Columbus is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the city of Oshawa.

The first settlers to the village in 1830 were surnames such as: Adams, Ashton, Roberts, Clark, Grass, Power, Perreman, Wilcoxson and others; of Irish descent were the Howden brothers.

Just west of Columbus on a branch of the Oshawa Creek at the SE corner of Thornton Rd.

The area grew into a village that had a church, a store, a school, wooden sidewalks and by 1883, an electrical lighting system powered by the mill dam.

The 1878 Beers Map shows the village at Lot 16 Concession 6–7 in the former Township of East Whitby just west of Columbus.

One mile west of the four corners of Columbus stood St. Paul's Anglican Church which was burned to the ground in 1922.

Walt was a newspaper writer and humourist, often called "Poet Laureate of American Democracy".

His father, a dyer, died in an accident at the Empire Mill when he fell down a shaft line.

Walt's home still stands, but was moved a bit west and is now owned by Fred Nesbitt.