Elgin County ( ) is a
county
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composed of seven municipalities in
Ontario
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,
Canada
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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, which was reorganized as the United Counties of Middlesex and Elgin in 1851. Elgin was named after
Lord Elgin, who was
Governor General of Canada
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at the time.
The County was separated from Middlesex in September 1853.
Demographics
As a
census 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
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Horace Harvey - Chief Justice of Alberta
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John Kenneth Galbraith
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- Canadian/American economist
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Mitchell Hepburn - Premier of Ontario
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Rachel McAdams - Actress
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Joe Thornton - NHL - Professional Hockey Player
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Bo Horvat
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He was se ...
- NHL - Professional Hockey Player
See also
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List of municipalities in Ontario
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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 ...
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Talbot Trail
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Southern Ontario
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List of townships in Ontario
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Northern Ontario Northeastern Ontario Algoma D ...
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List of secondary schools in Ontario#Elgin County
Notes
References
External links
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{{Subdivisions of Ontario
Counties in Ontario
Populated places on Lake Erie in Canada
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