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Welcome to Dufferin ...

Although we found mention of Dufferin during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Dufferin was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

We've added Dufferin to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Dufferin, please Contact Us.




Time Zone: The area where we believe that Dufferin might be (or was) located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: EST- Heure Normale de l'Est (HNE), EDT- Heure Avancée de l'Est (HAE).

We believe that Dufferin would be found within the (905) area code.

Communities Also Named Dufferin ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Dufferin - they are located in British Columbia, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dufferin.

Communities near Dufferin ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dufferin.

  • Hamilton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Brantford
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Brant
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brant came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brant
  • Balmoral
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmoral
  • Decewsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Erie
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erie came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
  • Mount Healy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Healy came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Healy
  • Six Nations Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • York
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
  • Beavers Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beavers Corner came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavers Corner

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dufferin ...

Looking for more information about Dufferin? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Dufferin, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Dufferin.

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Dufferin and then turned east". While Dufferin could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Dufferin as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Dufferin could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.









 

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