{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Southwest Middlesex | official_name = Municipality of Southwest Middlesex | settlement_type = Municipality (lower-tier) | nickname = | motto = | image_skyline = Wardsville ON.JPG | image_caption = Wardsville | image_flag = | flag_size = 120x100px | image_shield = | shield_size = 100x90px | image_map = | mapsize = 200px | map_caption = | pushpin_map = CAN ON Middlesex#Canada Southern Ontario | coordinates = {{coord|42|45|N|81|42|W|region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{CAN}} | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = {{ON}} | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Middlesex | established_title = Settled | established_date = | established_title2 = Formed | established_date2 = January 1, 2001 | government_type = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Allan Mayhew | leader_title1 = Federal riding | leader_name1 = Middlesex—London | leader_title2 = Prov. riding | leader_name2 = Lambton—Kent—Middlesex | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = 427.88 | area_water_km2 = | area_footnotes = <ref name="census2016"/> | population_as_of = 2016 | population_footnotes = <ref name="census2016">{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census: Southwest Middlesex, 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=3539005&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&SearchText=southwest&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |publisher=Statistics Canada |accessdate=June 20, 2019}}</ref> | population_total = 5723 | population_density_km2 = 13.4 | timezone = EST | utc_offset = -5 | timezone_DST = EDT | utc_offset_DST = -4 | postal_code_type = Postal Code | postal_code = N0L, N0M | area_codes = 519 and 226 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | website = [http://www.southwestmiddlesex.ca/ www.southwestmiddlesex.ca] | footnotes = }}

'''Southwest Middlesex''' is a municipality in Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.

The restructured municipality of Southwest Middlesex was incorporated on January 1, 2001. This amalgamation joined the Village of Glencoe and the Village of Wardsville with the Townships of Ekfrid and Mosa. Southwest Middlesex had a population of 5,723 in the Canada 2016 Census. Southwest Middlesex is located in the southwest corner of Middlesex County.

==Communities==

The township includes the communities of Appin, Ekfrid, Glencoe, Lewis Corners, Macksville, Mayfair, Newbury Station, North Appin Station, North Ekfrid, North Glencoe Station, Riverside, Strathburn, Tait’s Corners, Wardsville and Woodgreen. It surrounds, but does not include, the independent village of Newbury. The township administrative offices are located in Glencoe.

Wardsville was the site of the Battle of Longwoods during the War of 1812.

== Demographics == In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Southwest Middlesex had a population of {{val|5893|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|2407|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|2503|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:5893-5723}}|5723|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|5723|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|427.82|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|5893|427.82|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=Southwest Middlesex |2016_population=5,723 | 2016_pop_delta=-2.3 | 2016_land_area=427.88 | 2016_pop_density=13.4 |2016_median_age=46.3 | 2016_median_age_m=46.1 | 2016_median_age_f=46.7 |2016_total_pvt_dwell=2,505 | 2016_mean_hh_income=64,000 | 2016_access_date=2019-06-20 |2011_population=5,860 | 2011_pop_delta=-0.5 | 2011_land_area=427.97 | 2011_pop_density=13.7 |2011_median_age=45.3 | 2011_median_age_m=44.8 | 2011_median_age_f=45.9 |2011_total_pvt_dwell=2,470 | 2011_mean_hh_income= | 2011_access_date=2012-07-23 |2006_population=5,890 | 2006_pop_delta=-4.1 | 2006_land_area=427.92 | 2006_pop_density=13.8 |2006_median_age=42.2 | 2006_median_age_m=41.5 | 2006_median_age_f=42.8 |2006_total_pvt_dwell=2,402 | 2006_mean_hh_income=52,927 | 2006_access_date=2011-02-16 |2001_population=6,144 | 2001_pop_delta=-1.0 | 2001_land_area=427.92 | 2001_pop_density=14.4 |2001_median_age=38.9 | 2001_median_age_m=38.4 | 2001_median_age_f=39.6 |2001_total_pvt_dwell=2,371 | 2001_mean_hh_income=49,687 | 2001_access_date=2011-02-16 }} {{Historical populations |title = |type = Canada |align = centre |percentages = |footnote = <ref>Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census</ref><ref name="swm2011"/><ref name="census2016"/> |1996| 6204 |2001| 6144 |2006| 5890 |2011| 5860 |2016| 5723 }}

==See also== *List of townships in Ontario

==References== <references> <ref name="swm2011">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3539005&Geo2=CD&Code2=3539&Data=Count&SearchText=Southwest&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |title=Southwest Middlesex census profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=2011 Census of Population |date=8 February 2012 |accessdate=2012-07-23}}</ref> </references> * Stott, Greg. ''Been to North Ekfrid Lately?": the Story of a Crossroads Community in Ontario'', Arkona, Ontario: G. Stott Publishing, 2002

==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{official website|http://www.southwestmiddlesex.ca}}

{{Geographic location | Centre = Southwest Middlesex<br>{{nobold|(surrounds Newbury)}} | North = Adelaide Metcalfe | Northeast = Strathroy-Caradoc | East = {{nowrap|Chippewas of the Thames First Nation 42,}} {{nowrap|Munsee-Delaware Nation 1}} | Southeast = Dutton/Dunwich | South = West Elgin | Southwest = Chatham-Kent | West = Dawn-Euphemia | Northwest = Brooke-Alvinston }}

Category:Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario Category:Municipalities in Middlesex County, Ontario