Huron County, Ontario

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Huron County
County
Huron County's location in relation to Ontario.
Coordinates: 43°40′N 81°24′W / 43.667°N 81.400°W / 43.667; -81.400Coordinates: 43°40′N 81°24′W / 43.667°N 81.400°W / 43.667; -81.400
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
County seat	Goderich
Municipalities	List Ashfield–Colborne–Wawanosh Bluewater Central Huron Goderich Howick Huron East Morris-Turnberry North Huron South Huron
Area^[1]
• Land	3,399.63 km² (1,312.60 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	59,100
• Density	17.4/km² (45/sq mi)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code span	N0G, N0M, N7A
Website	www.huroncounty.ca

Huron County is a county of the province of Ontario, Canada. It is located on the southeast shore of its namesake, Lake Huron, in the southwest part of the province. The county seat is Goderich, also the county's largest settlement.

Subdivisions

Town

Goderich

Townships/Municipalities

The boundaries of the county's municipalities have been in effect since 2001, after the provincial government imposed mergers throughout the province.

Demographics

Huron County comprises a single Statistics Canada census division.

Canada census – Huron County, Ontario community profile

	2011	2006	2001

Population: Land area: Population density: Median age: Total private dwellings: Median household income:	59,100 (-0.4% from 2006) 3,399.63 km² (1,312.60 sq mi) 17.4 /km² (45 /sq mi) 28,049	59,325 (-0.6% from 2001) 3,396.68 km² (1,311.47 sq mi) 17.5 /km² (45 /sq mi) 42.3 (M: 41.5, F: 43.1) 26,922	59,701 (-0.9% from 1996) 3,407.62 km² (1,315.69 sq mi) 17.5 /km² (45 /sq mi) 39.8 (M: 39.0, F: 40.6) 26,330

References: 2011^[1] 2006^[2] 2001^[3]

Historic populations:^[3]

Population in 2001: 59,701
Population in 1996: 60,220

Communities

Amberley (border with Bruce County)
Auburn
Bayfield
Belgrave
Belmore (border with Bruce County)
Benmiller
Bluevale
Blyth
Brucefield
Brussels
Carlow
Centralia (border with Middlesex County)
Clinton
Corbett (border with Middlesex County)
Crediton
Dashwood
Drysdale
Dungannon
Egmondville
Ethel
Exeter
Goderich
Gorrie
Harpurhey
Hensall
Holmesville
Huron Park
Kinburn

Kingsbridge
Kintail
Kippen
Kirkton (border with Perth County)
Lakelet
Leadbury
Londesborough
Molesworth (border with Perth County)
Mount Carmel (border with Middlesex County)
Nile
Port Albert
St. Augustine
St. Columban (border with Perth County)
St. Joseph
Saltford
Seaforth
Shipka
Summerhill
Vanastra
Varna
Walton
Whitechurch (border with Bruce County)
Wingham
Winthrop
Whalen Corners (border with Perth and Middlesex Counties)
Woodham (border with Perth County)
Wroxeter
Zurich

Former communities/ghost towns

Donnybrook
Francistown
Mafeking
McGaw
Sodom
Spidertown (border with Middlesex County)

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Huron County census profile". 2011 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
↑ 3.0 3.1 "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-26.

External links

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