Dawn-Euphemia

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Dawn-Euphemia

| official_name = Township of Dawn-Euphemia

| settlement_type = Township (lower-tier)

| nickname =

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| image_skyline = Dawn-Euphemia 1.JPG

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| shield_size = 100x90px

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| pushpin_map = CAN ON Lambton#Canada Southern Ontario

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| coordinates = {{coord|42|42|N|82|01|W|region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{CAN}}

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = {{ON}}

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Lambton

| established_title = Settled

| established_date =

| established_title2 = Formed

| established_date2 = 2001

| government_type =

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Alan Broad

| leader_title1 = Federal riding

| leader_name1 = Lambton—Kent—Middlesex

| leader_title2 = Prov. riding

| leader_name2 = Lambton—Kent—Middlesex

| area_total_km2 =

| area_land_km2 = 445.12

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| population_as_of = 2016

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census: Dawn-Euphemia, Township | date=8 February 2017 |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3538007&Geo2=CD&Code2=3538&Data=Count&SearchText=dawn&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=June 17, 2019}}

| population_total = 1967

| population_density_km2 = 4.4

| timezone = EST

| utc_offset = -5

| timezone_DST = EDT

| utc_offset_DST = -4

| postal_code_type = Postal Code

| postal_code = N0N

| area_code = 519, 226, 548

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| website = [http://www.dawneuphemia.ca www.dawneuphemia.ca]

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Dawn-Euphemia is a township in southwestern Ontario, Canada, in Lambton County. Residents primarily are employed by the agricultural industry, or by local industries such as Union Gas distribution centre, along with various smaller agricultural manufacturers or service providers. The township municipal office is located in Rutherford.

Major transportation routes include Cairo Road and Oil Heritage Road directed north–south, and Bentpath Line and Lambton Line running east–west. One elementary school serves the area, Dawn-Euphemia School. Students attend secondary school in nearby Petrolia and Dresden, both of which serve as local service centres for residents.

Communities

The township comprises the communities of Aberfeldy, Aughrim, Beaver Meadow, Bentpath, Cairo, Cuthbert, Dawn, Dawn Valley, Edys Mills, Florence, Garville, Huffs Corners, Langbank, Oakdale, Rutherford and Shetland.

History

The Western Ontario Pacific Railway was constructed through the southeastern corner of the township in 1890. The Western Ontario Pacific was an arm's length subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway, which sought to connect its railway empire directly to Windsor and Detroit, rather than through the American-owned Canada Southern Railway at St. Thomas.{{cite web |url=http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/CPR_London/history_Main.htm |title=Canadian Pacific Railway London Division |website=Old Time Trains |first=R. L. |last=Kennedy |access-date=November 9, 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.trha.ca/trha/history/railways/credit-valley-railway/ |title=Credit Valley Railway |first=Derek |last=Boles |publisher=Toronto Railway Historical Association |access-date=November 9, 2022}}

The Township of Dawn-Euphemia was formed in 2001 from a merger of the Township of Dawn, and Township of Euphemia.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Dawn-Euphemia had a population of {{val|1968|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|766|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|824|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:1968-1967}}|1967|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|1967|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|445.14|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|1968|445.14|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000235 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=April 2, 2022}}

{{Canada census

|location = Dawn-Euphemia

|2021_population=1,968 | 2021_pop_delta=+0.1 | 2021_land_area=445.14 | 2021_pop_density=4.4

|2021_median_age=43.6 | 2021_median_age_m=42.8 | 2021_median_age_f=44.8

|2021_total_pvt_dwell=824 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=766 |2021_mean_hh_income=83,000

|2021_geocode=2021A00053538007 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19

|2016_population=1,967 | 2016_pop_delta=-4.0 | 2016_land_area=445.12 | 2016_pop_density=4.4

|2016_median_age=43.4 | 2016_median_age_m=42.8 | 2016_median_age_f=44.1

|2016_total_pvt_dwell=843 | 2016_mean_hh_income=70,571 | 2016_access_date=2019-06-17

|2011_population=2,049 | 2011_pop_delta=-6.4 | 2011_land_area=445.13 | 2011_pop_density=4.6

|2011_median_age=43.1 | 2011_median_age_m=42.2 | 2011_median_age_f=44.1

|2011_total_pvt_dwell=866 | 2011_mean_hh_income= | 2011_access_date=2012-08-08

|2006_population=2,190 | 2006_pop_delta=-7.6 | 2006_land_area=445.05 | 2006_pop_density=4.9

|2006_median_age=40.9 | 2006_median_age_m=40.5 | 2006_median_age_f=41.1

|2006_total_pvt_dwell=869 | 2006_mean_hh_income=49,451 | 2006_access_date=2012-08-08

|2001_population=2,369 | 2001_pop_delta=-8.1 | 2001_land_area=445.05 | 2001_pop_density=5.3

|2001_median_age=38.4 | 2001_median_age_m=38.3 | 2001_median_age_f=38.5

|2001_total_pvt_dwell=905 | 2001_mean_hh_income=44,996 | 2001_access_date=2012-08-08

}}

{{Historical populations

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|footnote=Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

|1996| 2577

|2001| 2369

|2006| 2190

|2011| 2049

|2016| 1967

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File:Dawn-Euphemia 2.JPG

References

External links

{{official website|http://www.dawneuphemia.ca}}

{{Geographic location

| Centre = Dawn-Euphemia

| North = Enniskillen, Brooke-Alvinston

| East = Southwest Middlesex

| South = Chatham-Kent

| West = St. Clair

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Category:Township municipalities in Ontario

Category:Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario

Category:Municipalities in Lambton County