{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = East Ferris | official_name = Township of East Ferris | settlement_type = Township (single-tier) | other_name = | native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> | nickname = | motto = | image_skyline = Corbeil ON.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Corbeil | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_size = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Canada Ontario | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_mapsize = | coordinates = {{coord|46|16|N|79|18|W|region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Canada | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Ontario | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Nipissing | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | established_title = Settled | established_date = 1885 (Astorville)<br/>1897 (Corbeil) | established_title2 = Incorporated | established_date2 = 1921 | established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> | established_date3 = | government_type = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Rick Champagne | leader_title1 = Governing Body | leader_name1 = East Ferris Municipal Council | leader_title2 = MP | leader_name2 = Pauline Rochefort&nbsp;(L) | leader_title3 = MPP | leader_name3 = Vic Fedeli (PC) | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> | area_footnotes = <ref name="SCref21"/> | area_total_km2 = 151.94 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> | elevation_m = | population_as_of = 2021 | population_footnotes = <ref name="SCref21"/> | population_note = | population_total = 4946 | population_density_km2 = 32.6 | timezone = EST | utc_offset = -5 | timezone_DST = EDT | utc_offset_DST = -4 | postal_code_type = Postal Code | postal_code = P0H 1B0 (Astorville)<br/>P0H 1K0 (Corbeil) | area_codes = 705, 249 | website = {{Official URL}} | footnotes = }}

'''East Ferris''' is a township in northeastern Ontario, Canada, located between Trout Lake and Lake Nosbonsing in Nipissing District.

East Ferris was incorporated in 1921.<ref>{{cite web |title=New Residents |url=https://eastferris.ca/en/our-community/new-residents |website=eastferris.ca |publisher=Municipality of East Ferris |access-date=2 July 2025 |date=2025}}</ref> West Ferris Township has been annexed into the city of North Bay since 1968.<ref name=census1971/>

==Communities== thumb|left|Astorville on Lake Nosbonsing The main communities within East Ferris are '''Astorville''' and '''Corbeil'''. There are also smaller residential areas in the township, known as '''Derland Road''' and '''Lake Nosbonsing'''.

Astorville and Derland were formerly stops along the Canadian National Railway Alderdale Subdivision.<ref name=cnr-alderdale>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnr-in-ontario.com/Subdivisions/Alderdale.html |title=Alderdale Subdivision |website=CNR in Ontario |access-date=20 July 2020 |date=9 July 2019}}</ref> Rail service declined in the mid-20th century and was eliminated altogether in 1996.<ref>{{citation |url=https://otc-cta.gc.ca/eng/ruling/1996-r-152 |title=Order No. 1996-R-152 |author=Canadian Transportation Agency |author-link=Canadian Transportation Agency |date=18 April 1996 |access-date=25 July 2020}}</ref>

In July 2005, Astorville hosted the first Northern Ontario Ball Hockey Championship.<ref>"Northern ball hockey championship planned," ''North Bay Nugget'', May 3, 2005, pg. B.6.</ref><ref>"Ball hockey tournament entry deadline Friday," ''North Bay Nugget'', July 7, 2005, pg. C.2.</ref> In November 2005, Astorville was one of nine communities that voted on whether to accept private funding for a health centre.<ref>Brandi Cramer, "Plebiscite draws thousands- organizer," ''North Bay Nugget'', November 21, 2005, pg. A.1.Fro.</ref>

Corbeil is located on the La Vase River, at a turn in Highway 94 south of its terminus at Highway 17. The township's municipal office and fire station is located in Corbeil on Highway 94 south of Voyer Road.

== Demographics == In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, East Ferris had a population of {{val|4946|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|1890|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|2172|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:4946-4862}}|4862|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|4862|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|151.94|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|4946|151.94|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=SCref21/> {{Canada census |location = East Ferris |2021_population=4,946 | 2021_pop_delta=+1.7 | 2021_land_area=151.94 | 2021_pop_density=32.6 |2021_median_age=48.0 | 2021_median_age_m=47.6 | 2021_median_age_f=48.0 |2021_total_pvt_dwell=2,172 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=1,890 |2021_mean_hh_income=109,000 |2021_geocode=2021A00053548034 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19 |2016_population=4,862 | 2016_pop_delta=+2.0 | 2016_land_area=155.17 | 2016_pop_density=30.6 |2016_median_age=47.8 | 2016_median_age_m=47.8 | 2016_median_age_f=47.9 |2016_total_pvt_dwell=2,157 |2016_occ_pvt_dwell=1,826 | 2016_mean_hh_income=92,199 | 2016_access_date=2019-06-24 |2011_population=4,766 | 2011_pop_delta=+12.7 | 2011_land_area=155.03 | 2011_pop_density=30.7 |2011_median_age=46.4 | 2011_median_age_m=46.1 | 2011_median_age_f=46.6 |2011_total_pvt_dwell=2,081 |2011_occ_pvt_dwell=1,802 | 2011_mean_hh_income=81,981 | 2011_access_date= | notes = 2011 and 2016 Population and dwelling figures based on revised counts.<ref name=2016amend/> }}

{{Historical populations |title = {{Nowrap|Historical census populations –}} East Ferris |align = none |cols = 3 |footnote = 2006, 2011, and 2016 Population figures based on revised counts. |source = Statistics Canada<ref name=SCref21/><ref name=census1971/><ref name=2016amend/> | 1951 |1046 | 1956 |1284 | 1961 |1808 | 1966 |2047 | 1971 |2483 | 1976 |3148 | 1981 |3323 | 1986 |3440 | 1991 |4028 | 1996 |4139 | 2001 |4291 | 2006 |4228 | 2011 |4766 | 2016 |4862 | 2021 |4946 }}

==Notable people== Canadian cartoonist Lynn Johnston lived and worked in Corbeil until she moved to North Vancouver in 2015.

The Dionne quintuplets were born on a farm near Corbeil. Corbeil was also the home of Marie-Louise Meilleur, a supercentenarian who was 117 years old when she died in 1998. She was the oldest living person in the world for the eight months preceding her death, and remains both the oldest verified person in Canadian history and the sixth oldest verified person in the world. She lived at the Nipissing Manor Nursing Home, which was once the mansion that housed the Dionne sisters.

==See also== *List of townships in Ontario *List of francophone communities in Ontario

==References== {{Reflist |refs= <ref name=SCref21>{{SCref |year=2021 |unit=csd |code={{#property:P3012}} |access-date=2025-07-02}}</ref> <ref name=2016amend>{{cite web |title=Population and dwelling count amendments, 2016 Census |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/corr/index-eng.cfm |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |publisher=Government of Canada - Statistics Canada |accessdate=2025-07-02}}</ref> <ref name=census1971>{{cite journal |title=1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical) |journal=Catalogue 92-702 Vol I, part 1 (Bulletin 1.1-2) |date=July 1973 |pages= |publisher=Statistics Canada}}</ref> }}

==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{official website|http://www.eastferris.ca}}

{{Geographic Location | Centre = East Ferris | North = North Bay | Northeast = Unorganized North Nipissing | East = Bonfield | Southeast = | South = Chisholm | Southwest = | West = Callander | Northwest = }} {{Nipissing District}}

Category:Municipalities in Nipissing District Category:Single-tier municipalities in Ontario Category:Township municipalities in Ontario