Leamington is a municipality in Essex County

Essex County, Ontario

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, southern Ontario

Southern Ontario

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, Canada, and has a population of 31,113. It includes Point Pelee, the southernmost point of mainland Canada. It has a large H. J. Heinz Company

H. J. Heinz Company

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 factory and is known as the "Tomato

Tomato

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 Capital of Canada", with 4 km² of this crop in the vicinity. It also lays claim to being the "Sun Parlour" of Canada due to its southern location.
Leamington was incorporated as a village in 1876.