{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Dutton/Dunwich | official_name = Municipality of Dutton/Dunwich | settlement_type = [[List of municipalities in Ontario|Municipality]] ([[List of municipalities in Ontario#Lower-tier municipalities|lower-tier]]) | nickname = | motto = | image_skyline = Dutton-Dunwich ON.JPG | image_caption = Dutton/Dunwich Municipal Hall | image_flag = | flag_size = 120x100px | image_shield = | shield_size = 100x90px | image_map = | mapsize = 200px | map_caption = | pushpin_map = CAN ON Elgin#Canada Southern Ontario | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Elgin County | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_label_position = top | coordinates = {{coord|42|40|N|81|30|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 County|Elgin]] | established_title = Settled | established_date = | established_title2 = Formed | established_date2 = 1998 | government_type = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Mike Hentz | leader_title1 = Federal riding | leader_name1 = [[Elgin—St. Thomas—London South]] | leader_title2 = Prov. riding | leader_name2 = [[Elgin—Middlesex—London (provincial electoral district)|Elgin—Middlesex—London]] | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = 294.58 | area_water_km2 = | area_footnotes = <ref name="census2016"/> | population_as_of = 2016 | population_footnotes = <ref name="census2016">{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census: Dutton/Dunwich, Municipality |date = 8 February 2017|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3534030&Geo2=CD&Code2=3534&Data=Count&SearchText=dutton&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1 |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |accessdate=June 12, 2019}}</ref> | population_total = 3866 | population_density_km2 = 13.1 | timezone = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]] | utc_offset = -5 | timezone_DST = [[Eastern Time Zone|EDT]] | utc_offset_DST = -4 | postal_code_type = [[Postal codes in Canada|Postal Code]] | postal_code = N0L | area_codes = [[Area codes 519 and 226|519 and 226]] | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | website = {{URL|http://www.duttondunwich.on.ca/}} | footnotes = }} [[File:Dutton ON.JPG|right|thumb|260px|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 [[Dutton, Ontario|Village of Dutton]] and former Township of Dunwich. It includes the Hamlets of Wallacetown, Duttona Beach, and the western parts of both [[Iona, Ontario|Iona]] and [[Iona Station, Ontario|Iona Station]]. It is bisected both by [[Highway 401]] and by the rail lines of the [[Penn Central Railroad]] and the [[Chesapeake & Ohio Railway]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elginconnects.ca/portal/entry.php?w=DuttonDunwichOfficialPlanMunicipalityofDuttonDunwich&e_id=2052 |title=Official Plan-Municipality of Dutton/Dunwich |date=2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527162402/http://www.elginconnects.ca/portal/entry.php?w=DuttonDunwichOfficialPlanMunicipalityofDuttonDunwich&e_id=2052 |archivedate=May 27, 2011}}</ref>
Dutton/Dunwich has a large farming community involving a variety of agricultural methods. The region is primarily made up of inhabitants of [[England|English]] ancestry, with minorities of [[Scotland|Scottish]],<!-- local usage is Scotch, not Scotish --> [[Portugal|Portuguese]], and [[Netherlands|Dutch]] heritage.
== Demographics == In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Dutton/Dunwich had a population of {{val|4152|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|1596|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|1677|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:4152-3866}}|3866|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|3866|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|294.38|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|4152|294.38|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 = Dutton/Dunwich |2021_population=4,152 | 2021_pop_delta=+7.4 | 2021_land_area=294.38 | 2021_pop_density=14.1 |2021_median_age=44.0 | 2021_median_age_m=42.0 | 2021_median_age_f=45.6 |2021_total_pvt_dwell=1,677 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=1,596 |2021_mean_hh_income=90,000 |2021_geocode=2021A00053534030 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19 |2016_population=3,866 | 2016_pop_delta=-0.3 | 2016_land_area=294.58 | 2016_pop_density=13.1 |2016_median_age=45.4 | 2016_median_age_m=44.7 | 2016_median_age_f=46.1 |2016_total_pvt_dwell=1,556 | 2016_mean_hh_income=73,312 | 2016_access_date=2019-06-12 |2011_population=3,876 | 2011_pop_delta=+1.4 | 2011_land_area=294.64 | 2011_pop_density=13.2 |2011_median_age=43.2 | 2011_median_age_m=42.1 | 2011_median_age_f=44.2 |2011_total_pvt_dwell=1,495 | 2011_mean_hh_income= | 2011_access_date=2012-07-16 |2006_population=3,821 | 2006_pop_delta=+3.4 | 2006_land_area=294.63 | 2006_pop_density=13.0 |2006_median_age=40.0 | 2006_median_age_m=39.3 | 2006_median_age_f=40.6 |2006_total_pvt_dwell=1,456 | 2006_mean_hh_income=60,226 | 2006_access_date=2011-02-14 |2001_population=3,696 | 2001_pop_delta=+2.6 | 2001_land_area=294.63 | 2001_pop_density=12.5 |2001_median_age=38.5 | 2001_median_age_m=38.1 | 2001_median_age_f=38.9 |2001_total_pvt_dwell=1,453 | 2001_mean_hh_income=48,125 | 2001_access_date=2011-02-14 }} {{Historical populations |align=centre |footnote=<ref>Statistics Canada: [[Canada 1996 Census|1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census|2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census|2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census|2011]] census</ref><ref name="census2016"/> |[[Canada 1996 Census|1996]]|3,603 |[[Canada 2001 Census|2001]]|3,696 |[[Canada 2006 Census|2006]]|3,821 |[[Canada 2011 Census|2011]]|3,876 |[[Canada 2016 Census|2016]]|3,866 |[[Canada 2021 Census|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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dunwich-Dutton Public School|url=https://dunwichdutton.tvdsb.ca/en/index.aspx?subpage=81284 |accessdate=June 12, 2019}}</ref>
== Scottish heritage == The area of Dutton has meny Scottish inhabitants. This is due to the Lopez family. In 1933 George Lopez moved away from Scotland to find new cheap land to grow potatoes. George later on married Christine Marrie and had 3 children. The 3 kids still to this day carries on the legacy of farming potatoes with the grandson Kareem Lopez in charge of the agriculture. <ref>Added because of the great Scottish influence of George Lopez in the area</ref>
==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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ontarioabandonedplaces.com/ontario/elgin-county/tyrconnell-ghost-town|title=Tyrconnell (Ghost Town)}}</ref>
==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 [[Canadians|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/team-canada/men/sledge/2018-paralympics/stats/player-profile?playerid=1008|title=Para Hockey Player Profile|website=www.hockeycanada.ca|access-date=2018-03-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stthomastimesjournal.com/2018/02/20/wallacetown-teen-17-youngest-on-canadas-paralympic-hockey-team|title=Olympic dream come true|last=nurun.com|website=St. Thomas Times-Journal|language=en-CA|access-date=2018-03-09}}</ref> * [[Elaine Keillor]] (b. 1939), C.M., ARCT, PhD., Hon. Mus. Doc. lived in Wallacetown until her marriage in 1963. * George Lopez (b. 1907), Scottish influence in the area and local potato farmer. * Kareem Lopez (b. 1999), Son of George lopez and in charge of the Scottish potato agriculture in the area.
==See also== *[[List of townships in Ontario]]
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *{{Official website|http://www.duttondunwich.on.ca/}}
{{Geographic location | Centre = Dutton/Dunwich | North = [[Chippewas of the Thames First Nation 42]]<br>''[[Thames River (Ontario)|Thames River]]'' | Northeast = [[Southwold, Ontario|Southwold]] | East = | Southeast = ''[[Lake Erie]]'' | South = | Southwest = [[West Elgin, Ontario|West Elgin]] | West = | Northwest = [[Southwest Middlesex, Ontario|Southwest Middlesex]]<br>''[[Thames River (Ontario)|Thames River]]'' }}
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