{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Central Elgin | settlement_type = Municipality (lower-tier) | official_name = Municipality of Central Elgin | native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> | nickname = | motto = | image_skyline = Port stanley 7-28-2009 6-21-33 PM.jpg | imagesize = 240px | image_caption = Harbourfront at Port Stanley | image_flag = Flag of Central Elgin, Ontario.svg | flag_size = | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Canada Southern Ontario | pushpin_map_caption = Location in southern Ontario | pushpin_mapsize = | coordinates = {{coord|42|46|N|81|06|W|region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{CAN}} | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = {{ON}} | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Elgin | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | government_type = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Andrew Sloan | leader_title1 = Federal riding | leader_name1 = Elgin—St. Thomas—London South | leader_title2 = Prov. riding | leader_name2 = Elgin—Middlesex—London | established_title = Settled | established_date = 1822 | established_title2 = Formed | established_date2 = 1998 | area_magnitude = | area_footnotes = <ref name="census2016"/> | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = 280.33 | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | population_as_of = 2011 | population_footnotes = <ref name="census2016">{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census: Central Elgin, Municipality |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3534020&Geo2=CD&Code2=3534&Data=Count&SearchText=central%20elgin&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1 |publisher=Statistics Canada |accessdate=June 12, 2019}}</ref> | population_note = | population_total = 12607 | population_density_km2 = 45.0 | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | timezone = EST | utc_offset = -5 | timezone_DST = EDT | utc_offset_DST = -4 | elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use<ref></ref> tags--> | elevation_m = | postal_code_type = Postal code span | postal_code = N0L, N5L | area_codes = 519 and 226 | website = {{URL|http://www.centralelgin.org}} | footnotes = }}
'''Central Elgin''' is a municipality located in Southwestern Ontario, 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 St. Thomas, Ontario. He was also chair of the Elgin Group Police Services Board.<ref>[http://www.twp.southwold.on.ca/Council%20Proceedings/Agendas/2004/05-03-21%20Agenda.htm Township of Southwold - Council Meeting Agenda] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009133013/http://www.twp.southwold.on.ca/Council%20Proceedings/Agendas/2004/05-03-21%20Agenda.htm |date=October 9, 2007 }}, March 21, 2005</ref> While he was mayor, there were discussions about proposed new ferry services on Lake Erie and their financial implications.<ref>[http://www.nativecanadian.ca/Native_Reflections/Fast%20Ferry/fast_ferry20045.htm "Ferry proposals hinge on funding - Port Stanley Burwell’s closest competitor"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070606092637/http://www.nativecanadian.ca/Native_Reflections/Fast%20Ferry/fast_ferry20045.htm |date=June 6, 2007 }}, The Tillsonburg News, January 20, 2006</ref> * Sylvia Hofhuis, 2006–2010 * Tom Marks, 2010 * Bill Walters, 2010–2014 * David Marr, 2014–2018 * Sally Martyn, 2018–2022 * Andrew Sloan, 2022–<ref>{{Cite web |last=Best |first=John |date=2022-12-07 |title=Former Hamiltonian takes over as Mayor of Central Elgin |url=https://bayobserver.ca/former-hamiltonian-takes-over-as-mayor-of-central-elgin/ |access-date=2022-12-22 |website=bayobserver.ca Hamilton, Burlington and GTA |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Demographics == In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Central Elgin had a population of {{val|13746|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|5460|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|5845|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:13746-12607}}|12607|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|12607|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|279.87|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|13746|279.87|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000235 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=March 31, 2022}}</ref> {{Canada census |location = Central Elgin |2021_population=13,746 | 2021_pop_delta=+9.0 | 2021_land_area=279.87 | 2021_pop_density=49.1 |2021_median_age=48.8 | 2021_median_age_m=48.0 | 2021_median_age_f=49.6 |2021_total_pvt_dwell=5,845 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=5,460 |2021_mean_hh_income=103,000 |2021_geocode=2021A00053534020 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19 |2016_population=12,607 | 2016_pop_delta=-1.1 | 2016_land_area=280.33 | 2016_pop_density=45.0 |2016_median_age=47.4 | 2016_median_age_m=47.2 | 2016_median_age_f=47.6 |2016_total_pvt_dwell=5,324 | 2016_mean_hh_income=88,765 | 2016_access_date=2012-08-09 |2011_population=12,743 | 2011_pop_delta=+0.2 | 2011_land_area=280.23 | 2011_pop_density=45.5 |2011_median_age=44.9 | 2011_median_age_m=44.7 | 2011_median_age_f=45.1 |2011_total_pvt_dwell=5,174 | 2011_mean_hh_income= | 2011_access_date=2012-08-09 |2006_population=12,723 | 2006_pop_delta=+3.5 | 2006_land_area=280.22 | 2006_pop_density=45.4 |2006_median_age=42.5 | 2006_median_age_m=42.5 | 2006_median_age_f=42.6 |2006_total_pvt_dwell=5,115 | 2006_mean_hh_income=71,300 | 2006_access_date=2011-02-11 |2001_population=12,360 | 2001_pop_delta=+1.7 | 2001_land_area=283.45 | 2001_pop_density=43.6 |2001_median_age=40.3 | 2001_median_age_m=40.3 | 2001_median_age_f=40.4 |2001_total_pvt_dwell=4,832 |2001_mean_hh_income=54,836 | 2001_access_date=2011-02-11 }} {{Historical populations |align=centre |footnote=<ref>Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census</ref><ref name="cp2011-CE"/><ref name="census2016"/><br>2001 population would have been 12,293 when adjusted to 2006 boundaries |1996|12,156 |2001|12,360 |2006|12,773 |2011|12,743 |2016|12,607 }} {{wide image|Port Stanley Panorama.JPG|850px|A panorama of Port Stanley beach as seen from a Mackie's restaurant}}
==Education== {{expand section|date=July 2019|small=no}} The community of Sparta has a French-immersion public school. It was an English public school prior to fall 2018.<ref>{{cite web|author=Thompson, Nicole|url=https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/rural-school-closures-hit-some-communities-hard-main-parties-pledge-action-2|title=Rural school closures hit some communities hard, main parties pledge action|work=National Post|date=2018-06-02|accessdate=2019-07-31}}</ref>
==See also== *List of townships in Ontario
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="cp2011-CE">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3534020&Geo2=CD&Code2=3534&Data=Count&SearchText=Elgin&SearchType=Contains&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |title=Central Elgin census profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=2011 Census of Population |accessdate=2012-08-09 |archive-date=February 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202073001/http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3534020&Geo2=CD&Code2=3534&Data=Count&SearchText=Elgin&SearchType=Contains&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref> }}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{Official website|http://www.centralelgin.org/}}
{{Geographic location | Centre = Central Elgin | North = London | Northeast = Thames Centre | East = Malahide | Southeast = | South = ''Lake Erie'' | Southwest = | West = Southwold, St. Thomas | Northwest = }}
Category:Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario Category:Municipalities in Elgin County