Oxmead Ontario Map

About Oxmead, Ontario

Oxmead is a locality in Grey, Ontario, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Oxmead is located at 44.5929°N, 80.6524°W.

Oxmead rests in a fold of Grey County, where the land, a patient canvas of agricultural ambition, rolls with a quiet dignity. It lies 22.2 km east of Owen Sound, ON (from Owen Sound, ON: bearing 83°T), and is situated 10.9 km west of Christie Beach. Here, the air carries the crisp, clean breath of the Canadian Shield's southern edge, a scent of pine needles and damp earth that deepens with the evening mist. The fields, a patchwork quilt of greens and golds depending on the season, are stitched together by hedgerows and ancient stone walls, remnants of a time when every acre was wrestled from the wild. The sky above Oxmead, vast and often dramatic, can shift from a cerulean expanse to a bruised, dramatic grey in the span of an afternoon, mirroring the stoic character of the landscape. The story of Oxmead is written in the weathered wood of its farmsteads and the sturdy stone of its early churches, a testament to the resilience of its settlers. This was a place carved out by generations of farmers, their lives entwined with the fertile soil and the capricious weather that shaped their fortunes. The local economy, once heavily reliant on the bounty of the land – grains and livestock – now sees a diversification, with smaller, artisanal producers finding their niche, their goods finding their way to bustling farmers' markets. The nearby waters, though not a dominant feature of Oxmead itself, whisper of the larger waterways that once facilitated trade and settlement, a distant echo in the quiet hum of rural life.

About This Oxmead Map Page

Explore Oxmead, Ontario, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 44.59288, -80.65241. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Detailed location data for Oxmead includes the postal code (N4L), telephone area code (226, 249, 289, 343, 365, 382, 416, 437, 519, 548, 613, 647, 705, 742, 807, 905). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.

Location data for Oxmead is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.