Bayham Explained

Bayham
Official Name:Municipality of Bayham
Settlement Type:Municipality (lower-tier)
Motto:Opportunity is Yours
Flag Size:120x100px
Mapsize:200px
Pushpin Map:Canada Southern Ontario
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in southern Ontario
Pushpin Label Position:top
Coordinates:42.7333°N -127°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:County
Established Title:Settled
Established Date:1800s
Established Title2:Incorporated
Established Date2:January 1, 1850
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Edward Ketchabaw
Leader Title1:Federal riding
Leader Title2:Prov. riding
Area Land Km2:244.97
Population As Of:2016
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:7396
Population Density Km2:30.2
Utc Offset:-5
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Postal Code:N0J

Bayham (2011 Population: 6,989) is a municipality in the southeast corner of Elgin County, Ontario, Canada. It is south of the town of Tillsonburg and Oxford County.

History

Bayham was named in 1810 for Viscount Bayham Charles Pratt, a friend of land grant recipient Colonel Talbot. The township was incorporated on January 1, 1850. The villages of Port Burwell and Vienna were incorporated as separate municipalities and separated from the township in 1949 and 1853 respectively.

In 1998, Bayham was re-amalgamated with Port Burwell and Vienna and Eden to form an expanded Municipality of Bayham.

Communities

The municipality comprises the communities of Corinth, Eden, Froggetts Corners, North Hall, Port Burwell, Richmond, Springer's Hill, Straffordville, Vienna and Wadger.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bayham had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 244.6km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census: Bayham, Municipality . 8 February 2017 . . June 12, 2019.
  2. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario . . February 9, 2022 . March 31, 2022.