Chatham-Kent
Chatham-Kent (2021 population: 104,316) 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, Orford, Raleigh, Ridgetown, Duart, Thamesville, Tilbury East, Tilbury, Wallaceburg, Wheatley and Zone.
Chatham-Kent | |
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| Municipality of Chatham-Kent | |
Thames River in Chatham | |
| Nickname(s): Classic Car Capital of Canada, The Maple City | |
| Coordinates: 42°24′00″N 82°11′00″W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| County (historical) | Kent |
| Formed by political merger | 1998 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Darrin Canniff |
| • Governing body | Chatham-Kent Municipal Council |
| • MPs | Lianne Rood (CPC) Dave Epp (CPC) |
| • MPPs | Trevor Jones (PC) Monte McNaughton (PC) |
| Area | |
| • Land | 2,457.90 km2 (949.00 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 198 m (650 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Municipality | 104,316 (Ranked 53rd) |
| • Density | 41.4/km2 (107/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 45,171 (Chatham) 10,098 (Wallaceburg) 4,809 (Tilbury) |
| • Demonym | Chathamite |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Forward sortation area | |
| Area code(s) | 519, 226, 548 |
| Website | www |
The Chatham-Kent census division, which includes the independent Delaware Nation at Moraviantown First Nation, had a population of 102,042 in the 2016 census.
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