The Municipality of Huron East is a Canadian municipality located in
Huron County,
Ontario
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. It was formed in 2001 as an amalgamation of the former Grey, McKillop and Tuckersmith townships with the town of
Seaforth and village of
Brussels
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, due to an Ontario-wide local government restructuring imposed by the government of that time. The municipality is structured as five
wards
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based on the former townships, town and village.
Geography
Huron East includes or borders on the following communities:
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Brucefield (borders with the Municipality of
Bluewater)
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Brussels
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(borders with the Municipality of
Morris-Turnberry
The Municipality of Morris-Turnberry is a municipality in Huron County, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the north portion of Huron County, near the Bruce County border, southeast of Wingham.
It was formed as an amalgamation of the former Morri ...
)
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Cranbrook
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Egmondville
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Ethel
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Harpurhey
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A ...
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Hensall (former village of Hensall is now under the Municipality of
Bluewater)
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Kippen (borders with the Municipality of
Bluewater)
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Leadbury
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(borders with
Perth County)
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Seaforth
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Vanastra (borders with the Municipality of
Central Huron
Central Huron is a township in western Ontario, Canada, in Huron County. It is situated on Lake Huron between the Maitland River and the Bayfield River.
History
The Municipality of Central Huron was formed on January 1, 2001, when the Town of C ...
)
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Walton (borders on the Municipality of
Morris-Turnberry
The Municipality of Morris-Turnberry is a municipality in Huron County, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the north portion of Huron County, near the Bruce County border, southeast of Wingham.
It was formed as an amalgamation of the former Morri ...
)
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Winthrop
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St. Columban (borders with
Perth County, half of St. Columban is in Huron County, the other half is in Perth County)
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Huron East 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.
See also
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List of townships in Ontario
This is a list of townships in the Canadian province of Ontario. Townships are listed by census division.
Northern Ontario Northeastern Ontario Algoma District
Historical/Geographic Townships
*Abbott
*Aberdeen Additional
*Abigo
*Abotossaway
* ...
References
External links
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{{Huron County, Ontario
Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario
Municipalities in Huron County, Ontario