Tyendinaga is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Hastings County. The community takes its name from a variant spelling of Mohawk leader Joseph Brant's traditional Mohawk name, Thayendanegea.

Communities

The township comprises the communities of Albert, Blessington, Chisholms Mills, Ebenezer, Halston, Kingsford, Lonsdale, Lonsdale Station, Melrose, Marysville, Milltown, Myrehall, Naphan, Read and Shannonville. A radio transmitter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is located in Read. Saint Charles Borromeo Cemetery is also located in Read.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Tyendinaga had a population of 4,538 living in 1,650 of its 1,730 total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of 4,226. With a land area of 312.42 km2, it had a population density of in 2021. Mother tongue (2016 census):

Industry

Shipman’s Flour and Sawmill was constructed in 1851 and bought by William Fraser Chisholm in 1857, and known as Chisholm's Mills since.