# Thornloe > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Thornloe > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Thornloe.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornloe > Source revision: 1310624400 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Thornloe | official_name = Village of Thornloe | settlement_type = [Village](/source/List_of_villages_in_Ontario) ([single-tier](/source/List_of_municipalities_in_Ontario)) | nickname = | motto = | image_skyline = Thornloe ON.JPG | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = 120x100px | image_shield = | shield_size = 120x100px | image_map = | mapsize = | pushpin_map = Canada Ontario | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_label_position = | coordinates = {{coord|47|40|00|N|79|45|30|W|region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Canada | subdivision_type1 = [Province](/source/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada) | subdivision_name1 = [Ontario](/source/Ontario) | subdivision_type2 = [District](/source/List_of_census_divisions_of_Ontario) | subdivision_name2 = [Timiskaming](/source/Timiskaming_District%2C_Ontario) | established_title = | established_date = | established_title2 = | established_date2 = | government_type = Village | leader_title = Reeve | leader_name = Wayne Miller | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = 6.59 | area_water_km2 = | area_footnotes = | elevation_footnotes = {{cite book |last1=White |first1=James |title=Altitudes in the Dominion of Canada |date=1915 |publisher=Commission of Conservation |location=Ottawa |page=352 |edition=2nd}} | elevation_ft = 722 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 92 | population_density_km2 = 14.0 | timezone = [EST](/source/Eastern_Time_Zone_(North_America)) | utc_offset = -5 | timezone_DST = [EDT](/source/Eastern_Daylight_Time) | utc_offset_DST = -4 | area_code = [705](/source/Area_code_705) | postal_code_type = [Postal Code](/source/Canadian_postal_code) | postal_code = P0J | website = {{Official URL}} | footnotes = }} '''Thornloe''' is a [village](/source/village) in the [Canadian](/source/Canada) province of [Ontario](/source/Ontario), located in the [Timiskaming District](/source/Timiskaming_District). The village had a population of 92 in the [2021 Canadian census](/source/2021_Canadian_census). Thornloe was destroyed in the [Great Fire of 1922](/source/Great_Fire_of_1922).{{cite web |title=Great Fire of 1922, The |url=https://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/plaques/great-fire-of-1922 |website=www.heritagetrust.on.ca |publisher=Ontario Heritage Trust |access-date=8 September 2025}} == Thornloe Cheese Factory == Since 1940 Thornloe Cheese had produced a respected brand of award-winning cheese and butter products in [Northeastern Ontario](/source/Northeastern_Ontario). Fresh milk was utilized from neighbouring farms all within a 25KM footprint in this [unique Northern agricultural region](/source/Clay_Belt). The original home of Thornloe Cheese was built in the village of Thornloe in 1940. It continued to operate in that location until a new plant was built in 1969 at the current location on [Highway 11](/source/Ontario_Highway_11) just north of the City of [Temiskaming Shores](/source/Temiskaming_Shores), and it was a popular attraction for tourists. The Thornloe Cheese Factory employed more than 35 full and part-time workers, and purchased over 3 million litres of milk from local farmers. [Gay Lea](/source/Gay_Lea), current owners of the Thornloe Cheese brand since 2019 decided to shutter the business after 83 years of production on October 31, 2023,{{cite web |title=A Message To Our Customers| url=https://thornloecheese.ca/| date=October 31, 2023| access-date=November 2, 2023}}{{cite web|first=Eric|last=Taschner|title=Owner defends decision to close Thornloe Cheese as others hope it can be rescued|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ontario/article/parent-company-defends-decision-to-close-thornloe-cheese-as-others-hope-it-can-be-rescued/|date=October 31, 2023|access-date=November 2, 2023}} citing it too costly to upgrade to current standards.{{cite web|first=Jeff|last=Turl|title=Old age killed Thornloe Cheese|url=https://www.baytoday.ca/local-news/old-age-killed-thornloe-cheese-7763005|date=October 31, 2023|access-date=November 2, 2023}} The Thornloe Cheese Factory had been shut down since serious equipment failures halted operations in mid-September 2023. {{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | title =Thornloe: The Renaissance of Cheese | publisher =FedNor:Government of Canada | date =20 February 2003 | url =http://fednor.gc.ca/eic/site/fednor-fednor.nsf/eng/fn03955.html | doi = | accessdate = }} == Demographics == In the [2021 Census of Population](/source/2021_Canadian_census) conducted by [Statistics Canada](/source/Statistics_Canada), Thornloe had a population of {{val|92|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|48|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|53|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:92-112}}|112|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|112|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|6.59|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|92|6.59|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021. {{Historical populations |title = Historical census populations – Thornloe, Ontario |type = Canada |align = none |cols = 3 |footnote = |source = Statistics Canada[1996](/source/Canada_1996_Census), [2001](/source/Canada_2001_Census), [2006](/source/Canada_2006_Census), [2011](/source/Canada_2011_Census) census{{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}} | 1911 |52 | 1921 |141 | 1931 |144 | 1941 |145 | 1951 |180 | 1956 |198 | 1961 |211 | 1966 |157 | 1971 |138 | 1976 |151 | 1981 |170 | 1986 |164 | 1991 |132 |[1996](/source/1996_Canadian_census)| 132 |[2001](/source/2001_Canadian_census)| 120 |[2006](/source/2006_Canadian_census)| 105 |[2011](/source/2011_Canadian_census)| 123 |[2016](/source/2016_Canadian_census)| 112 |[2021](/source/2021_Canadian_census)| 92 }} Mother tongue (2021): * English as first language: 66.7% * French as first language: 27.8% * English and French as first languages: 0% * Other as first language: 0% == See also == * [List of francophone communities in Ontario](/source/List_of_francophone_communities_in_Ontario) == References == {{Reflist|refs= {{SCref |year=2021 |unit=csd |code={{#property:P3012}} |access-date=2025-09-08}} [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3554038&Geo2=CD&Code2=3554&Data=Count&SearchText=thornloe&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 2011 Census Profile] }} ==External links== {{Commons category-inline}} {{Geographic location | Centre = Thornloe | North = | Northeast = [Hilliard](/source/Hilliard%2C_Ontario) | East = | Southeast = [Harley](/source/Harley%2C_Ontario) | South = | Southwest = [Kerns](/source/Kerns%2C_Ontario) | West = | Northwest = [Armstrong](/source/Armstrong%2C_Ontario) | image = }} {{Timiskaming District}} {{Authority control}} Category:Municipalities in Timiskaming District Category:Single-tier municipalities in Ontario Category:Villages in Ontario --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Thornloe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornloe) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornloe?action=history)). 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