St. Joseph, Ontario
St. Joseph is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, the largest of four municipalities on St. Joseph Island. It had a population of 1,426 in the 2021 Canadian census.
Communities
The township's main population centre is Richards Landing. It also includes the smaller communities of Harmony and Sailors Encampment, as well as Kentvale on the boundary with Jocelyn Township.
Richards Landing
The hamlet of Richards Landing has a view of the Highway 548 bridge at the pier on the northern tip of town. Highway 548 leads through the centre of the town and is its main thoroughfare. "The Landing" is St. Joseph Island's business centre, offering a grocery store, liquor/beer store, gift shops and galleries, restaurants, accommodation, marina/boat re-fuelling, 24-hour Emergency Department/hospital, medical centre, pharmacy and physiotherapy clinic, bank, parks, public swimming, beach and tennis courts, variety store and movie rentals.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, St. Joseph had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.