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Orillia ( 2001 population 29,121) is a city on in south-central Ontario, Canada on Lake Couchiching, where it flows from Lake Simcoe, in Simcoe County towards Georgian Bay (Lake Huron).

People who were born in Orillia include:

singer Gordon Lightfoot
Group of Seven member Franklin Carmichael
Leslie Frost, who was Premier of Ontario from 1949 to 1961
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario James K. Bartleman

Stephen Leacock's Sunshine Sketches of a Little TownSunshine Sketches of a Little Town is a sequence of stories by Stephen Leacock, first published in 1912. It is generally considered to be one of the most enduring classics of Canadian humourous literature. The fictional setting for these stories is Maripo are based on his experiences in Orillia, although Leacock stated that the fictional town of "Mariposa" could be any town.

Orillia is the site of the Mariposa Folk Festival .

Communities

Orchard Point
Orillia

According to the 2001 Statistics CanadaStatistics Canada is the Canadian federal government bureau commissioned with gathering and analysing statistics about Canada. The bureau is commonly called StatCan''. Statistics is a federal responsibility in Canada and StatCan produces statistics for al Census:

% Change ( 19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan- 2001): 4.6
Dwellings: 12,172
Area (sq. km.): 28.61
Density (persons per sq. km.): 1,018.0

	North: SevernSevern is a township in south-central Ontario, Canada located between Lake Couchiching, and the Severn River, (both are part of the Trent-Severn Waterway) in Simcoe County. Communities Amigo Beach Ardtrea Buckskin Buena Vista Park Burnside Carlyon Coldwat
West: Oro-MedonteOro-Medonte is a township in south-central Ontario, Canada on the northwestern shores of Lake Simcoe in Simcoe County. Communities Barrillia Park Bass Lake Park Baywood Park Big Cedar Estates Carley Carthew Bay Cedarmont Beach Coulston Craighurst Creighto	Orillia	East: RamaraRamara is a township in Simcoe County in south-central Ontario, Canada stretching along the northeastern shore of Lake Simcoe from Gambridge to Orillia, and along the entire eastern shore of Lake Couchiching from Orillia to Washago. Farming, Tourism and A
	South: Oro-MedonteOro-Medonte is a township in south-central Ontario, Canada on the northwestern shores of Lake Simcoe in Simcoe County. Communities Barrillia Park Bass Lake Park Baywood Park Big Cedar Estates Carley Carthew Bay Cedarmont Beach Coulston Craighurst Creighto

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