Official website (http://www.whitby.ca/)
Whitby
Also known as Whitby, Ontario, Whitby, ON
town in Durham Region, Ontario, Canada
Key facts
- Country
- Canada
- Province
- Ontario
- Region
- Durham
- Mayor
- Elizabeth Roy
- Regional councillor
- List Maleeha Shahid Chris Leahy Steve Yamada Rhonda Mulcahy
- Mps
- Ryan Turnbull ( LPC ) , Juanita Nathan ( LPC )
- Mpp
- Lorne Coe ( PC )
- Land
- 146.53 km (56.58 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 91 m (299 ft)
- Total
- 138,501 ( Ranked 40th )
- Density
- 944.2/km (2,445/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( EST )
- Summer dst
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Whitby is a town in Durham Region in Ontario, Canada. Whitby is located in Southern Ontario 11 km (6.8 mi) east of Ajax and 8 km (5.0 mi) west of Oshawa, on the north shore of Lake Ontario and is home to the headquarters of Durham Region. It had a population of 138,501 at the 2021 census. It is approximately 39.75 km (24.70 mi) east of Toronto, and it is known as a commuter suburb in the Durham Region, a part of the Greater Toronto Area. While the southern portion of Whitby is predominantly urban and an economic hub, the northern part of the municipality is more rural and includes the communities of Ashburn, Brooklin, Myrtle, Myrtle Station, and Macedonian Village. On the western boundary is Almond Village.
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