Elgin County

Elgin County is a county in the southwest of the Canadian province of Ontario. The county seat is St. Thomas. Its population is 87 461 (2011), the area of 1880.90 km ², which corresponds to a population density of 46.5 inhabitants per km ². Named the County to James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, the Governor General of Canada from 1847 to 1854. Located on the north shore of Lake Erie.

Communities

In Elgin County following municipalities are located:

Aylmer
Bayham
Central Elgin
Dutton / Dunwich
Malahide
Southwold
West Elgin

The city of St. Thomas is indeed geographically and statistically to Elgin County, but is not under its management.

Administrative centre Brantford Hamilton (Ontario) Toronto Regional Municipality of Halton District Municipality of Muskoka Regional Municipality of Niagara Oxford County (Ontario) Regional Municipality of Peel Regional Municipality of Waterloo Regional Municipality of York Bruce County Dufferin County Essex County (Ontario) Frontenac County Grey County Haliburton County Hastings County Huron County (Ontario) Lambton County Lanark County United Counties of Leeds and Grenville Lennox and Addington County Middlesex County (Ontario) Northumberland County (Ontario) Perth County, Ontario Peterborough County United Counties of Prescott and Russell Renfrew County Simcoe County United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Wellington County, Ontario Algoma District Cochrane District Kenora District Manitoulin District Parry Sound District Rainy River District Sudbury District Thunder Bay District

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