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Dutton/Dunwich

Dutton/Dunwich
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nameDutton/Dunwich
official_nameMunicipality of Dutton/Dunwich
settlement_typeMunicipality (lower-tier)
image_skylineDutton-Dunwich ON.JPG
image_captionDutton/Dunwich Municipal Hall
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shield_size100x90px
mapsize200px
pushpin_mapCanada Southern Ontario
pushpin_map_captionLocation in southern Ontario
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subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Elgin
established_titleSettled
established_title2Formed
established_date21998
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameMike Hentz
leader_title1Federal riding
leader_name1Elgin—St. Thomas—London South
leader_title2Prov. riding
leader_name2Elgin—Middlesex—London
area_land_km2294.58
area_footnotes
population_as_of2016
population_footnotes
population_total3866
population_density_km213.1
timezoneEST
utc_offset-5
timezone_DSTEDT
utc_offset_DST-4
postal_code_typePostal Code
postal_codeN0L
area_codes519 and 226
website
Village of Dutton

Dutton/Dunwich is a municipality located in western Elgin County in Southwestern Ontario, Canada.

The municipality was formed in 1998 through an amalgamation of the Village of Dutton and former Township of Dunwich. It includes the Hamlets of Wallacetown, Duttona Beach, and the western parts of both Iona and Iona Station. It is bisected both by Highway 401 and by the rail lines of the Penn Central Railroad and the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway.

Dutton/Dunwich has a large farming community involving a variety of agricultural methods. The region is primarily made up of inhabitants of English ancestry, with minorities of Scottish, Portuguese, and Dutch heritage.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Dutton/Dunwich had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 294.38 km2, it had a population density of in 2021. |1996|3,603 |2001|3,696 |2006|3,821 |2011|3,876 |2016|3,866 |2021|4,152

Education

Dunwich-Dutton Public School is located in the village of Dutton, and managed by the Thames Valley District School Board. The school was built in 1927 and was a high school, until June 1952. It became a K-8 school in January 1953, and was restructured again in September 1973, from when it has educated in K-6. In 2016 the school was once again changed to a JK-8 school following the closure of WESES.

Tyrconnell

Tyrconnell is a ghost town located south of Wallacetown. Settled in 1809, the mill settlement lost out to Port Burwell and Port Stanley when railways extended to the area in the 1850s.

Notable people

  • John Kenneth Galbraith, (Scholar, and economic adviser to U.S. President John F. Kennedy) was born in Iona Station, Ontario in 1908 and died 2006.
  • Ellis Wellwood Sifton VC (12 October 1891 – 9 April 1917) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces, earned at the Battle of Vimy Ridge.
  • James Dunn (b. 2000), member of Canada's 2018 Paralympic Hockey Team, is from the hamlet of Wallacetown.
  • Elaine Keillor (b. 1939), C.M., ARCT, PhD., Hon. Mus. Doc. lived in Wallacetown until her marriage in 1963.

References

References

  1. (8 February 2017). "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Dutton/Dunwich, Municipality". [[Statistics Canada]].
  2. (2007). "Official Plan-Municipality of Dutton/Dunwich".
  3. (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario". [[Statistics Canada]].
  4. Statistics Canada: [[Canada 1996 Census. 1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census. 2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census. 2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census. 2011]] census
  5. "Dunwich-Dutton Public School".
  6. "Tyrconnell (Ghost Town)".
  7. "Para Hockey Player Profile".
  8. nurun.com. "Olympic dream come true".
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