Rayside-Balfour | |
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Community | |
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 Location of Rayside-Balfour within Greater Sudbury | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| City | Greater Sudbury |
| Ward | 3, 4 |
| Incorporated | January 1, 1973 |
| Dissolved | December 31, 2000 |
| Government | |
| • City Councillor | Gerry Montpellier, Geoff McCausland |
| • Governing Body | Greater Sudbury City Council |
| • MPs | Marc Serré (Liberal) |
| • MPPs | France Gélinas (NDP) |
| Population (2011)Statistics Canada | |
| • Total | 14,557 |
| Population computed by combining Census Tracts 5800160.00, 5800161.01, 5800161.02 and 5800162.00 | |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Postal Code FSA | P0M |
| Area code | 705 |
| Website | Rayside-Balfour Community Action Network |
Rayside-Balfour (1996 census population 16,050) was a town in Ontario, Canada, which existed from 1973 to 2000. It is now part of the city of Greater Sudbury.
The town was created as part of the Regional Municipality of Sudbury and took its name from the townships of Rayside and Balfour, which fell within the boundaries of the new town; prior to the town's creation in 1973, Rayside and Balfour were separately incorporated as township municipalities.[1]
Although the Regional Municipality of Sudbury was a very important centre of Franco-Ontarian population and culture, Rayside-Balfour was the only town in the regional municipality which had a majority francophone population. It remains as such still today.