Chatham-Kent
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Chatham-Kent (2021 population: 103,988) is a single-tier municipality in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is mostly rural, and its population centres are Chatham, Wallaceburg, Tilbury, Blenheim, Ridgetown, Wheatley and Dresden. The current Municipality of Chatham-Kent was created in 1998 by the amalgamation of Blenheim, Bothwell, Camden, the City of Chatham, the Township of Chatham, Dover, Dresden, Erie Beach, Erieau, Harwich, Highgate, Howard, Oxford, Raleigh, Ridgetown, Romney, Thamesville, Tilbury East, Tilbury, Wallaceburg, Wheatley and Zone.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Chatham-Kent
- Settlement.official_name
- Municipality of Chatham-Kent
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality (single-tier)
- Settlement.nicknames
- Classic Car Capital of Canada, The Maple City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Chatham_ON_1.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Downtown Chatham (2012) and 5th Street bridge over the Thames River
- Settlement.image_map
- Map of Ontario CHATHAM-KENT.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Canada
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ontario
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County (historical)
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kent
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Governing body
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- MPs
- Settlement.leader_title3
- MPPs
- Settlement.leader_name
- Darrin Canniff
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Chatham-Kent
The official site of the Municipality of Chatham-Kent. Chatham-Kent is a welcoming, diverse community with a population of over 110,000 located in Southwestern Ontario on the banks of Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair.
chatham-kent.ca →Link to the official site · 40,000 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Ontario
- Population
- 103988
- Area
- 2451.90
- Elevation
- 184
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Body of water
- Lake Erie
- Shares border with
- Middlesex County
- Location
- Southwestern Ontario
- Official website
- www.chatham-kent.ca/Pages/default.aspx
- Image
- Chatham ON 1.JPG
- Dialing code
- 226
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- Commons category
- Chatham-Kent
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Chatham-Kent
- topic's main category
- Category:Chatham-Kent
- postal code
- N0L - N8A
- inception
- 1998-01-01
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Chatham-Kent
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- twinned administrative body
- Harpers Ferry
- P12749
- Karasjok Municipality
- different from
- Chatham
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Encyclopedic overview
42 sectionsContents
- History
- Black population
- After slavery ended in the United States
- Later History
- Communities
- Geography
- Climate
- Adjacent townships and municipalities
- Demographics
- Ethnicity
- Language
- Economy and industry
- Agribusiness and chemical
- Automotive
- Energy
- Public sector
- Retail hub
- Attractions
- Arts and culture
- Health care
- Media
- Television stations
- Radio broadcast stations
- Print media
- Online media
- Education
- Elementary and secondary
- Post-secondary
- Sports
- Baseball
- Hockey
- Rugby Union football
- Transportation
- Road
- Rail
- Bus
- Air
- Notable people
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Chatham-Kent (2021 population: 103,988) is a single-tier municipality in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is mostly rural, and its population centres are Chatham, Wallaceburg, Tilbury, Blenheim, Ridgetown, Wheatley and Dresden. The current Municipality of Chatham-Kent was created in 1998 by the amalgamation of Blenheim, Bothwell, Camden, the City of Chatham, the Township of Chatham, Dover, Dresden, Erie Beach, Erieau, Harwich, Highgate, Howard, Oxford, Raleigh, Ridgetown, Romney, Thamesville, Tilbury East, Tilbury, Wallaceburg, Wheatley and Zone.
The Chatham-Kent census division, which includes the independent Delaware Nation at Moraviantown First Nation, had a population of 104,316 in the 2021 census.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chatham-Kent” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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