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Elgin County is a
Originally Elgin County was once part of Middlesex County, which was reorganized as the United Counties of Middlesex and Elgin in 1851. Elgin was named after 
county
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of the Canadian province of Ontario
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with a 2016 population of 50,069. Its population centres are St. Thomas, 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 ofCentral Elgin
Central Elgin is a township located in Southwestern Ontario, Canada in Elgin County on Lake Erie. It is part of the London census metropolitan area.
History
Central Elgin was formed in 1998 through the amalgamation of the Township of Yarmouth ...
*Township of Malahide
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Malahide Castle dates from th ...
*Town of Aylmer
Aylmer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Edward Aylmer, Welsh MP
* Edward Aylmer (cricketer), first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer
* Felix Aylmer, English stage actor
* Sir Fenton Aylmer, 13th Baronet, British Arm ...
*Municipality of Bayham
Bayham ( 2011 Population: 6,989) is a municipality in the southeast corner of Elgin County, Ontario, Canada. It is south of the town of Tillsonburg and Oxford County.
History
Bayham was named in 1810 for Viscount Bayham Charles Pratt, a frien ...
*Municipality of West Elgin
West Elgin is a municipality in Elgin County, Ontario, Canada. The township was created on January 1, 1998, through the amalgamation of the former township of Aldborough with the village of West Lorne.
Communities
The two main population centres ...
*Township of Southwold
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*Municipality of Dutton/Dunwich
Dutton/Dunwich is a municipality located in western Elgin County in Southwestern Ontario, Canada.
The municipality was formed in 1998 through an amalgamation of the Village of Dutton and former Township of Dunwich. It includes the Hamlets of ...
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, which was reorganized as the United Counties of Middlesex and Elgin in 1851. Elgin was named after Lord Elgin
Earl of Elgin is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1633 for Thomas Bruce, 3rd Lord Kinloss. He was later created Baron Bruce, of Whorlton in the County of York, in the Peerage of England on 30 July 1641. The Earl of Elgin is the ...
, who was Governor-General of Canada
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at the time.
The County was separated from Middlesex in September 1853.
Demographics
As acensus division
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in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada
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, Elgin County had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Notable persons from Elgin County
*Horace Harvey
Horace Harvey (October 1, 1863 – September 9, 1949) was a lawyer, jurist, and a Chief Justice of Alberta, Canada.
Early and family life
Harvey was born in Elgin County, Canada West, on October 1, 1863, to William Harvey, Liberal Member of ...
- Chief Justice of Alberta
* John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth Galbraith (October 15, 1908 – April 29, 2006), also known as Ken Galbraith, was a Canadian-American economist, diplomat, public official, and intellectual. His books on economic topics were bestsellers from the 1950s through t ...
- Canadian/American economist
* Mitchell Hepburn
Mitchell Frederick Hepburn (August 12, 1896 – January 5, 1953) was the 11th premier of Ontario, from 1934 to 1942. He was the youngest premier in Ontario history, appointed at age 37. He was the only Ontario Liberal Party leader in the 20th cent ...
- Premier of Ontario
* Rachel McAdams
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- Actress
* Joe Thornton - NHL - Professional Hockey Player
* Bo Horvat
Bowie William Horvat (born April 5, 1995) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and captain of the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL).
He was selected ninth overall in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. During his junior car ...
- NHL - Professional Hockey Player
See also
* List of municipalities in Ontario *List of Ontario Census Divisions
The Province of Ontario has 51 first-level administrative divisions, which collectively cover the whole province. With two exceptions, their areas match the 49 census divisions Statistics Canada has for Ontario.
The Province has four types of ...
* Talbot Trail
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It is currently unknown if the majority of these trails are still listed since many of the ...
* Southern Ontario
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* List of townships in Ontario
* List of secondary schools in Ontario#Elgin County
Notes
References
External links
* {{Subdivisions of Ontario Counties in Ontario Populated places on Lake Erie in Canada Southwestern Ontario