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.