Grimsby, Ontario
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Grimsby is a town on Lake Ontario in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada. Grimsby is at the eastern end of the Hamilton Census Metropolitan Area. It is named after the English fishing town of Grimsby in north-east Lincolnshire. The majority of residents reside in the area bounded by Lake Ontario and the Niagara Escarpment, home to a section of the Bruce Trail. Grimsby has experienced significant growth over the past two decades due to its position between Hamilton and St. Catharines. Growth is limited by the natural boundaries of Lake Ontario and the Niagara Escarpment. Some residents feel development is detrimental to the town as orchards close to the town centre are used for residential development; however, most of the orchards in Grimsby were replaced by houses between the 1950s and 1980s, and very few orchards remain. According to a late 2019 report, the town has 33 small parks, 17 larger and "many more green spaces, sport fields, parkettes, trails, and facilities". Some notable attractions in Grimsby are the Grimsby Museum, the Grimsby Public Library, the Grimsby Public Art Gallery, the West Niagara YMCA, the Danish Church, and the hockey arena (Peach King Centre), home of the Grimsby Peach Kings.
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| Age characteristics of Grimsby (2016) | Total | Male | Female |
| Total - All persons | 27,315 | 13,315 | 14,000 |
| Age 0-14 | 4,750 | 2,485 | 2,270 |
| Age 15-64 | 17,300 | 8,440 | 8,860 |
| Age 65-84 | 5,265 | 2,390 | 2,870 |
| Climate data for Grimsby Mountain; elevation: 170.5 m (559 ft) (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1910–present) | |||||||||||||
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.8(64.0) | 19.7(67.5) | 27.0(80.6) | 30.6(87.1) | 37.2(99.0) | 36.1(97.0) | 41.1(106.0) | 40.6(105.1) | 38.3(100.9) | 32.0(89.6) | 25.8(78.4) | 21.0(69.8) | 41.1(106.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 0.0(32.0) | 1.0(33.8) | 5.6(42.1) | 12.1(53.8) | 19.7(67.5) | 24.8(76.6) | 27.9(82.2) | 26.7(80.1) | 22.8(73.0) | 15.6(60.1) | 8.9(48.0) | 2.7(36.9) | 14.0(57.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.8(25.2) | −3.3(26.1) | 1.3(34.3) | 7.2(45.0) | 14.0(57.2) | 19.5(67.1) | 22.6(72.7) | 21.6(70.9) | 18.0(64.4) | 11.3(52.3) | 4.9(40.8) | −0.5(31.1) | 9.4(48.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −7.6(18.3) | −7.5(18.5) | −3(27) | 2.3(36.1) | 8.4(47.1) | 14.2(57.6) | 17.4(63.3) | 16.6(61.9) | 13.2(55.8) | 7.0(44.6) | 0.9(33.6) | −3.7(25.3) | 4.9(40.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −27.8(−18.0) | −29.4(−20.9) | −22.8(−9.0) | −17.2(1.0) | −4.4(24.1) | 1.7(35.1) | 5.6(42.1) | 1.1(34.0) | −0.6(30.9) | −9.4(15.1) | −15.6(3.9) | −28.9(−20.0) | −29.4(−20.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 72.6(2.86) | 69.8(2.75) | 77.1(3.04) | 100.9(3.97) | 80.9(3.19) | 83.2(3.28) | 79.3(3.12) | 77.2(3.04) | 76.6(3.02) | 101.8(4.01) | 75.4(2.97) | 85.3(3.36) | 980.1(38.59) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 43.0(1.69) | 29.7(1.17) | 51.1(2.01) | 92.6(3.65) | 80.9(3.19) | 83.2(3.28) | 79.3(3.12) | 77.2(3.04) | 76.6(3.02) | 101.4(3.99) | 66.2(2.61) | 54.3(2.14) | 835.5(32.89) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 34.6(13.6) | 38.7(15.2) | 22.0(8.7) | 6.2(2.4) | 0.0(0.0) | 0.0(0.0) | 0.0(0.0) | 0.0(0.0) | 0.0(0.0) | 0.1(0.0) | 8.1(3.2) | 30.1(11.9) | 139.8(55.0) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 0 mm) | 7 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 146 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0 cm) | 21 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 78 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 75 | 73 | 69 | 67 | 68 | 70 | 70 | 72 | 74 | 76 | 75 | 78 | 62 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 72 | 119 | 182 | 205 | 255 | 256 | 246 | 219 | 180 | 129 | 81 | 48 | 1,992 |
| Source: Environment Canada | |||||||||||||
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- "Art Gallery"https://www.grimsby.ca/en/parks-recreation-culture/art-gallery.aspx
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- "About the Mayor"https://www.grimsby.ca/en/town-hall/about-the-mayor.aspx
- "Town Councillors"https://www.grimsby.ca/en/town-hall/aldermen.aspx
- "Regional Councillors"https://www.grimsby.ca/en/town-hall/regional-councillors.aspx
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- "Grimsby Regional Airport"https://grimsbyregionalairport.ca/
- "Grand Ave Public School"http://grandave.dsbn.org/
- "Lakeview Public School"http://lakeview.dsbn.org/
- "How it all got started" Archived 2018-11-20 at the Wayback Machine Grimsby Public Library, retrieved on 22 August 2017.http://www.grimsby.ca/About-GPL/history.html
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