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Traveler rating. Selected filters. Chip G wrote a review Apr Orillia, Canada contributions 64 helpful votes. Great Store even Greater Store owners. My autistic daughter goes there 1 day a week to work on beading crafts and has a great time. Charles is very helpful and kind. A pleasure to have in the community.
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Economic activity in Orillia is a mix of manufacturing, government services, customer service and tourism. The largest employer in the area is Casino Rama , located in the nearby reserve land of the Chippewas of Rama First Nation. Manufacturing operations in the city include CCI Thermal Technologies industrial heaters and heating components , Dorr-Oliver Eimco industrial equipment , Kubota Metal Corporation petrochemical industry components , Parker Hannifin moulded rubber products , Pliant Corporation components for the packaging industry , Smiths Aerospace Components aerospace industry machining and TI Group Automotive Systems automotive components.
Call centre Tele Tech Canada also employs approximately people. Heywood-Wakefield seating, which operated from the early 20th century, announced it was closing its doors in September In late July , Parker Hannifin announced that they were shutting down their operations in Orillia at the end of the year.
The net was introduced with the launch of the Ford Taurus at Christmas , and shortly thereafter the company was sold and became Polytech Netting Industries , which employed several hundred people until moving to Mexico in — Rope and Twine's founders, Gordon W. Sean Brown then assisted in the development of Orillia's newest rope-making business, Redpoint Ropes.
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Large public-sector employers include the headquarters for the Ontario Provincial Police , which is located in Orillia. The Huronia Regional Centre , formerly an asylum that later became an institution to house disabled people, was one of the area's largest employers for many decades until the de-institutionalization movement of the s and s. 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.
Many local businesses also use "Mariposa" in their names. The city council has actively restricted the construction of large buildings downtown and seeks to maintain a certain "small town" look with regard to signs and decorations.
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However, in , plans were further discussed to redevelop the waterfront district and other areas underdeveloped or otherwise vacant. A 3D model was developed at the local Royal Canadian Legion to reflect the possible future and is to be on display in city hall. Orillia's "Arts District" is located on Peter St. The museum occupies all four floors of the historic Sir Sam Steele Building, a landmark destination for both residents and visitors. A collection of over 10, artefacts of regional historical significance features in a rotating exhibits schedule. On a separate floor is contemporary art space with exhibits featuring regional and international artists.
The museum also features a designated education space and hosts activities including art-making and interpretive programming for children, artists, artisans, historians, etc. The city's waterfront has an extensive lakeshore boardwalk, a large park with two beaches, several playgrounds, an outdoor theatre, a touring ferry, and a children's train.
The city of Orillia also is home to a large number of retirement homes currently nine, with four more under construction. Orillia is home to an annual Perch Fishing Festival. Perch are netted, tagged, and released into the local lake, to be caught for prize money. This event also includes a large social gathering consisting of a "perch fry".
The Port of Orillia holds an annual "Christmas in June", which includes a boat decorating contest and turkey buffet. Boat and cottage shows are held in June and August. Orillia is the original and current site of the popular Mariposa Folk Festival. Begun in , it is the longest-running folk festival in Canada.
The Stephen Leacock Associates have honoured former Orillia resident and humourist Stephen Leacock 's memory since with the annual Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour , awarded to the best Canadian humorous book published the previous year. Marching bands from around the country participate. 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 schools joined together in the summer of There are two post-secondary institutions that are based in Orillia. The Orillia campus of Georgian College , offers applied arts and technology programmes to 1, students. Lakehead University operates a small campus downtown, with the main campus on a new site on University Ave. The Orillia campus opened [29] in the downtown in and the campus on University Ave. There is also an Adult Learning Centre, where adults may upgrade to receive high school diplomas. The Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital is a bed hospital in the city. Opened in as the bed Orillia General Hospital, it took its current name in to honour those who died fighting in World War I.
Orillia Transit provides service on five routes throughout the city. All of these routes run on loops which depart and end at the downtown bus terminal at the intersection of West and Mississaga Streets. In , Orillia won the highest municipal honour for its waste diversion efforts.
As part of an initiative to decentralise its services, the provincial government relocated the headquarters of the Ontario Provincial Police to Orillia. The office was initially located in the Tudhope Building downtown part of which is currently used as the Orillia City Hall until the new building was opened in The headquarters, known as the Lincoln M. The building houses the assorted bureaus and divisions that make up the general headquarters, as well as the Provincial Police Academy, and The OPP Museum.
The OPP also provides municipal policing to the City of Orillia under contract from a detachment located in the downtown core. The city's police force was disbanded when the policing contract began in There are also rebroadcast transmitters for CBC Radio :. The incumbent cable television provider in Orillia is Rogers Cable.
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