Zephyr is a small community in
Durham Region, in
Uxbridge Township Ontario Canada located northwest of the former town of
Uxbridge. Zephyr is located north of the
Oak Ridges Moraine and is accessed with roads linking to Uxbridge and
Udora and linking Mount Albert Road and to Oakwood and
Lindsay. Other roads include Ravenshoe Road located about 4 km the north and Lake Ridge Road to the east and Davis Drive further south. The downtown streets include John and Dafoe Streets. The nearest superhighway is
Highway 404 to the southwest located about 28 km away. Zephyr is located about 8 km north of Uxbridge, southwest of Udora, southwest of
Beaverton, west of Sunderland and east of
Newmarket and
Mount Albert. The population has not changed. The nearest beaches are on the southern shoreline of
Lake Simcoe to the north and all creeks and streams flow northward into Lake Simcoe. The nearest train station is in Uxbridge and Simcoe along the Toronto and Sudbury line. The population growth around Zephyr since the 1960s has been stagnant.