{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = St. Clements |other_name = |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type = Unincorporated community |motto = |image_skyline = St. Clements, Ontario.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = St. Clement School and Church |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |city_logo = |citylogo_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |pushpin_map = CAN ON Waterloo#Canada Southern Ontario |pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_mapsize = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Canada]] |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = [[Ontario]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Regional municipality]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Regional Municipality of Waterloo|Waterloo]] |subdivision_type3 = Township |subdivision_name3 = [[Wellesley, Ontario|Wellesley]] |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = |established_date = |established_title2 = Incorporated (town) |established_date2 = |established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> |established_date3 = |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title = |population_blank1 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = |timezone = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|EST]] |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]] |utc_offset_DST = -4 |coordinates = {{coord|43|31|27|N|80|39|6|W|region:CA-ON|display=inline}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = [[Canadian postal code#Forward sortation areas|Forward sortation area]] |postal_code = [[List of N postal codes of Canada|N0B 2M0]] |area_codes = [[Area codes 519 and 226|519 and 226]] |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = [[Geographical Names Board of Canada|GNBC]] Code |blank1_info = FECFA |website = |footnotes = }} '''St. Clements''' is an unincorporated community in the township of [[Wellesley, Ontario|Wellesley]], [[Regional Municipality of Waterloo|Region of Waterloo]], [[Ontario]], Canada. It was formerly recognized as a [[designated place]] by [[Statistics Canada]].
==History== St. Clements was originally part of the [[Queen's Bush|King's Bush]]<ref name="Spetz">{{cite book | last = Spetz | first = Theobald | title = The Catholic Church in Waterloo County: Book I | publisher = The Catholic Register and Extension | year = 1916 | url = https://archive.org/stream/catholicchurchin00spetuoft/catholicchurchin00spetuoft#page/n0/mode/1up | pages = 74, 75, 76, 78, 80}}</ref> and settled by German Catholics from [[Alsace–Lorraine]].<ref name="ROW">{{cite web |title=Wellesley Township - Waterloo Region Museum |url=https://regionofwaterloomuseums.ca/en/collections-and-research/wellesley-township.aspx#st-clements |website=Region of Waterloo Museums |access-date=23 January 2025}}</ref>
The village of St. Clements was settled in 1840, by Michael Spiehlmacker.<ref name="Galt">[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/001075/f2/e010780571_p3.pdf 1864, page 183 Town of Galt]</ref> The village's post office was established in 1853,<ref name="ROW" /> and its postmaster, John Stroh, also ran the village's tavern and served as [[justice of the peace]].<ref name="Spetz" /> By 1864, there was a large Roman Catholic church, two stores, three hotels and some tradesmen, although the population was only about 100.<ref name="Galt" /> By 1869, the population had increased to 200 and the post office was receiving mail daily.<ref name="GAZ">{{cite book|title=The Province of Ontario Gazetteer and Directory|publisher=Robertson & Cook|year=1869|url=https://archive.org/details/provinceontario00mcevgoog|pages=[https://archive.org/details/provinceontario00mcevgoog/page/n514 422], 561|isbn=9780665094125 }}</ref>
===Church=== [[File:St. Clement RC Church - St. Clements ONT.JPG|thumb|St. Clement Roman Catholic Church, St. Clements]] Of note in St. Clements is the St. Clement Roman Catholic Church. The first church, a log church, was built in 1840 and was served from St. Agatha mission in [[St. Agatha, Ontario]]. In 1844, a [[Redemptorists|Redemptorist]] priest was assigned to the mission and named the log church [[Alphonsus Liguori|St. Alphonsus]], the founder of his religious order. The church was then placed under the care of the [[Jesuits]] in 1847 who then established the parish register. In 1852, Bishop [[Michael Power (bishop)|Michael Power]] ordered the church should be named after [[Clement of Rome|St. Clement]]. The parish received its first pastor, Rev. Messner, a [[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin|Capuchin]] from [[Tyrol (state)|Tyrol]] in 1852 and a year later, the log church was deemed too small. In 1858, a large brick church ({{cvt|80|ft}} x {{cvt|120|ft}}),<ref name="Galt" /> was completed. A brass band from [[Buffalo, New York]] gave a concert before the church dedication. At the time of its opening, it was said to be the largest and finest church west of [[Toronto]].<ref name="Spetz" />
== Demographics == In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], St. Clements had a population of 1240 living in 456 of its 463 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:1240-820}}|820|1}} from its 2016 population of 820. With a land area of {{cvt|1.51|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|1240|1.51|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810001101 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada and population centres1 | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=January 23, 2025}}</ref>
==Notable people== *[[Michael Latta]], [[ice hockey]] player.
== See also == *[[List of communities in Ontario]] *[[List of designated places in Ontario]]
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