South Huron Explained

South Huron
Official Name:Municipality of South 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:1842
Established Title2:Formed
Established Date2:2001
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:George Finch
Leader Title1:Deputy Mayor
Leader Name1:Jim Dietrich
Leader Title2:Federal riding
Leader Title3:Prov. riding
Area Land Km2:425.36
Population As Of:2016
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:10096
Population Density Km2:23.4
Utc Offset:-5
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Postal Code:N0M

South Huron is a municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the southern part of Huron County. It was formed by amalgamation of the townships of Stephen and Usborne with the Town of Exeter in 2001, in an Ontario-wide municipal restructuring imposed by the provincial government.

Communities

Communities in South Huron include:

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, South 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 425.12km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]

Transportation

The community is home to Centralia/James T. Field Memorial Aerodrome, a public airport and former British Commonwealth Air Training Plan base. The airport has no schedule airline service (closest is London International Airport), serving only private general aviation aircraft. The airfield host a company that modifies private jets.

Ontario Highway 4 is the main road serving South Huron, which connects with Ontario Highway 401 and Ontario Highway 402 in London, Ontario.

Services

Policing in South Huron served via Ontario Provincial Police Clinton Detachment.

South Huron Fire Department is a mix of full-time and volunteers at three fire stations.[3]

Huron County EMS serves South Huron from their Exeter base.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census - South Huron, Ontario . . April 30, 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.
  3. Web site: Fire and Emergency Services . Municipality of South Huron . June 16, 2019.
  4. Web site: Ambulance . Municipality of South Huron . June 16, 2019.