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 in South Huron include:
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]
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.
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]