Queensville, Ontario
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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>Template:Cite web</ref>), it was renamed as Queensville in 1843 to honour Queen Victoria.<ref>Template:Cite web</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 diamond, tennis courts 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 Template:Convert and employ 1,000 people.<ref>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, to the west
- Keswick, to the north
- Mount Albert, to the east
- Sharon, to the south
Notable natives and resident
- Christine Jessop, notable homicide victim murdered in 1984.
- John Candy, had a residence up here with his family in the early 80’s.