Bluewater | |
Official Name: | Municipality of Bluewater |
Settlement Type: | Municipality (lower-tier) |
Flag Size: | 120x100px |
Mapsize: | 200px |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Ontario |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Huron |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Title2: | Formed |
Established Date2: | January 1, 2001 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Paul Klopp |
Leader Title1: | Deputy Mayor |
Leader Name1: | John Becker |
Leader Title2: | Federal riding |
Leader Name2: | Huron—Bruce |
Leader Title3: | Prov. riding |
Leader Name3: | Huron—Bruce |
Area Land Km2: | 416.99 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 7136 |
Population Density Km2: | 17.1 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Postal Code: | N0M |
Area Codes: | 519 and 226 |
Bluewater is a municipality located in Huron County, Ontario, which is part of Southwestern Ontario, Ontario, Canada. As of 2016, the municipality has a population of 7,136.
Bluewater was formed on January 1, 2001 when the Government of Ontario amalgamated the townships of Hay and Stanley with the villages of Bayfield, Hensall and Zurich.[2]
Bluewater's western boundary is Lake Huron. Its northern boundary is the Bayfield River between Lake Huron and Clinton. Highway 4 is the eastern boundary, while Huron Road 83 and the Exeter urban boundary (in South Huron) form the southern boundary.
Bluewater includes the following communities:
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bluewater had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 416.7km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]