Perth East, Ontario
Encyclopedia
The Township of Perth East is municipality
located in Perth County
, Ontario
, Canada
and situated north of Stratford
.
Milverton is the major community of the township, where the municipal administration is based. The mayor is Ian Forrest, who was elected in November, 2006.
Perth East was created in 1998 after the Ontario government imposed amalgamation on many local governments throughout the province. The village of Milverton was combined with the surrounding former townships of Ellice, Mornington, North Easthope and South Easthope.
The population in 2006 was 12,041 in an area of 715.07 km².
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 3885 (total dwellings: 4004)
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
located in Perth County
Perth County, Ontario
Perth County is a census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. The county seat is Stratford and is located in Southwestern Ontario, west of Toronto. It encompasses , 90% of which is classified as prime agricultural land...
, Ontario
Ontario
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, Canada
Canada
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and situated north of Stratford
Stratford, Ontario
Stratford is a city on the Avon River in Perth County in southwestern Ontario, Canada with a population of 32,000.When the area was first settled by Europeans in 1832, the townsite and the river were named after Stratford-upon-Avon, England. It is the seat of Perth County. Stratford was...
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Milverton is the major community of the township, where the municipal administration is based. The mayor is Ian Forrest, who was elected in November, 2006.
Perth East was created in 1998 after the Ontario government imposed amalgamation on many local governments throughout the province. The village of Milverton was combined with the surrounding former townships of Ellice, Mornington, North Easthope and South Easthope.
The population in 2006 was 12,041 in an area of 715.07 km².
Settlements
- AmulreeAmulree, OntarioAmulree is a community in the Township of Perth East, Perth County, Ontario, Canada. It lies northeast of Stratford and west of Kitchener. Silver Creek runs past the community....
- Brocksden
- BrunnerBrunner, OntarioBrunner is a community in the Township of Perth East, Perth County, Ontario, Canada. It lies north of Stratford on Perth County Road 119. Topping is the nearest community, east, and Milverton is north. The Stratford and Huron Railway, later part of Canadian National Railway, passes through the...
- Burns
- CarthageCarthage, OntarioCarthage is a community in the Township of Perth East, Perth County, Ontario, Canada. It lies north of Milverton on Perth County Road 119 at 83rd Line. Tralee is the nearest community, north, Burns is south, and Hesson is east. Smith Creek passes through the community....
- Dorking
- Fernbank
- Gads Hill
- Hesson
- Kinkora
- Kuhryville
- Mennonite Corner
- Millbank
- Milverton
- Moserville
- Newton
- Peffers
- Poole
- Ratzburg
- Rostock
- Sebastopol
- Topping
- Tralee
- Wartburg
Demographics
Population trend:- Population in 2006: 12,041 (2001 to 2006 population change: -0.6 %)
- Population in 2001: 12,218 (or 12,119 when adjusted for 2006 boundaries)
- Population in 1996: 12,089
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 3885 (total dwellings: 4004)