Huron East, Ontario


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The Municipality of Huron East is a Canadian municipality located in Huron County, Ontario. It was formed in 2001 as an amalgamation of the former Grey, McKillop and Tuckersmith townships with the town of Seaforth and village of Brussels, due to an Ontario-wide local government restructuring imposed by the government of that time. The municipality is structured as five wards based on the former townships, town and village.

Huron East

Municipality of Huron East
Seaforth

Seaforth

Huron East is located in Southern Ontario

Huron East

Huron East

Coordinates: 43°37′30″N 81°17′04″W / 43.625°N 81.2844°W
Country Canada
Province Ontario
CountyHuron
Settled1830s
Formed2001
Government
 • MayorBernie MacLellan
 • Deputy MayorAlvin McLellan
 • Federal ridingHuron—Bruce
 • Prov. ridingHuron—Bruce
Area
 • Land669.26 km2 (258.40 sq mi)
Population

 (2021)[2]

 • Total9,512
 • Density13.8/km2 (36/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal Code

N0K, N0G

Area code(s)519 and 226
Websitewww.huroneast.com Edit this at Wikidata

In January of 2022, then eighteen-year-old Justin Morrison became the youngest person in the history of Huron East to become a municipal councilor[3]

Besides the town of Seaforth and the village of Brussels, the municipality of Huron East comprises a number of villages and hamlets, including:

Notes
  1. ^ a b c Shared with the Municipality of Morris-Turnberry.
  2. ^ a b c Shared with the Municipality of North Perth, within Perth County.
  3. ^ a b c d Shared with the Municipality of West Perth, within Perth County.
  4. ^ a b Shared with the Municipality of Bluewater.
  5. ^ Partially shared with the Municipality of Bluewater; former village.
  6. ^ a b Shared with the Municipality of Central Huron.
Historical population
YearPop.±%
19969,937—    
20019,680−2.6%
20069,310−3.8%
20119,264−0.5%
20169,138−1.4%
20219,512+4.1%
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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Huron East had a population of 9,512 living in 3,707 of its 3,912 total private dwellings, a change of 4.1% from its 2016 population of 9,138. With a land area of 669.15 km2 (258.36 sq mi), it had a population density of 14.2/km2 (36.8/sq mi) in 2021.[6]