14 Facts About Orillia

Orillia is located on the shores of two connected lakes: Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchiching.

In Stephen Leacock's 1912 book Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, Orillia was used as the basis for the fictional town known as "Mariposa", although Leacock stated that the fictional town could really be any town.

Orillia was the first municipality in North America to introduce daylight saving time and had the first municipal hydroelectric transmission plant in North America.

The city of Orillia is working on finding a solution for access to the island without inconveniencing residents in Victoria Point.

Subsequently, Orillia's economics has ranged from farming to machinery, to automobiles and even one of the first "campers" .

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Economic activity in Orillia is a mix of manufacturing, government services, customer service, and tourism.

Orillia is known as the "Sunshine City", taking the moniker from its role as the fictional "Mariposa" in the book Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town by Stephen Leacock.

Orillia is the original and current site of the popular Mariposa Folk Festival.

English public education in Orillia is provided via the Simcoe County District School Board, which has nine elementary and three secondary schools in the city.

The Orillia campus opened in the downtown in 2006 and the campus on University Ave.

Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital is a 230-bed hospital in the city.

Orillia Transit provides service on five routes throughout the city.

Orillia was once a stop for the Northlander train but re-routing resulted in termination of service.

In 2012, Orillia won the highest municipal honour for its waste diversion efforts.