Hamilton | |
Official Name: | Township of Hamilton |
Settlement Type: | Township (lower-tier) |
Motto: | By land and water we flourish |
Flag Size: | 120x100px |
Pushpin Map: | CAN ON Northumberland#Canada Southern Ontario |
Coordinates: | 44.05°N -91°W |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Date: | 1791 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated |
Established Date2: | 1850 |
Government Type: | Township |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Scott Jibb |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Area Land Km2: | 256.08 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 10942 |
Population Density Km2: | 42.7 |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Hamilton Township is a rural township located in Northumberland County in central Ontario. It surrounds the Town of Cobourg.
The township was named after Henry Hamilton, Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec from 1782 to 1785.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hamilton Township had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 256.03km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
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