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Bayham

FieldValue
nameBayham
official_nameMunicipality of Bayham
settlement_typeMunicipality (lower-tier)
mottoOpportunity is Yours
image_skylineFall in Ontario - panoramio.jpg
flag_size120x100px
shield_size100x90px
mapsize200px
pushpin_mapCanada Southern Ontario
pushpin_map_captionLocation in southern Ontario
pushpin_label_positiontop
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Elgin
established_titleSettled
established_date1800s
established_title2Incorporated
established_date2January 1, 1850
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameEdward Ketchabaw
leader_title1Federal riding
leader_name1Elgin—St. Thomas—London South
leader_title2Prov. riding
leader_name2Elgin—Middlesex—London
area_land_km2244.97
area_footnotes
population_as_of2016
population_footnotes
population_total7396
population_density_km230.2
timezoneEST
utc_offset-5
timezone_DSTEDT
utc_offset_DST-4
postal_code_typePostal Code
postal_codeN0J
area_codes519 and 226
website

Bayham (2011 Population: 6,989) is a municipality in the southeast corner of Elgin County, Ontario, Canada. It is south of the town of Tillsonburg and Oxford County.

History

Bayham was named in 1810 for Viscount Bayham Charles Pratt, a friend of land grant recipient Colonel Talbot. The township was incorporated on January 1, 1850. The villages of Port Burwell and Vienna were incorporated as separate municipalities and separated from the township in 1949 and 1853 respectively.

In 1998, Bayham was re-amalgamated with Port Burwell and Vienna and Eden to form an expanded Municipality of Bayham.

Communities

The municipality comprises the communities of Corinth, Eden, Froggetts Corners, North Hall, Port Burwell, Richmond, Springer's Hill, Straffordville, and Vienna.

Demographics

|1996|6,234 |2001|6,375 |2006|6,727 |2011|6,989 |2016|7,396

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bayham had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 244.6 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

References

References

  1. (8 February 2017). "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Bayham, Municipality". [[Statistics Canada]].
  2. Statistics Canada: [[Canada 1996 Census. 1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census. 2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census. 2006]] census
  3. (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario". [[Statistics Canada]].
  4. (8 February 2012). "Bayham census profile". Statistics Canada.
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