Central Elgin is a township located in

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, Canada in Elgin County on Lake Erie. It is part of the London census metropolitan area.

History

Central Elgin was formed in 1998 through the amalgamation of the Township of Yarmouth with the Villages of Belmont and Port Stanley.

Communities

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.

Mayors

* Bill Walters, 1999 * David M. Rock, 1999–2006 ::Born June 16, 1948, in

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. He was also chair of the Elgin Group Police Services Board. While he was mayor, there were discussions about proposed new ferry services on Lake Erie and their financial implications. * Sylvia Hofhuis, 2006–2010 * Tom Marks, 2010 * Bill Walters, 2010–2014 * David Marr, 2014–2018 * Sally Martyn, 2018–2022 * Andrew Sloan, 2022–

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, 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 , it had a population density of in 2021.

Education

The community of Sparta has a French-immersion public school. It was an English public school prior to fall 2018.

References

External links

* {{Geographic location , Centre = Central Elgin , North = London , Northeast = Thames Centre , East = Malahide , Southeast = , South = '' Lake Erie'' , Southwest = , West = Southwold, St. Thomas , Northwest = Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario Municipalities in Elgin County