LaSalle, Ontario

LaSalle
Town (lower-tier)
Town of LaSalle

Coat of arms
Nickname(s): LA
LaSalle
Coordinates: 42°13′N 83°04′W / 42.217°N 83.067°W / 42.217; -83.067Coordinates: 42°13′N 83°04′W / 42.217°N 83.067°W / 42.217; -83.067
Country  Canada
Province  Ontario
County Essex
Incorporated 1991
Government
  Mayor Ken Antaya
  Member of Parliament Tracey Ramsey (NDP)
  Provincial Representative Taras Natyshak (NDP)
Area[1]
  Land 65.30 km2 (25.21 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
  Total 28,643
  Density 438.6/km2 (1,136/sq mi)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Postal Code N9H, N9J
Area code(s) 519 and 226
Website www.town.lasalle.on.ca

LaSalle is a town in Essex County, Ontario, Canada. It is a bedroom community of the City of Windsor and part of the Windsor Census Metropolitan Area, and is located south of that city. LaSalle, along with Windsor, is the oldest French settlement area in Southwestern Ontario, and the oldest continually inhabited European settlement in Canada west of the Quebec border. The town was named for explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle and includes Fighting Island, in the Detroit River at its western side, an island that is privately owned by the world's largest chemical company, BASF.

One of LaSalle's biggest events is the annual Strawberry Festival[2] which takes place on the first weekend in June.

In LaSalle, most teenagers attend either Sandwich Secondary School or St. Thomas of Villanova Catholic Secondary School. The attendance to both is relatively close in numbers.

LaSalle also has its own small but growing bicycle trail network, the "LaSalle Trail", which links up to neighbouring Windsor's "Windsor Trail" network, allowing people to ride from Sandwich Secondary School all the way to Windsor's Riverfront Trail. The town has expressed interest and intentions to connect LaSalle (and indirectly, Windsor) to the Chrysler Canada Greenway by constructing a link to the Trans-Canada Trail near Oldcastle, Ontario.

Demographics

Population trend:[6]

Historical populations
YearPop.±%
199116,628    
199620,566+23.7%
200125,285+22.9%
200627,652+9.4%
201128,643+3.6%
Canada 2006 Census Population % of total population
Visible minority group
Source:[7]
South Asian 525 1.9%
Chinese 460 1.7%
Black 315 1.1%
Filipino 185 0.7%
Latin American 105 0.4%
Arab 540 2%
Southeast Asian 10 0%
West Asian 10 0%
Korean 215 0.8%
Japanese 15 0.1%
Other visible minority 0 0%
Mixed visible minority 155 0.6%
Total visible minority population 2,525 9.2%
Aboriginal group
Source:[8]
First Nations 170 0.6%
Métis 65 0.2%
Inuit 0 0%
Total Aboriginal population 280 1%
White 24,760 90.2%
Total population 27,565 100%

Notable people

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