Thames Centre | |
Official Name: | Municipality of Thames Centre |
Settlement Type: | Municipality (lower-tier) |
Flag Size: | 120x100px |
Mapsize: | 200px |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Ontario |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Title2: | Formed |
Established Date2: | January 1, 2001 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Sharron McMillan |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Area Land Km2: | 433.95 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 13191 |
Population Density Km2: | 30.4 |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Postal Code: | N0L |
Thames Centre is a municipality in Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada, directly east of the City of London.[2] It was formed on January 1, 2001, when the townships of West Nissouri and North Dorchester were amalgamated.[3] It is part of the London census metropolitan area.
Thames Centre includes the Degree Confluence of 43N 81W.
Communities in the township include: Avon, Belton, Cherry Grove, Crampton, Cobble Hill, Derwent, Devizes, Dorchester, Evelyn, Fanshawe Lake, Friendly Corners, Gladstone, Harrietsville, Kelly Station, Mossley, Nilestown, Oliver, Putnam, Salmonville, Silvermoon, Thorndale (mayor - John Fluttert), Three Bridges, and Wellburn.
Dorchester is the residential and commercial core of the township.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Thames Centre had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 433.99km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]