Elgin County
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Elgin County (Template:IPAc-en Script error: No such module "Respell".) is a county composed of seven municipalities in Ontario, Canada with a 2021 population of 51,912. Its population centres are Aylmer, Port Stanley, Belmont, Dutton and West Lorne. The county seat is St. Thomas, which is separated from the county but within its geographic boundary.
Subdivisions
Elgin County is composed of seven incorporated municipalities (in order of population):
- Municipality of Central Elgin
- Township of Malahide
- Town of Aylmer
- Municipality of Bayham
- Municipality of West Elgin
- Township of Southwold
- Municipality of Dutton/Dunwich
The City of St. Thomas is geographically within the boundaries of Elgin County and part of the Elgin census division, but is separated from county administration.
Historical townships
Originally Elgin County was once part of Middlesex County,[1] which was reorganized as the United Counties of Middlesex and Elgin in 1851.[2] Elgin was named after Lord Elgin, who was Governor General of Canada at the time.
The County was separated from Middlesex in September 1853.[3]
| Township | Area | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aldborough | Script error: No such module "convert". | In the early days it had a forest of oak, chestnut and black walnut. It was first settled in 1804. |
| Bayham | Script error: No such module "convert". | Organized in 1810. It was named for Bayham Abbey in Kent. |
| Dunwich | Script error: No such module "convert". | First settled in 1803. During the War of 1812 only twelve families lived in the township. In 1817 a company of Selkirk's Highlander settled in the Township. The Township is named after Dunwich in Suffolk. |
| Malahide | Script error: No such module "convert". | Organized in 1810, named for Malahide Castle in Ireland, the former home of Thomas Talbot, patriot of the region. The Township was first settled in 1810. |
| South Dorchester | Script error: No such module "convert". | Although surveyed in 1798, it was not settled until 1826. |
| Southwold | Script error: No such module "convert". | Opened for settlement in 1797, however the first colonist arrived in 1809. Named for Southwold in Suffolk. |
| Yarmouth | Script error: No such module "convert". | Surveyed in 1792 and settled in 1810. |
Demographics
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As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Elgin County had a population of Script error: No such module "val". living in Script error: No such module "val". of its Script error: No such module "val". total private dwellings, a change of Script error: No such module "Percentage". from its 2016 population of Script error: No such module "val".. With a land area of Script error: No such module "convert"., it had a population density of Script error: No such module "Pop density". in 2021.[5]
Notable persons from Elgin County
- Horace Harvey - Chief Justice of Alberta
- John Kenneth Galbraith - Canadian/American economist
- Mitchell Hepburn - Premier of Ontario
- Rachel McAdams - Actress
- Joe Thornton - NHL - Professional Hockey Player
- Bo Horvat - NHL - Professional Hockey Player
See also
- List of municipalities in Ontario
- List of Ontario Census Divisions
- Talbot Trail
- Southern Ontario
- List of townships in Ontario
- List of secondary schools in Ontario#Elgin County
Notes
References
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- ↑ An Act for abolishing the Territorial Division of Upper-Canada into Districts, and for providing temporary Unions of Counties for Judicial and other purposes, and for the future dissolutions of such Unions, as the increase of wealth and population may require, S.Prov.C. 1849, c. 78, Sch. C
- ↑ An Act to make certain alterations in the Territorial Divisions of Upper Canada, S.Prov.C. 1851, c. 5, Sch. A, par. 35-36; Sch. B
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