Tyendinaga is a township

Township (Canada)

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 in the Canadian

Canada

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 province of Ontario

Ontario

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, located in Hastings County

Hastings County, Ontario

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. The township had a population of 4,070 in the Canada 2006 Census

Canada 2006 Census

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The community takes its name from a variant spelling of Mohawk leader Joseph Brant

Joseph Brant

Thayendanegea or Joseph Brant was a Mohawk military and political leader, based in present-day New York, who was closely associated with Great Britain during and after the American Revolution. He was perhaps the most well-known American Indian of his generation...

's traditional Mohawk name, Thayendanegea.

Communities

The township comprises the communities of Albert, Blessington, Chisholms Mills, Ebenezer, Halston, Kingsford, Lonsdale, Lonsdale Station, Melrose, Marysville, Milltown, Myrehall, Naphan, Read and Shannonville.

Demographics

Population trend:

• Population in 2006: 4070 (2001 to 2006 population change: 8.0 %)
• Population in 2001: 3769
• Population in 1996: 3549
• Population in 1991: 3118

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1370 (total dwellings: 1445)

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 96.0 %
• French as first language: 0.7 %
• English and French as first language: 0 %
• Other as first language: 3.3 %

External links

• Township of Tyendinaga