Communities
| Historical populations | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1841 | 1,000 | — |
| 1871 | 1,635 | +63.5% |
| 1901 | 1,979 | +21.0% |
| 1911 | 2,273 | +14.9% |
| 1921 | 4,825 | +112.3% |
| 1931 | 5,092 | +5.5% |
| 1941 | 5,284 | +3.8% |
| 1951 | 6,397 | +21.1% |
| 1961 | 8,633 | +35.0% |
| 1971 | 15,065 | +74.5% |
| 1981 | 15,412 | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 17,542 | +13.8% |
| 1996 | 17,883 | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 18,048 | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 18,224 | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 17,931 | −1.6% |
The city includes the neighbourhoods of Allanburg, Beaverdams, Confederation Heights, Port Robinson, St. Johns, Rolling Meadows, Thorold South and Turner's Corners.
St. Johns was one of the first areas in the interior of Niagara Peninsula to be settled by Europeans. The first Europeans settled in the area about 1792, when a sawmill was built on St. Johns Creek, a tributary of the Twelve Mile Creek. It was one of only two mills in Niagara at the time. In 1804, St. Johns became home to the first free school in Upper Canada, housed in a single-room, wooden schoolhouse. By the time a post office was established in 1831, the community included a woollen factory, a tannery, a foundry, stores, and a number of mills. Eventually, the hydro power offered by the site became less of a commodity. As industry in surrounding towns grew, St. Johns' affluence declined.
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