Belleville, Ontario
Belleville | |
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Skyline of Downtown Belleville | |
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| Nicknames: Bellevegas; The Friendly City | |
| Motto: Loyalty Tradition Progress | |
Belleville | |
| Coordinates: 44°10′N 77°23′W / 44.167°N 77.383°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| County | Hastings |
| Settled | 1789 |
| Named | 1816 |
| Incorporated | 1836 (as police village) |
| Incorporated | 1878 (as city) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Neil Ellis |
| • Governing Body | Belleville City Council |
| • MPs | Chris Malette (LPC) Shelby Kramp-Neuman (CPC) |
| • MPPs | Tyler Allsopp (PCPO) Ric Bresee (PCPO) |
| Area | |
| • Land | 247.15 km2 (95.43 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,337.50 km2 (516.41 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 55,071 |
| • Density | 222.8/km2 (577/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 111,184 |
| • Metro density | 83.1/km2 (215/sq mi) |
| Gross Domestic Product | |
| • Belleville CMA | CA$5.1 billion (2020) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal Code FSA | K8N, K8P, K8R |
| Area codes | 613, 343, 753 |
| Website | www |
Belleville is a city in Ontario, Canada, situated on the eastern end of Lake Ontario, located at the mouth of the Moira River and on the Bay of Quinte. Its population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 55,071 (Census Metropolitan Area population 111,184). Belleville is the seat of Hastings County, but politically independent of it; it is also the centre of the Bay of Quinte Region.