Georgian Bluffs is a township in southwestern Ontario, Canada, in Grey County located between Colpoy's Bay and Owen Sound on Georgian Bay. The township was incorporated on January 1, 2001, by amalgamating the former townships of Derby, Keppel, and Sarawak, and the village of Shallow Lake.

History

The now-former township of Derby was surveyed by the prolific Crown land surveyor Charles Rankin in 1846.

Communities

The township comprises the communities of Alvanley, Balmy Beach, Benallen, Big Bay, Clavering, Copperkettle, Cruickshank, East Linton, Hogg, Inglis Falls, Jackson, Keady, Kemble, Kilsyth, Lake Charles, Lindenwood, Oxenden, Shallow Lake, Shouldice, Springmount, Squire, Wolseley and Zion.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Georgian Bluffs had a population of 11,100 living in 4,495 of its 5,269 total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of 10,479. With a land area of 599.96 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.