{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Thames Centre | official_name = Municipality of Thames Centre | settlement_type = [[List of municipalities in Ontario|Municipality]] ([[List of municipalities in Ontario#Lower-tier municipalities|lower-tier]]) | nickname = | motto = | image_skyline = Thames Centre ON.JPG | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = 120x100px | image_shield = | shield_size = 100x90px | image_map = | mapsize = 200px | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Canada Southern Ontario | coordinates = {{coord|format=dms|region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{CAN}} | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = {{ON}} | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = [[Middlesex County, Ontario|Middlesex]] | established_title = Settled | established_date = | established_title2 = Formed | established_date2 = January 1, 2001 | government_type = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Sharron McMillan | leader_title1 = Federal riding | leader_name1 = [[Middlesex—London]] | leader_title2 = Prov. riding | leader_name2 = [[Elgin—Middlesex—London (provincial electoral district)|Elgin—Middlesex—London]] | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = 433.95 | area_water_km2 = | area_footnotes = <ref name="cp2011a"/> | population_as_of = 2016 | population_footnotes = <ref name="census2016">{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census: Thames Centre, 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=3539027&Geo2=CD&Code2=3539&SearchText=thames&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |publisher=Statistics Canada |accessdate=June 20, 2019}}</ref> | population_total = 13191 | population_density_km2=30.4 | 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 = {{Official URL}} | footnotes = }}
'''Thames Centre''' is a municipality in [[Middlesex County, Ontario|Middlesex County]], [[Ontario]], Canada, directly east of the [[London, Ontario|City of London]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-25 |title=About Thames Centre {{!}} Thames Centre |url=https://www.thamescentre.on.ca/explore/about-thames-centre |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=www.thamescentre.on.ca |language=en}}</ref> It was formed on January 1, 2001, when the townships of '''West Nissouri''' and '''North Dorchester''' were amalgamated.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thames Centre, ON - Overview |url=https://townfolio.co/on/thames-centre/overview |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=Townfolio |language=en}}</ref> It is part of the [[London, Ontario|London]] [[census metropolitan area]].
Thames Centre includes the [[Degree Confluence Project|Degree Confluence]] of 43N 81W.
==Communities== Communities in the township include: Avon, Belton, Cherry Grove, Crampton, Cobble Hill, Derwent, Devizes, Dorchester, Evelyn, Fanshawe Lake, Friendly Corners, Gladstone, Harrietsville, Kelly Station, Mossley, Nilestown, Oliver, Putnam, Salmonville, Silvermoon, Thorndale (mayor - John Fluttert), Three Bridges, and Wellburn.
=== Dorchester === [[File:Dorchester ON.JPG|thumb|left|220px|Dorchester]] Dorchester is the residential and commercial core of the township.
== Demographics == In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Thames Centre had a population of {{val|13980|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|5186|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|5316|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:13980-13191}}|13191|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|13191|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|433.99|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|13980|433.99|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 |2016_population=13,191 | 2016_pop_delta=+1.5 | 2016_land_area=433.99 | 2016_pop_density=30.4 |2016_median_age=45.1 | 2016_median_age_m=45.1 | 2016_median_age_f=45.1 |2016_total_pvt_dwell=5,162| 2016_mean_hh_income=94,906 | 2016_access_date=2019-06-20 |2011_population=13,000 | 2011_pop_delta=-0.6 | 2011_land_area=433.95 | 2011_pop_density=30.0 |2011_median_age=43.9 | 2011_median_age_m=43.9 | 2011_median_age_f=43.9 |2011_total_pvt_dwell=4,836 | 2011_mean_hh_income= | 2011_access_date=2012-08-08 |2006_population=13,085 | 2006_pop_delta=+4.9 | 2006_land_area=433.80 | 2006_pop_density=30.2 |2006_median_age=41.0 | 2006_median_age_m=40.6 | 2006_median_age_f=41.3 |2006_total_pvt_dwell=4,695 | 2006_mean_hh_income=79,299 | 2006_access_date=2011-02-14 |2001_population=12,473 | 2001_pop_delta=+2.9 | 2001_land_area=433.80 | 2001_pop_density=28.8 |2001_median_age=38.9 | 2001_median_age_m=38.8 | 2001_median_age_f=39.0 |2001_total_pvt_dwell=4,416 | 2001_mean_hh_income=66,675 | 2001_access_date=2011-02-14 }} {{Historical populations |title = Thames Centre population history |type = Canada |align = centre |width = |shading = |percentages = |footnote = <ref>Statistics Canada: [[Canada 1996 Census|1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census|2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census|2006]] census</ref><ref name=cp2011a/><ref name="census2016"/> |[[Canada 1996 Census|1996]]| 12126 |[[Canada 2001 Census|2001]]| 12473 |[[Canada 2006 Census|2006]]| 13085 |[[Canada 2011 Census|2011]]| 13000 |[[Canada 2016 Census|2016]]| 13191 }}
==See also== *[[Lake Whitaker]] *[[List of townships in Ontario]]
==References== <references> <ref name="cp2011a">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3539027&Geo2=CD&Code2=3539&Data=Count&SearchText=thames%20centre&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |title=Thames Centre census profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=[[Canada 2011 Census|2011 Census of Population]] |date=8 February 2012 |accessdate=2012-08-08}}</ref> </references>
==External links== *{{Commons category-inline}} *{{official website|https://www.thamescentre.on.ca}}
{{Geographic location | Centre = Thames Centre | North = [[Perth South, Ontario|Perth South]] | Northeast = | East = [[Zorra]]<br>[[South-West Oxford]] | Southeast = | South = [[Central Elgin, Ontario|Central Elgin]], [[Malahide, Ontario|Malahide]] | Southwest = | West = [[Middlesex Centre]]<br>[[London, Ontario|London]] | Northwest = [[Lucan Biddulph]] }}
[[Category:Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario]] [[Category:Municipalities in Middlesex County, Ontario]]