Central Huron | |
Official Name: | Municipality of Central Huron |
Settlement Type: | Municipality (lower-tier) |
Flag Size: | 120x100px |
Mapsize: | 200px |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Ontario |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Date: | ca. 1850 |
Established Title2: | Formed |
Established Date2: | 2001 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Jim Ginn |
Leader Title1: | Deputy Mayor |
Leader Name1: | Marg Anderson |
Leader Title2: | Federal riding |
Leader Title3: | Prov. riding |
Area Land Km2: | 449.58 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 7576 |
Population Density Km2: | 16.9 |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Postal Code: | N0M |
Central Huron is a township in western Ontario, Canada, in Huron County. It is situated on Lake Huron between the Maitland River and the Bayfield River.
The Municipality of Central Huron was formed on January 1, 2001, when the Town of Clinton, the Townships of Hullett and Goderich were amalgamated.
The municipality of Central Huron comprises a number of villages and hamlets, including the following communities:
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Central Huron had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 449.43km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]