- Source: Malahide, Ontario
Malahide (Canada 2016 Census population 9,292) is a municipal township in Elgin County in southwestern Ontario, Canada.
History
Malahide Township was named for Malahide Castle in Malahide, Ireland, birthplace of land grant administrator Colonel Thomas Talbot in 1810. The village of Springfield was incorporated as a separate municipality in 1878.
The current municipality was formed in 1998 through an amalgamation of the original Township of Malahide, the former Township of South Dorchester and the former Village of Springfield.
The Ontario Police College is located in Malahide, at the site of the former Royal Canadian Air Force Station Aylmer, a training facility.
Communities
The township comprises the communities of Candyville, Crossley-Hunter, Copenhagen, Dunboyne, Fairview, Glencolin, Grovesend, Jaffa, Kingsmill, Lakeview, Little Aylmer, Luton, Lyons, Mile Corner, Mount Salem, Mount Vernon, Ormond Beach, Orwell, Port Bruce, Seville, Springfield, Summers Corners and Waneeta Beach.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Malahide had a population of 9,308 living in 3,013 of its 3,178 total private dwellings, a change of 0.2% from its 2016 population of 9,292. With a land area of 394.27 km2 (152.23 sq mi), it had a population density of 23.6/km2 (61.1/sq mi) in 2021.
See also
List of townships in Ontario
References
External links
Official website
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Daftar Seminari Katolik
- Malahide, Ontario
- List of census subdivisions in Ontario
- Orwell (disambiguation)
- Ontario Police College
- Mount Vernon (disambiguation)
- Calton, Ontario
- Aylmer, Ontario
- Mount Salem, Ontario
- Elgin East (federal electoral district)
- Larry Walker
