| Central Elgin | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality (lower-tier) |
| Official Name: | Municipality of Central Elgin |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Ontario |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Ontario |
| Coordinates: | 42.7667°N -87°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Elgin |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Andrew Sloan |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Elgin—Middlesex—London |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Elgin—Middlesex—London |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1822 |
| Established Title2: | Formed |
| Established Date2: | 1998 |
| Area Land Km2: | 280.33 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 12607 |
| Population Density Km2: | 45.0 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code span |
| Postal Code: | N0L, N5L |
| Area Code: | 519 and 226 |
Central Elgin is a township located in Southwestern Ontario, Canada in Elgin County on Lake Erie. It is part of the London census metropolitan area.
Central Elgin was formed in 1998 through the amalgamation of the Township of Yarmouth with the Villages of Belmont and Port Stanley.
The municipality includes the population centres of Port Stanley and Belmont. Other communities include Dexter, Lawton's Corners, Lyndale, Lynhurst, Mapleton, New Sarum, Norman, Sparta, Union, Whites and Yarmouth Centre.
Born June 16, 1948, in St. Thomas, Ontario. He was also chair of the Elgin Group Police Services Board.[2] While he was mayor, there were discussions about proposed new ferry services on Lake Erie and their financial implications.[3]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Central Elgin had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 279.87km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]
The community of Sparta has a French-immersion public school. It was an English public school prior to fall 2018.[6]