Hamilton Township is a rural
township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
located in
Northumberland County in central
Ontario
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. It surrounds the
Town of Cobourg.
The township was named after
Henry Hamilton, Lieutenant-Governor of
Quebec
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from 1782 to 1785.
Communities
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Baltimore
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Bewdley
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Camborne
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*Cold Springs
*Gores Landing
*Harwood
*Plainville (
)
*Precious Corners (
)
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Hamilton Township 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.
Mother tongue (2021):
*English as first language: 94.0%
*French as first language: 1.1%
*English and French as first language: 0.3%
*Other as first language: 4.2%
Gallery
File:Harwood Station.jpg, Harwood Station ca.1900
File:Gores Landing Marina 2022.jpg, Gores Landing marina
File:Baltimore ON.JPG, Ball's Mill in Baltimore
File:Bewdley Dock on Rice Lake (6167287501).jpg, Dock in Bewdley
See also
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List of townships in Ontario
This is a list of township (Canada), townships in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. Townships are listed by List of census divisions of Ontario, census division.
Northern Ontario Northeastern Ontario Algoma D ...
References
External links
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Township municipalities in Ontario
Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario
Municipalities in Northumberland County, Ontario
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