St. Jacobs, Ontario

St. Jacobs
Unincorporated community
Downtown St. Jacobs
Downtown St. Jacobs
St. Jacobs is located in Regional Municipality of Waterloo
St. Jacobs
St. Jacobs
Location of St. Jacobs within Ontario
St. Jacobs is located in Southern Ontario
St. Jacobs
St. Jacobs
St. Jacobs (Southern Ontario)
Coordinates: 43°32′5″N 80°33′14″W / 43.53472°N 80.55389°W / 43.53472; -80.55389
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
Regional municipalityWaterloo
TownshipWoolwich
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Forward sortation area
Area code(s)519 and 226
NTS Map40P10 Conestogo
GNBC CodeFECGS[1]

St. Jacobs is an unincorporated suburban community in the township of Woolwich in Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada.[1] It is located north of the city of Waterloo. It is a popular location for tourism,[2] due to its quaint appearance, retail focus, and Mennonite heritage. Waterloo Region is still home to the largest population of Old Order Mennonites in Canada, particularly in the areas around St Jacobs and Elmira.[3][4] They are often seen on the local roads using their traditional horse and buggy transportation; many also use horses to pull the implements in their farm fields.[4][5][6][7][8]

The Conestogo River, which powered the village's original mills by the 1850s, runs through the village. At the time of the 2016 Census, St. Jacobs had a growing population of 1,988 people.[9]

  1. ^ a b "St. Jacobs". Natural Resources Canada. February 16, 2021.
  2. ^ Hohol, Frances (1984). Communities in transition: Elmira and St. Jacobs, Ontario: A study of resident and retailer attitudes toward tourism (M.A. thesis) Wilfrid Laurier University
  3. ^ "Ontario - There's No Place Like This". v1.theglobeandmail.com.
  4. ^ a b "Old Order Mennonites". Canadalive.wordpress.com. 31 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Old Order Mennonites - GAMEO". gameo.org.
  6. ^ "Tours and Self-Guided Tours". Woolwich.ca. 20 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Old Order Mennonite groups in Ontario are growing". Canadianmennonite.org. 1 December 2015.
  8. ^ "About Woolwich". Woolwich.ca. 20 March 2018.
  9. ^ "St. Jacobs [Population centre], Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador [Province] Census Profile, 2016 Census St. Jacobs [Population centre], Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador [Province]". 12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 1 August 2018.