Elgin County (/ˈɛlɡɪn/EL-ghin) is a county of the Canadian province of Ontario with a 2016 population of 50,069. Its population centres are St. Thomas, 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):
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
Townships of Elgin County (1877)
Originally Elgin County was once part of Middlesex County,[2] which was reorganized as the United Counties of Middlesex and Elgin in 1851.[3] Elgin was named after Lord Elgin, who was Governor-General of Canada at the time.
The County was separated from Middlesex in September 1853.[4]
Historical map that includes Elgin County (1875)
Demographics
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Elgin County had a population of 94,752 living in 37,278 of its 38,889 total private dwellings, a change of 6.5% from its 2016 population of 88,978. With a land area of 1,878.57 km2 (725.32 sq mi), it had a population density of 50.4/km2 (130.6/sq mi) in 2021.[9]
^ a b c"2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021.
^An Act for abolishing the Territorial Division of Upper-Canada into Districts, and for providing temporary Unions of Counties for Judicial and other purposes, and for the future dissolutions of such Unions, as the increase of wealth and population may require, S.Prov.C. 1849, c. 78, Sch. C
^An Act to make certain alterations in the Territorial Divisions of Upper Canada, S.Prov.C. 1851, c. 5, Sch. A, par. 35-36; Sch. B
