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Sarnia is a city
City

A city is an urban area with a high population density and a particular administrative, legal, or historical status.Large industrialized cities generally have advanced systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, house, and transportation and more....
 in Southwestern Ontario
Ontario

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, Canada
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 (city population 71,419, census area population 88,793, in 2006
Canada 2006 Census

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). It is the largest city on Lake Huron
Lake Huron

Lake Huron, bounded on the west by the U.S. state of Michigan, and on the east by the Provinces and territories of Canada of Ontario, Canada, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America....
 and is located where the three upper Great Lakes
Great Lakes

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 empty into the St. Clair River
St. Clair River

The St. Clair River is a river in central North America which drains Lake Huron into Lake St Clair , forming part of the United States-Canada border between the Canada province of Ontario and the United States state of Michigan....
.

The city's natural harbour first attracted the French explorer La Salle, who named the site "The Rapids". The name "Sarnia" was the Latin name for Guernsey
Guernsey

The Bailiwick of Guernsey is a British Isles Crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.As well as the island of Guernsey itself, it also includes Alderney, Sark, Herm, Jethou, Brecqhou, Burhou, Lihou and other islets....
 in the Channel Islands
Channel Islands

The Channel Islands are a group of islands in the English Channel, off the France coast of Normandy. They include two separate bailiwicks: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey....
 just off the coast of Normandy
Normandy

Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is situated along the coast of France south of the English Channel between Brittany and Picardy and comprises territory in northern France and the Channel Islands....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
.






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Sarnia is a city
City

A city is an urban area with a high population density and a particular administrative, legal, or historical status.Large industrialized cities generally have advanced systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, house, and transportation and more....
 in Southwestern Ontario
Ontario

Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 (city population 71,419, census area population 88,793, in 2006
Canada 2006 Census

The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canada population. Census day was May 16 2006. The next census following will be the Canada 2011 Census....
). It is the largest city on Lake Huron
Lake Huron

Lake Huron, bounded on the west by the U.S. state of Michigan, and on the east by the Provinces and territories of Canada of Ontario, Canada, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America....
 and is located where the three upper Great Lakes
Great Lakes

The St. Lawrence River Great Lakes are a chain of fresh water lakes located in eastern North America, on the Canada ? United States border. Consisting of Lakes Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth....
 empty into the St. Clair River
St. Clair River

The St. Clair River is a river in central North America which drains Lake Huron into Lake St Clair , forming part of the United States-Canada border between the Canada province of Ontario and the United States state of Michigan....
.

The city's natural harbour first attracted the French explorer La Salle, who named the site "The Rapids". The name "Sarnia" was the Latin name for Guernsey
Guernsey

The Bailiwick of Guernsey is a British Isles Crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.As well as the island of Guernsey itself, it also includes Alderney, Sark, Herm, Jethou, Brecqhou, Burhou, Lihou and other islets....
 in the Channel Islands
Channel Islands

The Channel Islands are a group of islands in the English Channel, off the France coast of Normandy. They include two separate bailiwicks: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey....
 just off the coast of Normandy
Normandy

Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is situated along the coast of France south of the English Channel between Brittany and Picardy and comprises territory in northern France and the Channel Islands....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. The Sarnia port is still an important centre for lake freighters
Laker

Laker may refer to:*the Los Angeles Lakers, a professional basketball team originally based in Detroit and later Minneapolis.*the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers, a swiss icehockey team...
 and "salties" carrying cargoes of grain
Cereal

Cereals, or cereal grains, are mostly Poaceae cultivated for their edible brans or fruit seeds . Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities and provide more energy worldwide than any other type of crop; they are therefore staple foods....
 and petroleum
Petroleum

Petroleum or crude oil is a naturally occurring, flammable liquid found in rock formations in the Earth consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights, plus other organic compounds....
 products. It is the largest community in Lambton County
Lambton County, Ontario

Lambton County, Ontario is a census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. The county is located in Southwestern Ontario. It is bordered on the north by Lake Huron, which flows into the St....
.

The aforementioned natural port and the salt caverns that exist in the surrounding areas, coupled with the oil discovered in nearby Oil Springs
Oil Springs, Ontario

Oil Springs, Ontario is a village located along Highway 21 in Lambton County, Ontario, south of Oil City, Ontario. The village is home to the Oil Museum of Canada....
 lead to the massive growth of the petroleum industry in this area. Since Oil Springs was the first place in North America to commercially drill for oil, the knowledge that was acquired there and strengthened in Sarnia led to Sarnians traveling the world teaching other nations how to drill for oil. What is now known as the Chemical Valley, located downriver of downtown Sarnia, once adorned the back of the Canadian ten dollar bill.

Since 1938, Sarnia has been the Canadian side of Ontario's second busiest U.S.–Canada border crossing (after Windsor-Detroit). The Blue Water Bridge
Blue Water Bridge

The Blue Water Bridge is a twin-span bridge that spans the St. Clair River between Port Huron, Michigan and Point Edward, Ontario, a small village surrounded by but independent of Sarnia, Ontario....
 (also known as the "Sarnia Bridge") links Sarnia's neighbouring village of Point Edward
Point Edward, Ontario

Point Edward is a village in the Canadian province of Ontario. Adjacent to the city of Sarnia, Ontario in Lambton County, Ontario, Point Edward sits opposite Port Huron, Michigan at the mouth of the St....
 to the city of Port Huron, Michigan
Port Huron, Michigan

Port Huron is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of St. Clair County, Michigan. The population was 32,338 at the 2000 United States Census....
.

Name

From "The Rapids" to "Port Sarnia" to "Sarnia", the city has undergone many changes—from an Indian hunting ground to an up-and-coming settlement and an industrial centre. In 1812, Sir John Colborne was appointed Governor of the Isle of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands
Channel Islands

The Channel Islands are a group of islands in the English Channel, off the France coast of Normandy. They include two separate bailiwicks: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey....
. In 1829, the area and Townships of Sarnia and Moore were surveyed by Boswell Mount, and named by Sir John Colborne.

Previously thought to be the Roman name for the Isle of Guernsey, it has now been found that the name Sarnia has a Celtic origin.

In 1835, Colborne paid his first visit to what is now the city of Sarnia, then known as The Rapids. Previous to his visit, the villagers had decided that a change of name was necessary, but found it impossible to agree on a new name. The English settlers favoured the name "Buenos Aires" and the Scottish "New Glasgow". To break the deadlock, Sir John Colborne suggested Port Sarnia and on January 4, 1836, the name was formally adopted by a vote of 26 to 16.

A year previous to the adoption of the name Port Sarnia, the village was composed of 44 taxpayers, 9 frame houses, 4 log houses, 2 brick dwellings, 2 taverns and 3 stores. An Act to incorporate the Town of Sarnia was assented to on June 19, 1856. The name Port Sarnia was officially changed Sarnia effective January 1, 1857. The population of the Town was mentioned in the Act at upwards of 1,000 inhabitants and there were three wards.

An Act to Incorporate the City of Sarnia was assented to on April 20, 1914, and Sarnia officially became a city as of May 7, 1914. This day was marked by the visit of Canada’s Governor General
Governor General of Canada

The Governor General of Canada is the viceroy representative in Canada of the Monarchy of Canada, who is the head of state. Canada is one of sixteen Commonwealth realms, all of which share the same person as their respective sovereign....
, H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

The Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn was a member of the British Royal Family, the third son and seventh child of Victoria of the United Kingdom....
, and his daughter Princess Patricia
Princess Patricia of Connaught

Princess Patricia of Connaught was a member of the British Royal Family, a granddaughter of Victoria of the United Kingdom. She relinquished her title of a British princess and the style of HRH upon her marriage to the commoner Alexander Ramsay ....
. It was also on this day that Sarnia adopted the title of "The Imperial City". The population of the city was mentioned at 10,985 in the Act, and there were six wards.

On January 1, 1991, Sarnia and the neighbouring town of Clearwater were amalgamated as the new city of Sarnia-Clearwater. The amalgamation was originally slated to include the village of Point Edward, although that village's residents resisted and were eventually permitted to remain independent of the city. On January 1, 1992, the city reverted to the name Sarnia.

History

The early growth of Sarnia was stimulated by the wealth of adjoining stands of timber, by the discovery of oil nearby and by the arrival of The Great Western Railway in 1858 and the Grand Trunk Railway in 1859. These rail lines were later linked directly to the United States by the opening of a rail tunnel under the St. Clair River at Sarnia in 1889. A convenient link for vehicular traffic was provided when the Bluewater Bridge was opened in 1938.

For many years Alexander Mackenzie
Alexander Mackenzie

Alexander Mackenzie, Queen's Privy Council for Canada , a building contractor and newspaper editor, was the List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Canada Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873 to October 9, 1878....
, who would later become the second Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada

The Prime Minister of Canada is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet of Canada, and thus head of government of Canada. The office is not outlined in any of the documents that constitute the written portion of the constitution of Canada; executive authority is formally vested in the Monarchy of Canada and exercised on hi...
, was an editor of the Sarnia Observer
Sarnia Observer

The Observer has been serving Sarnia-Lambton since 1853 and publishes six times per week, Monday through Saturday. This award-winning broadsheet is a member of the Sun Media family of newspapers....
. He had set off to Sarnia during the year of 1845, when he had met a lord's daughter and set up a business. He died in Toronto in 1892, aged 70, from a stroke related to a fall and was buried in Sarnia.

Sarnia became a prominent deep water port during the 1920s when many of the shipping facilities that exist today were constructed, including the winter harbour, the elevator slip and the large grain elevators.

While there had been a petroleum industry in the Sarnia area since the mid-1800s, the establishment of the Polymer Corporation in 1942 to manufacture synthetic rubber during World War II was the first step in establishing Sarnia as a major petrochemical centre.

Neighbourhoods

The city includes the neighbourhoods of Blackwell, Brights Grove
Brights Grove, Ontario

Bright's Grove is a bedroom community in Sarnia, Ontario, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada,on the shore of Lake Huron. It is the childhood home of PGA Tour Mike Weir, winner of the 2003 The Masters Tournament....
, Bunyan, Fourth Line, Froomfield, Heritage Park, Lucasville, Mandaumin, Mitton Village, Robertsville, Schreveshire, Schropshire, Sherwood Village, Wiltshire, Twin Lakes and Vyner.

Climate

The climate of Sarnia is considered a mild climate for Canadian standards. Winters are cold and summers are warm to hot and generally humid. Lake Huron can create large temperature differences within the city in spring and early summer and during the winter it can create lake effect snow resulting in white out conditions and heavy accumulations. Humidex readings can be quite high at times from late May to late September. Thunderstorms can become quite severe from April to September. Destructive weather is very rare in the area but has occurred, such as the tornado event of 1953.

Development

The growth of the city received a major boost when North America's first jay discovery was made at nearby Oil Springs, Ontario in the 1850s. In 1938, the Blue Water Bridge
Blue Water Bridge

The Blue Water Bridge is a twin-span bridge that spans the St. Clair River between Port Huron, Michigan and Point Edward, Ontario, a small village surrounded by but independent of Sarnia, Ontario....
 was built to join Sarnia with Port Huron, Michigan
Port Huron, Michigan

Port Huron is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of St. Clair County, Michigan. The population was 32,338 at the 2000 United States Census....
; in 1997, the bridge was twinned. Today linking Ontario Highway 402
Highway 402 (Ontario)

Highway 402 is a 400-series highways in southwestern Ontario, Canada that runs 103 km from the Blue Water Bridge in Point Edward, Ontario to Highway 401 in London, Ontario....
 with the US I-94
Interstate 94

Interstate 94 is the northernmost east-west Interstate Highway, connecting the Great Lakes and Intermountain regions of the United States. Its western terminus is in Billings, Montana at a junction with Interstate 90; its eastern terminus is the U.S....
 and I-69
Interstate 69

Interstate 69 is an Interstate Highway in the United States. It exists in two parts: a completed highway from Indianapolis, Indiana, northeast to the Canadian border in Port Huron, Michigan, and a mostly-proposed extension southwest to the Mexican border in Texas....
, the bridge is one of the most important gateways on the north/south truck routes. This bridge to the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 had been preceded by the construction of the St. Clair tunnel
St. Clair Tunnel

The St. Clair Tunnel is the name for two separate rail tunnels which were built under the St. Clair River between Sarnia, Ontario and Port Huron, Michigan....
 in 1891—the first rail tunnel
Rail transport

Rail transport is the conveyance of passengers and goods by means of wheeled vehicles running along railways . Rail transport is part of the logistics chain, which facilitates international trade and economic growth....
 ever to pass under a river. The tunnel was an engineering marvel in its day, achieved through the development of original techniques for excavating in a compressed air environment.

Sarniapolymerrubberplant
When World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
 threatened tropical
Tropics

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 sources of natural latex
LaTeX

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 for rubber
Rubber

Natural rubber is an elastomer?an Elasticity_ hydrocarbon polymer?that was originally derived from a milky colloidal suspension, or latex , found in the sap of some plants....
, Sarnia was selected as the site to spearhead development of synthetic petroleum-based rubbers for war
War

...
 materials, and Polymer corporation
Polymer corporation

Polymer Corporation was a Canadian federal crown corporation established in 1942 to produce artificial rubber to substitute for overseas supply cut off by World War II....
 was built by Dow Chemical at the request of the Government of Canada
Government of Canada

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. Large pipelines bring Alberta
Alberta

Alberta is one of Canada Canadian Prairies Provinces and territories of Canada. It became a province on September 1, 1905.Alberta is located in western Canada, bounded by the provinces of British Columbia to the west and Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories to the north, and the U.S....
 oil to Sarnia, where oil refining
Oil refinery

An oil refinery is an industrial process plant where crude oil is processed and refined into more useful petroleum products, such as gasoline, diesel fuel, asphalt, heating oil, kerosene, and liquefied petroleum gas....
 and petrochemical production have become mainstays of the city's economy. Shell Canada
Shell Canada

Shell Canada Limited is the subsidiary of Europe-based Royal Dutch Shell and one of Canada's largest integrated oil companies. Exploration and upstream of petroleum, natural gas and sulphur is a major part of its business, as well as the downstream of gasoline and related Product through the company's approximately 1,800 stations acr...
, Imperial Oil
Imperial Oil

Imperial Oil Limited is Canada's largest petroleum company. The company is engaged in the exploration, production and sale of crude oil and natural gas....
, and Suncor Energy
Suncor Energy

Suncor Energy Inc. is Canada's original oil sands developer, having produced the first barrel of crude oil from the Athabasca oil sands in northern Alberta in 1967....
 (Sunoco
Sunoco

Sunoco is an United States petroleum and petrochemical manufacturer headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States, formerly known as Sun Company Inc. and Sun Oil Co. ....
) operate refineries in Sarnia. Large salt
Salt

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 beds found under the city became a source of chlorine
Chlorine

Chlorine...
 and another significant ingredient in the success of the "Chemical Valley". Chemical companies operating in Sarnia include NOVA Chemicals
NOVA Chemicals

Nova Chemicals Corporation is a leading plastics and chemical company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, with Executive Offices in Moon Township, Pennsylvania....
, Bayer
Bayer

Bayer Aktiengesellschaft is a Germany chemical industry and pharmaceutical company founded in Barmen, Germany in 1863. Today it is headquartered in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany....
 (LANXESS and H.C. Starck), Imperial Oil
Imperial Oil

Imperial Oil Limited is Canada's largest petroleum company. The company is engaged in the exploration, production and sale of crude oil and natural gas....
, Dow Chemical, Royal Group Technologies
Royal Group Technologies

Royal Group Technologies is a large Canadian building supplies maker and plastics company. Based in Woodbridge, Ontario, Ontario it also has operations in much of Latin America and in Poland and China....
, Cabot Corporation
Cabot Corporation

Cabot Corporation is a specialty chemicals and performance materials company. It operates in four segments: the Carbon Black Business, the Metal Oxides Business, the Supermetals Business, and the Specialty Fluids Business....
 and Ethyl Corporation
Ethyl Corporation

Ethyl Corporation is a fuel additive company headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. The company is a manufacturer, blender and distributor of fuel additives....
. Dow has announced plans to leave the area permantly by the end of 2008.

While industry expanded south along the St. Clair, Sarnia's population tended to move out eastward along the Lake Huron shoreline. The sandy fresh water
Fresh Water

Fresh Water is the debut album by Australian rock and blues singer Alison McCallum, released in 1972. Rare for an Australian artist at the time, it came in a gatefold sleeve....
 beaches are a popular tourist attraction, while the sheltered harbour houses marinas for recreational sailing
Sailing

Sailing is the art of controlling a boat with large pieces of canvas cloth called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and dagger or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to change the direction and speed of a boat....
. Since 1925, the 250-mile (400 km) Mackinac race
Port Huron to Mackinac Boat Race

The Port Huron to Mackinac Boat Race is run by the Bayview Yacht Club of Detroit, Michigan. It is one of the longest fresh-water races in the world with over two hundred boats entering the race each year....
 from Sarnia/Port Huron to Mackinac Island
Mackinac Island

Mackinac Island is an island covering in land area, belonging to the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located in Lake Huron, at the eastern end of the Straits of Mackinac, between the state's Upper Peninsula of Michigan and Lower Peninsula of Michigan....
, at the north end of the lake, has been the highlight of the sailing season, drawing more than 3000 sailors each year.

Film industry

Portions of several films have been shot in Sarnia. Scenes from the 1994 film Renaissance Man and the 2000 film Bless the Child
Bless the Child

Bless the Child is a 2000 in film Thriller film/Horror film film directed by Chuck Russell. It is based on a novel written by Cathy Cash Spellman....
 were both filmed at the Blue Water Bridge.

In 2002, Michael Moore
Michael Moore

Michael Francis Moore is an Academy Award-winning United States filmmaker, author and Modern liberalism in the United States political commentator....
 filmed segments of his documentary Bowling for Columbine
Bowling for Columbine

Bowling for Columbine is a 2002 in film United States documentary film written, directed, produced by, and starring Michael Moore. It brought Moore international attention as a rising film director and won numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Documentary Feature, the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature, and t...
 in Sarnia. He interviewed residents outside the local Taco Bell
Taco Bell

Taco Bell is a chain restaurant based in Irvine, California, specializing in Mexican-inspired fast food. It is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands. Most restaurants are located in North America, but there are also many in other countries....
, the plaza beside it, the Famous Players
Cineplex Entertainment

Cineplex Entertainment limited partnership , based in Toronto, Ontario, is the largest Canadian operator of movie theatres, and the dominant chain in virtually all significant markets from British Columbia to Quebec....
' Lambton 9 movie theater
Movie theater

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 and at a gun show in nearby Point Edward
Point Edward, Ontario

Point Edward is a village in the Canadian province of Ontario. Adjacent to the city of Sarnia, Ontario in Lambton County, Ontario, Point Edward sits opposite Port Huron, Michigan at the mouth of the St....
. In the summer of 2004 Sarnia mayor Mike Bradley
Mike Bradley (politician)

Mike Bradley is a Canada politician, who has served as mayor of Sarnia, Ontario since 1988. He is the longest-serving mayor in the city's history....
 (who was also interviewed in the film), offered to name Moore an honorary citizen of Sarnia. In his 2007 film Sicko
Sicko

Sicko is a 2007 in film documentary film by American filmmaker Michael Moore. The film investigates the American health care system, focusing on its health insurance and pharmaceutical industry....
, Michael Moore returned to Sarnia to film and interview his relatives at Sears and in the Marina restaurant at the former St. Clair Parkway site.

Government

Sarnia City Council consists of nine elected members, including the mayor, four city and county council members, and four city council members. City and county council members and the mayor are elected serve on both the city council and the Lambton County council, while city councillors serve on Sarnia's city council only.

The current mayor, Mike Bradley
Mike Bradley (politician)

Mike Bradley is a Canada politician, who has served as mayor of Sarnia, Ontario since 1988. He is the longest-serving mayor in the city's history....
, has held the position since 1988 and is the longest-serving mayor in the city's history. Past mayors of the city have included Andy Brandt
Andy Brandt

Andrew S. Brandt is a former politician and public administrator in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario from 1981 to 1990, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Bill Davis and Frank Miller ....
, Marceil Saddy
Marceil Saddy

Marceil Saddy was a Canada politician, who served as mayor of Sarnia, Ontario, Ontario from 1980 until his death in 1988. Prior to becoming the city's mayor, he was a journalist and editor of the Sarnia Gazette....
 and Thomas George Johnston
Thomas George Johnston

Thomas George Johnston was a Canada physician and politician.Born in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada West, was educated at the public and grammar schools of Sarnia....
.

At the provincial
Government of Ontario

The Government of Ontario refers to the provincial government of the province of Ontario. Its powers and structure are set out in the Constitution Act, 1867....
 level, Sarnia is located within the Sarnia—Lambton provincial electoral district
Sarnia—Lambton (provincial electoral district)

Sarnia?Lambton is a provincial electoral district in Southwestern Ontario Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario....
 which is currently represented by Bob Bailey
Bob Bailey (politician)

Bob Bailey is a Canada politician. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the Ontario general election, 2007, representing the electoral district of Sarnia?Lambton ....
, a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario , is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. The party was known for many years as "Ontario's natural governing party." It has ruled the province for 80 of the years since Canadian Confederation, including an uninterrupted run from 1943 to 1985....
. At the federal
Government of Canada

Canada is a constitutional monarchy. The powers and structure of the federal government are set out in the Constitution of Canada, which includes the written part, the decisions of courts, and unwritten conventions developed over time....
 level, Sarnia is located within the Sarnia—Lambton federal electoral district
Sarnia—Lambton

Sarnia?Lambton is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.It is located in the area of the city of Sarnia, Ontario, in the southwest corner of the provinces and territories of Canada of Ontario....
 which is currently represented by Patricia Davidson
Patricia Davidson

Patricia A. "Pat" Davidson is a member of the Canadian House of Commons elected in 2006 representing the riding of Sarnia?Lambton and is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada....
 of the Conservative Party of Canada
Conservative Party of Canada

The Conservative Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Tories, is a major political party in Canada, formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada....
.

Education

The Lambton Kent District School Board
Lambton Kent District School Board

The Lambton Kent District School Board is the school board responsible for public education in Lambton County, Ontario and Chatham-Kent, Ontario....
 is responsible for the 13 elementary and five secondary public schools (Northern Collegiate Institute & Vocational School, Alexander MacKenzie Secondary School, Sarnia Collegiate Institute & Technical School, Lambton Central Collegiate & Vocational Institute and St. Clair Secondary School) located within Sarnia's boundaries.

The St. Clair Catholic District School Board
St. Clair Catholic District School Board

The St. Clair Catholic District School Board manages Catholic education in the county of Lambton County, Ontario including the city of Sarnia, Ontario as well as in the regional municipality of Chatham-Kent, Ontario, in southern Ontario, Canada....
 is responsible for the city's seven elementary and two secondary Catholic schools (St. Christopher's and St. Patrick's). Both boards also provide French immersion education.

The Conseil scolaire de district des écoles catholiques de Sud-Ouest represents the two French Catholic schools in the city, Saint-François-Xavier and Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin, while the Conseil Scolaire de District du Centre Sud-Ouest operates two French public schools, the elementary École Les Rapides and the secondary École Secondaire Franco-Jeunesse.

There are also three independent Christian elementary schools in Sarnia: Sarnia Christian School, Temple Christian Academy and Bluewater Lighthouse Christian Academy. A new Christian highschool, Patmos College, was opened in September 2007.

Lambton College
Lambton College

Lambton College is a Canada List of Ontario Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology in Sarnia, Ontario.Lambton College is a small college, with 2,500 full time students....
 is one of Ontario's 21 colleges of applied arts and technology. It has a full time enrollment of 2,500 and a part-time enrolment of about 8,000. It is the city's only post-secondary school.

In 2005, the University of Western Ontario
University of Western Ontario

The University of Western Ontario is a public research university located in London, Ontario. It is one of Canada's oldest universities, founded in 1878 by Bishop Isaac Hellmuth and the Anglican Diocese of Huron as The Western University of London Ontario....
 opened a research and development park in Sarnia to work on a variety of research innovations.

Media


Radio

  • 1070 AM — CHOK
    CHOK (AM)

    CHOK is a Canada radio station, which broadcasts at 1070 AM radio in Sarnia, Ontario. The station broadcasts a country music format with the brand name Country CHOK....
    , country/news/sports
    Sports radio

    Sports radio is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sport. A popular format with an almost exclusively male demographic in most areas, sports radio is characterized by an often-boisterous on-air style and extensive debate and analysis by both :wikt:hosts and caller s; political commentary is rare....
  • 90.3 FM — CBEG
    CBE (AM)

    CBE is the callsign of the CBC Radio One station in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.CBE broadcasts at 1550 on the AM broadcasting dial, and also reaches parts of Western Ontario via two relay transmitters located at Sarnia, Ontario and Chatham, Ontario....
    , CBC Radio One
    CBC Radio One

    CBC Radio One is the English language news and information radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is Advertising free and offers both local and national programming....
  • 99.9 FM — CFGX
    CFGX-FM

    CFGX is a Canada radio station, which broadcasts at 99.9 FM radio in Sarnia, Ontario. The station broadcasts an adult contemporary format with the brand name The Fox....
    , adult contemporary
  • 101.5 FM — License-Exempt rebroadcaster of CHOK
    CHOK (AM)

    CHOK is a Canada radio station, which broadcasts at 1070 AM radio in Sarnia, Ontario. The station broadcasts a country music format with the brand name Country CHOK....
     at Sarnia Sports and Entertainment Centre
    Sarnia Sports and Entertainment Centre

    The Sarnia Sports and Entertainment Centre is a 5,500-capacity multi-purpose arena in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the campus of Lambton College and opened in September 1998....
  • 103.3 FM — CKTI-1
    CKTI-FM

    File:CKTI-FM.gifCKTI-FM is a First Nations community radio station in Canada, playing a mixture of country and classic rock music broadcasting at 107.7 FM radio in Kettle Point, Ontario....
    , rebroadcaster of First Nations
    First Nations

    First Nations is a term of ethnicity that refers to the Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor M?tis people....
     community
    Community radio

    Community radio is a type of radio service that caters to the interests of a certain area, broadcasting material that is popular to a local audience but is overlooked by more powerful broadcast groups....
     station from Kettle Point
  • 103.9 FM — CHOK-1
    CHOK (AM)

    CHOK is a Canada radio station, which broadcasts at 1070 AM radio in Sarnia, Ontario. The station broadcasts a country music format with the brand name Country CHOK....
     (rebroadcaster of CHOK AM)
  • 106.3 FM — CHKS
    CHKS-FM

    CHKS-FM is a Canada radio station, which broadcasts at 106.3 FM radio in Sarnia, Ontario. The station broadcasts an active rock format with the brand name K106.3....
    , active rock
    Active rock

    Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across Canada and the United States. Active rock plays current rock artists with a mix of classic rock songs....


Television

Sarnia does not have any originating television stations of its own, although the city does have rebroadcasters of several television stations originating in other markets, as well as being able to directly receive stations from Windsor
Windsor, Ontario

Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and lies at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. Windsor is located south of Detroit, Michigan, is separated from that city by the Detroit River, and has views of the Detroit skyline....
, Detroit
Detroit, Michigan

Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Wayne County, Michigan. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwestern United States of the United States....
 and London
London, Ontario

London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada along the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor with a metropolitan area population of 457,720; the city proper had a population of 352,395 in the Canada 2006 Census....
.
  • Channel 29 — CIII-29
    CIII-TV

    CIII-TV is a television station owned by Canwest that serves much of the population of the Canada province of Ontario, featuring content localized for the city of Toronto....
    , Global
    Global Television Network

    Global Television Network is a Canadian English language privately owned television network. It is owned by Canwest Media Inc., a division of Canwest which is headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba....
  • Channel 34 — CBLN-2, CBC
  • Channel 42 — CKCO-3
    CKCO-TV

    CKCO-TV is a television station broadcasting on channel 13 in Kitchener, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. It is an owned and operated station of the CTV Television Network, and has been branded CTV Southwestern Ontario since 2005....
    , CTV
    CTV television network

    CTV is a Canadian English language television network. It is Canada's largest privately owned network, the main television asset of CTVglobemedia, one of the country's largest media conglomerates....
     (maintains an office in Sarnia, and a permanent reporter, Rick Smith)
  • Channel 51 — CHCH-2
    CHCH-TV

    CHCH-TV, channel 11, is a television station in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, with additional transmitters throughout Ontario. Since 2001, it has been operated by Canwest as the flagship of its secondary television system, known as E! ....
    , E!
    E! (Canada)

    E! is an English language privately-owned television system in Canada, owned by Canwest. Currently the system consists of eight local television stations located in Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia, including five stations owned by Canwest and three affiliates owned by Jim Pattison Group....
  • Channel 68 — CBLFT-17
    CBLFT

    CBLFT is the T?l?vision de Radio-Canada television station serving Franco-Ontarians in Toronto and most of Ontario, including the Western Ontario, Central Ontario and Northeastern Ontario regions....
    , Radio-Canada
    Télévision de Radio-Canada

    T?l?vision de Radio-Canada is a Canadian French language television network. It is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, known in french as Soci?t? Radio-Canada....


Sarnia has a community channel
Community Channel

Community Channel is a United Kingdom free-to-air television channel wholly owned by Media Trust and supported by major broadcasters including the BBC....
, TV Cogeco, on Cogeco Cable.

Newspapers

The city's main daily newspaper is the Sarnia Observer
Sarnia Observer

The Observer has been serving Sarnia-Lambton since 1853 and publishes six times per week, Monday through Saturday. This award-winning broadsheet is a member of the Sun Media family of newspapers....
, owned by Osprey Media
Osprey Media

Osprey Media was a Media in Canada#Newspapers regional chain that published 20 daily newspapers, 34 non-daily newspapers, and a number of shopping guides and magazines in the Canada province of Ontario....
. The community publications Sarnia This Week, Lambton County Smart Shopper and Business Trends are owned by Bowes Publishing. The monthly business oriented newspaper First Monday is owned by Huron Web Printing and Graphics.

Magazines

Sarnia's only lifestyle magazine, Et Cetera, is owned by iMedia Worldwide Inc.

Weather Information

Environment Canada
Environment Canada

Environment Canada , legally incorporated as the Department of the Environment under the Department of the Environment Act , is the Ministry of the Government of Canada with responsibility for coordinating environmental policies and programs as well as preserving and enhancing the natural environment and conservation of wildlife....
's local weather recording can be heard by phoning (519) 464-5121. Environment Canada also has a 24 hour broadcast that can be heard over Weather Radios
NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards

NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio is a network of radio stations broadcasting continuous weather information directly from a nearby National Weather Service office....
 and many two-way radio
Two-way radio

A two-way radio is a radio that can both transmit and receive , unlike a broadcasting receiver which only receives content.Two-way radios are available in mobile radio, stationary base station and hand-held portable configurations....
s and scanners
Scanner (radio)

A scanner is a radio receiver that can automatically tune, or scan, two or more discrete frequency, stopping when it finds a signal on one of them and then continuing to scan other frequencies when the initial transmission ceases....
.

Transit

Sarnia Transit
Sarnia Transit

Sarnia Transit provides public transportation within the Sarnia, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. This includes conventional bus transit; transportation of people with disabilities ; transportation support for major events; charter services....
 provides public transportation within the City of Sarnia. This includes conventional bus transit; transportation of people with disabilities (Care-A-Van) ; transportation support for major events; charter services.

Air transport in Sarnia is served by Sarnia (Chris Hadfield) Airport
Sarnia (Chris Hadfield) Airport

Sarnia Airport, , is located east northeast of Sarnia, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency....
. Air Canada Jazz
Air Canada Jazz

Air Canada Jazz is a Canada regional airline based at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport in the Enfield, Nova Scotia community in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, that is operated by Jazz Air Income Fund ....
 offers airline service from that airport to Toronto
Toronto

Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
.

Sarnia is also served by private cab companies, Canadian Red Cross
Canadian Red Cross

The Canadian Red Cross Society is a Canada humanitarian charitable organization and one of 186 national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies.It was established in the fall of 1896 as an affiliate of the British Red Cross ....
 and Lambton Elderly Outreach.

Sarnia is also one of the two southern anchors of the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor
Quebec City-Windsor Corridor

The Quebec City ? Windsor Corridor is the most densely-populated and heavily-industrialised region of Canada. With over 17 million people , it contained 56.8% of the Canadian population and three of the four List of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in Canada in the country in 2001....
 for VIA Rail
VIA Rail

Via Rail Canada is an independent Crown corporation offering intercity passenger rail transport services in Canada.Via Rail Canada operates 480 trains in eight Canada Provinces of Canada over a network of of track spanning the country from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, and from the Great Lakes to Hudson Bay....


Events

During the Christmas season, the city of Sarnia hosts the annual Celebration of Lights in Centennial Park. It was originally created by Dr. Wills Rawana and a committee whom were funded through the Centre by the Bay and Telus, however, both organizations are no longer affiliated with the event. As of 2006, The St. Clair Parkway has been shut down and is no longer involved with the event either. Rogers Communications now helps with sponsorship.

Sarnia Bayfest
Sarnia Bayfest

Sarnia Bayfest is an annual music festival in Centennial Park - downtown Sarnia, Ontario, Canada - that takes place in July each year.Since 1999, Sarnia Bayfest has grown from attracting a few thousand visitors to approximately 70,000....
, which began in 1995 as "Festival by the Bay", is an annual concert festival that featured rock
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
 bands, typically during the third weekend of July. The festival has included big name acts such as Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi is an United States hard rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Fronted by lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi, the group originally achieved large-scale success in the 1980s....
, The Black Crowes
The Black Crowes

The Black Crowes are an United States of American, blues music-oriented hard rock jam band that have sold over 20 million albums. They were hailed by Melody Maker as "The Most Rock 'n' Roll Rock 'n' Roll Band in the World"....
, Mötley Crüe
Mötley Crüe

M?tley Cr?e are a Grammy Award-nominated American hard rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, California in 1981.The band was founded by bass guitarist Nikki Sixx and drum kit Tommy Lee, who were later joined by lead guitarist Mick Mars and lead vocalist Vince Neil....
, Kid Rock
Kid Rock

Robert James Ritchie , known by his stage name Kid Rock, is a rapper turned singer/songwriter with five Grammy nominations. He was born in Romeo, Michigan on January 17, 1971....
, Aerosmith
Aerosmith

Aerosmith is an United States hard rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston, Massachusetts" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band"....
, Def Leppard
Def Leppard

Def Leppard are an England Rock music band from Sheffield, who formed in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. Largely on the strength of their albums Pyromania and Hysteria , Def Leppard became one of the List of best-selling music artists rock bands throughout the 1980s, selling over 65 million albums worldw...
, Our Lady Peace
Our Lady Peace

Our Lady Peace, often abbreviated OLP, is a Canada alternative rock band consisting of Raine Maida, Duncan Coutts, Jeremy Taggart and Steve Mazur....
, David Lee Roth
David Lee Roth

David Lee Roth is an United States Rock and roll vocalist, songwriter, actor, author, and former radio personality, best known as the lead singer of Van Halen....
, The Foo Fighters, The Guess Who
The Guess Who

The Guess Who is a Canada rock music band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, that was one of the first to establish a major successful following in their own country while still residing there....
, Blink 182, Sum 41
Sum 41

Sum 41 is a Canadian Rock music Musical ensemble from Ajax, Ontario. The current members are Deryck Whibley , Cone McCaslin , and Steve Jocz ....
, ZZ Top
ZZ Top

ZZ Top is an American Rock music trio formed in late 1969 in Houston, Texas, United States. The group members are Billy Gibbons , Dusty Hill , and Frank Beard ....
, Collective Soul
Collective Soul

Collective Soul is an United States rock music band from Stockbridge, Georgia. They have enjoyed popularity on alternative rock, mainstream rock and pop music radio throughout the 1990s and into the new millennium, recording seven #1 Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks hits....
, among many others. Bayfest has since added Country and Western acts as it headlined Gretchen Wilson
Gretchen Wilson

Gretchen Frances Wilson is an American country music artist. She made her debut in 2004 with the Grammy Award-winning single "Redneck Woman," a number-one hit on the Billboard country charts....
, Keith Urban
Keith Urban

Keith Lionel Urban is an Australian Grammy Award- and ARIA Award-winning country music singer, songwriter and guitarist whose commercial success has been mainly in the United States....
 and Brooks and Dunn with great success.

Bayfest 2009 is expected to take place on two weekends in July. The festival will include a Country weekend and Rock weekend.

Sarnia is home to the Sarnia Sting
Sarnia Sting

The Sarnia Sting are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. They play out of the Sarnia Sports and Entertainment Centre in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada....
, an Ontario Hockey League
Ontario Hockey League

The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20....
 team. Dino Ciccarelli
Dino Ciccarelli

Dino Ciccarelli is a Canada former professional ice hockey player who played 19 seasons in the National Hockey League, primarily with the Minnesota North Stars....
, a former NHL
National Hockey League

The National Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America. It is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and one of the North American Major professional sports leagues of the United States and Canada....
 player, is a part owner of the team.

Notable people


Famous people from Sarnia include:
  • Andy Brandt
    Andy Brandt

    Andrew S. Brandt is a former politician and public administrator in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario from 1981 to 1990, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Bill Davis and Frank Miller ....
    , former city alderman and mayor, former head of the Ontario Progressive Conservative party, and former chairman and CEO of the LCBO
  • Shawn Burr
    Shawn Burr

    Shawn Burr is a retired professional ice hockey left winger. Burr played in the National Hockey League for parts of 16 seasons from 1985-2000....
    , NHL hockey
    Hockey

    Hockey is any of a family of sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a ball, or a hard, round, rubber or heavy plastic disc called a Hockey puck, into the opponent's net or goal, using a hockey stick....
     player who played 878 career games and finished with 181 goals and 440 points
  • David Chilton, author of The Wealthy Barber
    The Wealthy Barber

    The Wealthy Barber is a personal finance book by David Barr Chilton. The book is structured around a story of three people in their late 20s visiting Roy, the title character, for lessons in financial planning....
  • Dino Ciccarelli
    Dino Ciccarelli

    Dino Ciccarelli is a Canada former professional ice hockey player who played 19 seasons in the National Hockey League, primarily with the Minnesota North Stars....
    , NHL hockey
    Hockey

    Hockey is any of a family of sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a ball, or a hard, round, rubber or heavy plastic disc called a Hockey puck, into the opponent's net or goal, using a hockey stick....
     player who scored 608 goals in 1,232 career games
  • Susan Clark
    Susan Clark

    Susan Clark is a Canada actress, known as Katherine Papadapolis in the television situation comedy Webster ....
    , actress
  • Richard Beland, Juno Award and Country Music Award nominated photographer
  • James Doohan
    James Doohan

    James Montgomery "Jimmy" Doohan was a Canadian character actor and voice actor actor best known for his role as Montgomery Scott in the television and film series Star Trek....
    , actor, "Scotty
    Montgomery Scott

    Montgomery Scott, or "Scotty", is a character in the original Star Trek series and the films which followed. He was played by the late Irish-Canadian actor James Doohan....
    " on Star Trek
    Star Trek

    Star Trek is an American Science fiction on television entertainment series and media franchise. The Star Trek fictional universe created by Gene Roddenberry is the setting of six television series including the original 1966 Star Trek: The Original Series, in addition to ten feature films with Star Trek to be released on May 8,...
    , attended Sarnia Collegiate Institute & Technical School
  • Graig Earle, Juno-nominated and Danish Music Award-winning jazz bassist
  • Marian Engel
    Marian Engel

    Marian Engel, n?e Marian Ruth Passmore was a Canada novelist.Born in Toronto, Ontario, Ontario, she was educated at McMaster University and McGill University, where she wrote her master's degree thesis on the English Canadian novel, under the supervision of Hugh MacLennan....
    , author
  • Lance Evers, professional wrestler
    Professional wrestling

    Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional sport, where matches are prearranged by the Professional wrestling promotion List of professional wrestling terms#B, and is also considered an athletic performing art, containing strong elements of catch wrestling, mock combat and theatre....
     known as Lance Storm
  • Brian Francis
    Brian Francis (writer)

    Brian Francis is a Canada writer. His 2004 novel Fruit was selected for inclusion in the 2009 edition of Canada Reads, where it will be championed by novelist and CBC Radio personality Jen Sookfong Lee....
    , novelist (Fruit)
  • Kerry Fraser
    Kerry Fraser

    Kerry Fraser is the most senior referee in the National Hockey League, having joined the National Hockey League Officials Association on September 1, 1973, and officiating his first game in the 1980?81 NHL season....
    , NHL referee
    Referee

    A referee is a person who has authority to make decisions about play in many sports. Officials in various sports are known by a variety of titles, including: referee, umpire, judge, linesman, commissaire, timekeeper or touch judge....
  • Ted Garvin
    Ted Garvin

    Ted Garvin was a Canada ice hockey forward and coach primarily in the International Hockey League . Born in Sarnia, Ontario, he began his playing career in the Eastern Hockey League with the Philadelphia Falcons and Washington Lions and played two seasons with the Sarnia Sailors of the International Hockey League ....
    , NHL and AHL
    American Hockey League

    The American Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league in North America that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League ....
     coach
    Coach (ice hockey)

    Coach in ice hockey refers to a head coach or an assistant coach given the responsibility of organizing player Offense and defense ....
     winner of the Turner Cup
    Turner Cup

    The Turner Cup was the championship trophy of the International Hockey League 's annual playoffs. The Cup is named for Joe Turner , a goaltender from Windsor, Ontario....
  • Mike Gardiner
    Mike Gardiner

    Michael James Gardiner is a former Canadian Major League Baseball pitcher who played who played for the Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, Montreal Expos, and Detroit Tigers....
    , MLB player with the Seattle Mariners
    Seattle Mariners

    The Seattle Mariners are an American professional baseball based in Seattle, Washington. Enfranchised in , the Mariners are a member of the American League West of Major League Baseball's American League....
    , Boston Red Sox
    Boston Red Sox

    The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in . The Red Sox are a member of the Major League Baseball?s American League East. Since , the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park....
    , Montreal Expos
    Montreal Expos

    The Montreal Expos were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 1969 until 2004. After the 2004 Major League Baseball season, the franchise was relocated by Major League Baseball, its owners since 2002, to Washington, D.C....
    , and the Detroit Tigers
    Detroit Tigers

    The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit, Michigan in ....
    .
  • Chris Hadfield
    Chris Hadfield

    Chris Austin Hadfield is a Canada astronaut from the Canadian Space Agency who was the first Canadian to walk in space.Hadfield was born in Sarnia, Ontario....
    , astronaut
    Astronaut

    An astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a List of human spaceflight programs to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft....
     for whom Sarnia's airport
    Sarnia (Chris Hadfield) Airport

    Sarnia Airport, , is located east northeast of Sarnia, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency....
     is named. He was the first Canadian to walk in space.
  • Alexander Mackenzie
    Alexander Mackenzie

    Alexander Mackenzie, Queen's Privy Council for Canada , a building contractor and newspaper editor, was the List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Canada Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873 to October 9, 1878....
    , the second Prime Minister of Canada
    Prime Minister of Canada

    The Prime Minister of Canada is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet of Canada, and thus head of government of Canada. The office is not outlined in any of the documents that constitute the written portion of the constitution of Canada; executive authority is formally vested in the Monarchy of Canada and exercised on hi...
     for whom one of Sarnia's high schools is named, is buried in Sarnia's Lakeview Cemetery.
  • Dave Madden, actor; Reuben Kincaid from The Partridge Family
    The Partridge Family

    The Partridge Family is an United States television Situation comedy about a widowed mother and her five children who embarked on a music career....
  • Cameron Mathison
    Cameron Mathison

    Cameron Arthur Mathison is an Daytime Emmy Award-nominated actor and television host. He is best known for playing the role of Ryan Lavery on the American Broadcasting Company soap opera All My Children — a role which he has played from 1998 to 2002, and currently since 2003....
    , All My Children
    All My Children

    All My Children, sometimes abbreviated by fans and the press as AMC, is an United States soap opera and drama television series that has been broadcast Monday through Friday on the American Broadcasting Company television network since January 5, 1970, and the daily episode also airs weeknights on SOAPnet....
     actor
  • Pauline Mills McGibbon
    Pauline Mills McGibbon

    Pauline Mills McGibbon, Order of Canada, Order of Ontario , served as the 22nd Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario from 1974 to 1980.Pauline Mills studied at the University of Toronto and later worked with community and national organizations such as the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire, for which she served as National President....
    , 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
  • Tony McKegney
    Tony McKegney

    Anthony McKegney is a former professional ice hockey Winger who played thirteen seasons in the National Hockey League from 1978?79 NHL season until 1990?91 NHL season....
    , NHL hockey
    Hockey

    Hockey is any of a family of sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a ball, or a hard, round, rubber or heavy plastic disc called a Hockey puck, into the opponent's net or goal, using a hockey stick....
     player who scored 20 or more goals in 8 seasons of his 900+ game career
  • Sid Meier
    Sid Meier

    Sidney K. Meier is a Canadian game programmer and game designer of several popular video game strategy games who has won accolades for his contributions to the video game industry....
    , a video game designer
    Game designer

    A game designer is a person who designs gameplay, conceiving and designing the rules and structures of a game. The term applies to the designer of any game, whether a video game or Tabletop games such as board games or card games....
  • Wayne Merrick
    Wayne Merrick

    Wayne Merrick is a retired former professional ice hockey player who played 774 career National Hockey League games for the St. Louis Blues , California Seals/Cleveland Barons and New York Islanders....
    , NHL hockey player who played 774 career games
  • Kim Mitchell
    Kim Mitchell

    Joseph Kim Mitchell is a Canada guitarist. He was the lead singer and guitarist for the band Max Webster before going on to lead a solo career....
    , rock musician
  • Steve Molitor
    Steve Molitor

    Steve Molitor is a Canadian professional Boxing. He is a former International Boxing Federation super bantamweight champion. He has a record of 28?1 ....
    , boxer, former International Boxing Federation (IBF) super bantamweight champion
  • Harry Neale
    Harry Neale

    Harry Neale is a color commentator for the Buffalo Sabres, paired up with Rick Jeanneret on the MSG Network and WGR. He also works for Hockey Night In Canada on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation....
    , CBC hockey commentator
  • George Andrew Olah
    George Andrew Olah

    George Andrew Olah is a Hungary-born United States chemist. His research involved the generation and reactivity of carbocations via superacids....
    , winner of 1994 Nobel Prize
    Nobel Prize

    The Nobel Prize , established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize in Literature, and Nobel Peace Prize in 1901....
     for chemistry
  • Marie Prevost
    Marie Prevost

    Marie Prevost was a Canada actor of the early days of film. During her twenty year career, she made 121 Silent film and Sound film....
    , actress
  • Patricia Rozema
    Patricia Rozema

    Patricia Rozema is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. She was born in Kingston, Ontario and raised in Sarnia, Ontario by Dutch-Americans Calvinism parents....
    , film director
  • Norman "Red" Ryan, notorious criminal, who died in a liquor store robbery in Sarnia on May 23, 1936
  • R. Murray Schafer
    R. Murray Schafer

    Raymond Murray Schafer is a Canadian composer, writer, music educator and environmentalist perhaps best known for his World Soundscape Project, concern for acoustic ecology, and his book The Tuning of the World ....
    , composer
    Composer

    A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
  • Mike Stapleton
    Mike Stapleton

    Mike Stapleton is a retired National Hockey League hockey player who played for the Chicago Blackhawks, Pittsburgh Penguins, Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix Coyotes, Atlanta Thrashers, New York Islanders and Vancouver Canucks....
    , former NHL player and son of Pat Stapleton
  • Pat Stapleton
    Pat Stapleton

    Patrick James Stapleton is a retired Canadian ice hockey Defenceman who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League and the World Hockey Association, most notably for the Chicago Blackhawks....
    , former NHL player and current owner of the Strathroy Rockets
    Strathroy Rockets

    The Strathroy Rockets are a Canada junior hockey ice hockey team based in Strathroy, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League....
     Junior 'B" hockey Team.
  • Mike Stevens
    Mike Stevens

    Mike Stevens is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 23 games in the National Hockey League. He is the younger brother of NHL superstar Scott Stevens, who was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2007....
    , legendary harmonica virtuoso, regular on the Grand Ole Opry
    Grand Ole Opry

    The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly country music radio programming and concert broadcast live on WSM radio in Nashville, Tennessee, Tennessee, every Friday and Saturday night, as well as Tuesdays from March through December....
  • Keegan Connor Tracy
    Keegan Connor Tracy

    Keegan Connor Tracy is a Canadian actress known for her roles as the ill-fated Kat Jennings in Final Destination 2 and Dawn/Molly in Blackwoods ....
    , actress, born Tracy Armstrong
  • Pat Verbeek
    Pat Verbeek

    Patrick Verbeek is a Canada-born former ice hockey player who played for the New Jersey Devils, Hartford Whalers, New York Rangers, Dallas Stars, and Detroit Red Wings during his career....
    , NHL hockey player
  • Mike Weir
    Mike Weir

    Michael Richard Weir, Order of Canada, Order of Ontario is a Canada professional golfer on the PGA Tour. He spent over 100 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 2001 and 2005....
    , PGA Tour
    PGA Tour

    The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the main professional golf tours in the United States. It is headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, a suburb of Jacksonville, Florida....
     golf
    Golf

    Golf is a sport in which players using many types of Golf club including wood , iron , and putter , attempt to hit golf ball into each hole on a golf course in the lowest possible number of strokes....
    er, winner of the 2003 Masters
    The Masters Tournament

    The Masters Tournament, also known as The Masters, or The U.S. Masters outside of the United States, is one of four Men's major golf championships in men's Professional golf tours....
  • John Wing, Jr.
    John Wing, Jr.

    John Wing, Jr. is a Canada comedian and author from Sarnia, Ontario, Ontario. His books include Cup of Nevermind: New Poems , --And the Fear Makes Us Special , None of This is Probably True , Ventriloquism for Dummies: Life as a Comedian , Excuses: Poems , and Winter Palace: New and Selected Poems ....
    , comedian and frequent Tonight Show with Jay Leno guest
  • Donovan Woods
    Donovan Woods (songwriter)

    Donovan Woods is a Canadian Singer/Songwriter/Multi-InstrumentalistWoods was born in Sarnia, Ontario. His first album "The Hold Up" was released in 2007....
    , singer-songwriter


Demographics

1996 Population: 72,738
2001 Population: 70,876
2006 Population: 71,419

Census Data

According to the 2006 Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada

Statistics Canada is the Canada federal government department commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and culture....
 Census:
  • Population: 71,419
  • % Change (2001-2006): +0.8%
  • Median Age: (not yet published)
  • Median Income (persons over 15): (not yet published)
  • Dwellings: 31,610
  • Density (persons per km²): 433.8
  • Area (km²): 164.63


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