Komoka
A hidden gem known for it’s friendly locals, beautiful parks, trails and its strong sense of community.
1,882
POPULATION
of Komoka
(2021 census)
15
MINUTES
west of London
1998
YEAR
Komoka merged with other small communities to form Middlesex Centre
Middlesex Centre
Komoka is part of “Middlesex Centre”, a rural municipality within Middlesex County.
The municipality contains a number of small communities: Arva, Birr, Coldstream, Delaware, Elginfield, Ilderton, Komoka, Kilworth
Komoka Provincial Park
🌳 Komoka Provincial Park
Komoka Provincial Park is natural oasis. Its home to stunning natural landscapes, including dense forests, rolling hills, and the picturesque Thames River. Its a popular destination for both locals and visitors, wether you’re a nature lover, outdoor enthusiast or a history buff this park is a must-visit.
🍃 198 hectares
🍃 Nature trails
🍃 Hiking trails
🍃 Horseback riding - on designated trails
🍃 Biking / Mountain biking - on designated trails
🍃 Canoeing
🍃 Fishing
🍃 Cross country skiing
🍃 Snowshoeing
🍃 Bird watching
🍃 Wildlife - the park has over 100 species that are considered rare in Middlesex County
🍃 Park signs - provide information on history, geology and ecology
🍃 There are 4 nature trails totalling 11 km in length
🍃 White trail = 4.5 km
🍃 Yellow trail = 2 km
🍃 Blue trail = 1 km
🍃 Orange trail = 4 km
🍃 Washrooms
🔍 More info
📍 Main parking lot: 503 Gideon Drive, London
📍“Komoka Provincial Park - The Ponds” parking lot: 22290 Komoka Rd
Komoka Wellness Centre
🏒 Komoka Wellness Centre
The Komoka Wellness Centre is a hub of activity in the town and residents hold it in high regard.
🏑 Two NHL-sized ice rinks with nine changing rooms
🏑 Fitness centre
🏑 Indoor walking track
🏑 Double gymnasium - operated by YMCA
🏑 Multipurpose activity and meeting rooms
🏑 Library
🏑 Outdoor Playground
🏑 Splashpad
🏑 Integrates many features of sustainable design Green Globes certified
🔍 More info
🔍 More info - link to video tour of the YMCA
📍 1 Tunks Lane, Komoka
🤓 Cool history: opened in 2011
Komoka Park &
Komoka Community Centre
🌳 Komoka Park
Komoka Park is the heart of the community, its cherished by the locals. The park provides a sense of tranquility, it’s a place where people can come together to connect with nature, exercise, and socialize.
🌿 Nearly 29 acres (11.7 hectares) of beautiful green space
🏐 Volleyball court
🌈 Playground
🏀 Basketball
🚶🏻♀️ Walking trail - 1.8 km
⚽️ Soccer fields, one full soccer field and one intermediate
⚾️ Baseball diamonds, one lit softball diamond and one used for t-ball
🎾 Tennis count / Pickleball courts - 2 courts both lit
🛖 Pavilion - that may be rented for private functions
🏚 Komoka Community Centre (see below to learn more)
🔍 More info
📍 133 Queen Street, Komoka
🏚 Komoka Community Centre
Located in Komoka Park, the community centre is a hub, it serves as a gathering place for residents of all ages and is a central location for a wide range of activities and events.
👥 Community events
👥 Banquets
👥 Meetings
👥 Indoor sports; indoor hockey, basketball, badminton, pickle ball
📖 Areas/Rooms: Meeting Room, Main hall with a full catering kitchen and a Third room
🔍 More info
📍 133 Queen Street, Komoka
🤓 Cool history:
- The municipality has owned the Komoka parkland since 1925
- The community centre was completed in 1978
- The community centre took more than 5 years of planning and fund raising by the community
- In 2022 residents rallied together to show their love of this park in a unified voice “Save the Park” to protect 4 acres of the parkland and the Community Centre from being sold for commercial development and they were successful.
Community Groups
👥 Komoka-Kilworth Optimist Club
👥 The optimist club strives to “bring out the best in kids”
👥 Facilitates a number of community events (see some of the events in the next section)
🔍 More info
📍 133 Queen Street, Komoka
🤓 Cool history: first meeting held on June 28, 1972 with 26 members and 6 guests in attendance
👥 Social Media
Facebook Groups:
👥 Kilworth / Komoka Neighbours
Facebook Pages:
👥 Komoka & Area 55+ Club
👥 Komoka Fitness Group
👥 Komoka Connects
👥 Komoka-Kilworth Business Association
👥 Del-Ko-Brydge Canada Day
Hashtags:
#komoka, #komokacommunity, #komokaontario, #komokakilworth, #middlesexcounty, #middlesexcentre
#komokaprovincialpark, #komokatrails, #explorekomoka
#shopkomoka, #komokacommunitymarket
Komoka Community Events and Festivals
The community is known for its warmth and welcoming nature, this is reflected in the atmosphere at these events. People come together to enjoy each other's company, share experiences, and celebrate their community. There is a sense of joy and excitement in the air at these events, as everyone comes together to share in the spirit of the occasion, here are some of the events,
🎅🏼 Breakfast with Santa
🗓 Winter event - December
🎅🏼 Organized by the Komoka-Kilworth Optimist Club
📍 Komoka Community Centre - 133 Queen Street, Komoka
🐣 Easter Egg Hunt
🗓 Spring event - April
🐣 Organized by the Komoka-Kilworth Optimist Club
🇨🇦 Del-Ko-Brydge Canada Day
🗓 Summer event - July
🇨🇦 Komoka, Mount Brydges and Delaware partner together for this celebration, the three communities rotate responsibilities
🇨🇦 Hosted by: Komoka-Kilworth Optimist Club, Delaware Lions Club, Mount Brydges Lions Club
🇨🇦 The celebrations feature, pancake breakfast, morning parade, events, fireworks at night
🔍 More info
🤓 Cool history: started in 1982 and has been held every year since
🎃 Halloween
🗓 Fall event - October
🎃 Organized by the Komoka-Kilworth Optimist Club
🏷 Komoka Town Wide Yard Sale
🗓 Summer event
🎪 Komoka-Kilworth Fall Fair
🗓 Fall event - September
🎉 Midway
🎉 Live entertainment
🎉 Livestock exhibits and more
⛳️ Junior Golf Tournament
🗓 Summer event for boys and girls ages 10 - 18
⛳️ Organized by Komoka-Kilworth Optimist Club
Neighbourhood Park
🌳 Caverhill Park
A small community park nestled in a quiet neighbourhood
🍃 Playground equipment
🍃 Paved walking path
🍃 Pond
🔍 More info
📍 Caverhill Crescent, Komoka
Sports
Minor Baseball
⚾️ Del-Ko-Brydge Minor Baseball Association
⚾️ Players come from Delaware, Mt. Brydges, Komoka, Kilworth, Lambeth
⚾️ Teams represent DKMB in the LDMA - London District Baseball Association
⚾️ Recreation & Competitive baseball
🔍 More info
Minor Soccer
⚽️ Del-Ko-Brydge Minor Soccer Association
⚽️ Players come from Delaware, Komoka, Kilworth, Mt Brydges
🔍 More info
Recreation Programs
🏸 Yoga, Tai Chi, Basketball Pickball …
🔍 More info
Golf
⛳️ FireRock Golf Club
⛳️ Oxbow Glen Golf & Country Club
⛳️ Golfers Hideaway - Outdoor Range on Glendon
⛳️ Golfers Hideaway - Indoor Golf & Training Facility
Dancing
💃 🕺 Dance Ahead - Komoka
💃 🕺 Absolute Dance - Kilworth
💃 🕺 Komoka Kickers - Square dancing
Fitness
🧘♀️ YMCA @ Komoka Wellness Centre
🧘♀️ COOP Fitness - yoga, mat pilates, bootcamp…
Pick-up Hockey - Shinny
🏒 Adult & Preschool Shinny - parents & kids under 6
🏒 Adult & Child Shinny - parents & kids age 7 - 10
🏒 Adult Shinny - self organized, non contact
🏒 55+ Shinny - self organized, non contact
🔍 More info
📍 Komoka Wellness Centre, 1 Tucks Lane
Jr. B Hockey
🏒 Komoka Kings Jr. B
🔍 More info
🤓 Cool history: Komoka Kings were previously known as the Lambton Shores Predators playing out of Forest Ontario until the end of the 2017 season
Recreational Skating
⛸ Public Skating
⛸ Adult & Preschool Skate
⛸ Adult Skate 18+
⛸ PA Day Public Skate
⛸ Family Day Skate
🔍 More info
📍 Komoka Wellness Centre, 1 Tucks Lane
Roller Hockey
🏒 Tri-Township Roller Hockey
🏒 Players come from Komoka, Mt Brydges, Delaware, London, Ilderton, Kilworth, St. Thomas, Lambeth, Strathroy, and more
🔍 More info
Skating Club
⛸ Mt. Brydges Skating Club
⛸ Serving Mount Brydges, Kilworth, Komoka
⛸ CanSkate
⛸ STARSkate
⛸ SynchroSkake
🔍 More info
Shopping & Restaurants in Komoka
🥬 Local Farm Fresh Produce
🌽 Komoka Community Market
This is an amazing way to shop local and start a family tradition ! Local family farms, small businesses, artisans come together on Saturday mornings to bring you fruits, vegetables, cheese, meat, honey, flowers, crafts, wine and more
🍅 Farmers Market
🗓 Seasonal, Saturdays 9 - 12
🔍 More info
📍 1 Tunks Lane, Komoka Wellness Centre parking lot
🍁 McLachlan Family Maple Syrup
A proud family farm, 7 generation maple syrup producers making maple syrup for over 150 years on 100 acres
🥞 Seasonal pancake house restaurant
🍁 Shop online year round for maple syrup
🔍 More info
📍 10270 Lamont Drive, Komoka
Restaurant’s and Cafe’s
🍲 Little Beaver Restaurant - serving homestyle meals since 1967, moved to its new location in 2018
🍲 Union Pub Komoka
🍲 Shake Therapy Komoka
🍲 The Pub at FireRick Golf Club
🍲 Rapizza Komoka
🍲 barBurrito
🍲 and more….
🛒 Stores
🛒 Grocery Store - Foodland
🛒 Komoka Kilworth Home Hardware
🛒 LCBO
🛒 Pet Valu
🛒 Hoskin Feed & Country Store
🛒 Dollarama
… and more
Komoka Schools
📚 Public Elementary School
🖌 Parkview Public School
🖌 Public Elementary School
🖌 Part of TVDSB - Thames Valley District School Board
🖌 Team name: Parkview Panthers
🔍 More info
📍 10008 Oxbow Drive, Komoka
🤓 Cool stuff: won a $20,000 environmental grant in 2020
📚 Private Secondary School / High School
🖌 Providence Reformed Collegiate
🖌 Reformed Christian High School
🖌 Tuition
🔍 More info
📍 93 Queen Street, Komoka
🤓 Cool history: first opened its doors in 1997 to 15 students in the basement of the church on Glendon Drive, by 2002 the school outgrew the church basement and built a new facility was built
Schools in nearby Communities
📚 Catholic Elementary School
🖌 Our Lady of Lourdes in Delaware
🖌 Serving Delaware, Mt. Brydges, Komoka, Kilworth
📚 Public Secondary School / High Schools
High school students attend schools in nearby communities,
🖌 Medway High School located in Arva
🖌 Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School in London
🖌 Oakridge Secondary School in London
🖌 Saunders Secondary School in London
Check with the school board to confirm which specific high school is designated for your address, as school boundaries may change from time to time.
📚 Private School-JK to Grade 12
🖌 Riverbend Academy
🖌 Independent private school - with tuition
🖌 On a 7.8 quiet acres with mature trees
🔍 More info
📍 2436 Gideon Drive, Delaware
🤓 Cool history: founded in 2014
📚Catholic Secondary School / High Schools
High school students attend schools in London,
🖌 St. Andre Bessette Catholic Secondary School in London
🖌 Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary School in London
🖌 John Paul II Catholic Secondary School in London
Check with the school board to confirm which specific high school is designated for your address, as school boundaries may change from time to time.
Museum
🚊 Komoka Railway Museum
For those who enjoy learning about the history of the area, the Komoka Railway Museum is a must-visit,
🚊 In the late 18th and early 19th centuries Komoka was a railway hot spot, learn all about it at the museum and discover many artifacts
🔍 More info
📍 131 Queen Street
Komoka Library
📔 Komoka Library
The Komoka branch of the Middlesex County Library is a great resource for residents with its wide range of books, magazines and other materials
🔍 More info
📍 1 Tunks Lane, Komoka Wellness Centre
Camp
⛺️ Camp Kee-Mo-Kee
A magical place that offers children and teens an unforgettable camp experience
⛺️ 20 acres of forest
⛺️ 8 camper sleeping cabins can accommodate 110 people in bunk beds
⛺️ 2 staff cabins, camp office
⛺️ Dining hall, craft lodge, kitchen, pool, outdoor spaces, camp fire circle, basketball, washrooms,
⛺️ Offers many programs: summer overnight camp, summer day camp, winter camping and more
🔍 More info
📍 9581 Glendon Drive, Komoka
Komoka
With its scenic natural surroundings and strong sense of community, Komoka is an awesome place to call home
Some History
1854
YEAR
the railway cam to Komoka
1860s
YEAR
Komoka was a thriving community with a population of 700, the railway attracted settlers, entrepreneurs, rail employees, service providers for travellers and military. British soldiers stationed in London used Komoka as a summer retreat
1939
YEAR
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth made a brief stop in Komoka during a tour of Canada. Train travel was still popular well into the 1940’s
Plans for Middlesex Centre
🌳 Communities in Middlesex Centre
🌿 Arva
🌿 Birr
🌿 Coldstream
🌿 Delaware
🌿 Elginfield
🌿 Ilderton
🌿 Komoka
🌿 Kilworth
🌳 Plans for Middlesex Center
If you’re curious about the plans for Middlesex Centre, here are some plans you might want to check out,
🔍 Middlesex Centre Plans and Strategies
🔍 Middlesex Centre Strategic Plan 2021 - 2026
🔍 Middlesex Centre Community Improvement Plan - Applies to Ilderton
🔍 Middlesex Centre Community Services Master Plan 2023 - 2027
Komoka Real Estate
🏡 Komoka's has a range of housing options, making it a great place for homebuyers looking for a peaceful, suburban lifestyle. With its close proximity to London and easy access to major highways, it's a great choice for those who want to enjoy the best of both worlds.
🏡 The town's real estate market has seen steady growth. Buyers can find homes that are move-in ready or ones that require some work and customization to suit their style.
🏡 Komoka is an amazing community, when my kids were very young we lived in Mount Brydges and spent some summer days at the Komoka Park soccer fields. We also joined in on the annual fun at the “Del-Ko-Brydge” Canada Day celebrations, such great memories.
Cheers,
Kim
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