Queensville, Ontario

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{{redirect|Queensville|the small community in the United States|Queensville, Indiana}}
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'''Queensville''' is a village within the Town of [[East Gwillimbury]], [[Ontario]], Canada.

==History==

Originally named ''Four Corners'' and ''Hackett's Corners'' (after William Hackett owner of a general store<ref>{{cite web |title=York Region> East Gwillimbury> Queensville |url=https://www.neighbourhoodguide.com/york/east-gwillimbury/queensville/ |website=NeighbourhoodGuide.com |access-date=November 14, 2021}}</ref>), it was renamed as ''Queensville'' in 1843 to honour [[Queen Victoria]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The History of Queensville |url=https://elocalpost.com/queensville/contents/picked-over-the-early-days-history |access-date=2019-05-24 |archive-date=2019-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524061715/https://elocalpost.com/queensville/contents/picked-over-the-early-days-history |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Overview==

Among the private homes, the village proper contains the Queensville Cemetery, a post office, a [[United Church of Canada]], and a complex containing a fire hall, a community centre, a public park with [[softball|softball diamond]], [[tennis court]]s and playground. [[Guy Paul Morin]] and [[Christine Jessop]] were neighbours in Queensville in 1984, and [[John Candy]] once owned a home approximately 1 km south of Queensville.

At one time, there were plans to build Ontario's first private university in Queensville. The site for the proposed university would have been east of Leslie on the north side of Queensville side road. It was expected that the university would occupy {{convert|65|acre|sqmi km2}} and employ 1,000 people.<ref>[http://www.georginaadvocate.com/News/Regional%20News/article/88005 East Gwillimbury would welcome new university]</ref>

Queensville was home to the largest Antique Mall in York Region. The mall closed in the fall of 2019.

== Geography ==
[[Statistics Canada]] 2006 census population for all of East Gwillimbury 21,069.
*Population approximately 3% of total East Gwillimbury population 632
*Name of inhabitants: - Queensvillians

=== Surrounding communities ===
*[[Holland Landing, Ontario|Holland Landing]], to the west
*[[Keswick, Ontario|Keswick]], to the north
*[[Mount Albert, Ontario|Mount Albert]], to the east
*[[Sharon, Ontario|Sharon]], to the south

==Notable natives and resident==
* [[Kaufman Report|Christine Jessop]], notable homicide victim murdered in 1984.

* [[John Candy]], had a residence up here with his family in the early 80’s.

==See also==
* [[Royal eponyms in Canada]]

==References==
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== See also ==
* [[Royal eponyms in Canada]]

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