Central Elgin is a

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located in

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, Canada in

Elgin County Elgin County ( ) 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 ...

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. It is part of the

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History

Central Elgin was formed in 1998 through the amalgamation of the Township of Yarmouth with the Villages of Belmont and

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Communities

The municipality includes the population centres of

and Belmont. Other communities include Dexter, Lawton's Corners, Lyndale, Lynhurst, Mapleton, New Sarum, Norman, Sparta, Union, Whites and Yarmouth Centre.

Mayors

* Bill Walters, 1999 * David M. Rock, 1999–2006 ::Born June 16, 1948, in

St. Thomas, Ontario St. Thomas is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It gained its city charter on March 4, 1881. The city is also the seat for Elgin County, although it is independent of the county. At the time of the 2021 Census, the population of the city w ...

. He was also chair of the Elgin Group Police Services Board. While he was mayor, there were discussions about proposed new ferry services on Lake Erie and their financial implications. * Sylvia Hofhuis, 2006–2010 * Tom Marks, 2010 * Bill Walters, 2010–2014 * David Marr, 2014–2018 * Sally Martyn, 2018–2022 * Andrew Sloan, 2022–

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Central Elgin 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.

Education

The community of Sparta has a French-immersion public school. It was an English public school prior to fall 2018.

References

External links

* {{Geographic location , Centre = Central Elgin , North =

, Northeast = Thames Centre , East =

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