Whitby, Ontario

Whitby
Whitby
Town (lower-tier)
	Town of Whitby
	Brock Street in Whitby
	Motto: Durham's Business Centre
	Whitby Whitby
	Coordinates: 43°52′48″N 78°56′32″W / 43.88000°N 78.94222°W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Durham
Incorporated	1855
Government
• Mayor	Elizabeth Roy
• Regional Councillor	List
• MP	Ryan Turnbull (LPC)
• MPP	Lorne Coe (PC)
Area
• Land	146.53 km2 (56.58 sq mi)
Elevation	91 m (299 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	138,501 (Ranked 40th)
• Density	944.2/km2 (2,445/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (Eastern (EDT))
Website	whitby.ca

Whitby is a town in Durham Region. Whitby is located in Southern Ontario east of Ajax and 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.^[2] It is approximately 45 km (28 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.

^ "Série " Perspective géographique ", Recensement de 2011 – Subdivision de recensement, Whitby, T - Ontario" (in French). Statistique Canada. 2011. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2022-02-09). "2021 Census of Population geographic summary: Whitby, Town (T) [Census subdivision], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2022-11-21. Retrieved 2022-11-21.