Dutton/Dunwich

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Dutton/Dunwich

| official_name = Municipality of Dutton/Dunwich

| settlement_type = Municipality (lower-tier)

| nickname =

| motto =

| image_skyline = Dutton-Dunwich ON.JPG

| image_caption = Dutton/Dunwich Municipal Hall

| image_flag =

| flag_size = 120x100px

| image_shield =

| shield_size = 100x90px

| image_map =

| mapsize = 200px

| map_caption =

| pushpin_map = Canada Southern Ontario

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in southern Ontario

| pushpin_mapsize =

| pushpin_label_position=top

| coordinates = {{coord|42|40|N|81|30|W|region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{CAN}}

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = {{ON}}

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Elgin

| established_title = Settled

| established_date =

| established_title2 = Formed

| established_date2 = 1998

| government_type =

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Mike Hentz

| leader_title1 = Federal riding

| leader_name1 = Elgin—Middlesex—London

| leader_title2 = Prov. riding

| leader_name2 = Elgin—Middlesex—London

| area_total_km2 =

| area_land_km2 = 294.58

| area_water_km2 =

| area_footnotes =

| population_as_of = 2016

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census: Dutton/Dunwich, Municipality |date = 8 February 2017|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3534030&Geo2=CD&Code2=3534&Data=Count&SearchText=dutton&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1 |publisher=Statistics Canada |accessdate=June 12, 2019}}

| population_total = 3866

| population_density_km2=13.1

| timezone = EST

| utc_offset = -5

| timezone_DST = EDT

| utc_offset_DST = -4

| postal_code_type = Postal Code

| postal_code = N0L

| area_code = 519 and 226

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| website = {{URL|http://www.duttondunwich.on.ca/}}

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File:Dutton ON.JPG

Dutton/Dunwich is a municipality located in western Elgin County in Southwestern Ontario, Canada.

The municipality was formed in 1998 through an amalgamation of the Village of Dutton and former Township of Dunwich. It includes the Hamlets of Wallacetown, Duttona Beach, and the western parts of both Iona and Iona Station. It is bisected both by Highway 401 and by the rail lines of the Penn Central Railroad and the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway.{{cite web |url=http://www.elginconnects.ca/portal/entry.php?w=DuttonDunwichOfficialPlanMunicipalityofDuttonDunwich&e_id=2052 |title=Official Plan-Municipality of Dutton/Dunwich |date=2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527162402/http://www.elginconnects.ca/portal/entry.php?w=DuttonDunwichOfficialPlanMunicipalityofDuttonDunwich&e_id=2052 |archivedate=May 27, 2011}}

Dutton/Dunwich has a large farming community involving a variety of agricultural methods. The region is primarily made up of inhabitants of English ancestry, with minorities of Scottish, Portuguese, and Dutch heritage.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Dutton/Dunwich had a population of {{val|4152|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|1596|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|1677|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:4152-3866}}|3866|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|3866|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|294.38|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|4152|294.38|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=March 31, 2022}}

{{Canada census

|location = Dutton/Dunwich

|2021_population=4,152 | 2021_pop_delta=+7.4 | 2021_land_area=294.38 | 2021_pop_density=14.1

|2021_median_age=44.0 | 2021_median_age_m=42.0 | 2021_median_age_f=45.6

|2021_total_pvt_dwell=1,677 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=1,596 |2021_mean_hh_income=90,000

|2021_geocode=2021A00053534030 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19

|2016_population=3,866 | 2016_pop_delta=-0.3 | 2016_land_area=294.58 | 2016_pop_density=13.1

|2016_median_age=45.4 | 2016_median_age_m=44.7 | 2016_median_age_f=46.1

|2016_total_pvt_dwell=1,556 | 2016_mean_hh_income=73,312 | 2016_access_date=2019-06-12

|2011_population=3,876 | 2011_pop_delta=+1.4 | 2011_land_area=294.64 | 2011_pop_density=13.2

|2011_median_age=43.2 | 2011_median_age_m=42.1 | 2011_median_age_f=44.2

|2011_total_pvt_dwell=1,495 | 2011_mean_hh_income= | 2011_access_date=2012-07-16

|2006_population=3,821 | 2006_pop_delta=+3.4 | 2006_land_area=294.63 | 2006_pop_density=13.0

|2006_median_age=40.0 | 2006_median_age_m=39.3 | 2006_median_age_f=40.6

|2006_total_pvt_dwell=1,456 | 2006_mean_hh_income=60,226 | 2006_access_date=2011-02-14

|2001_population=3,696 | 2001_pop_delta=+2.6 | 2001_land_area=294.63 | 2001_pop_density=12.5

|2001_median_age=38.5 | 2001_median_age_m=38.1 | 2001_median_age_f=38.9

|2001_total_pvt_dwell=1,453 | 2001_mean_hh_income=48,125 | 2001_access_date=2011-02-14

}}

{{Historical populations

|align=centre

|footnote=Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census

|1996|3,603

|2001|3,696

|2006|3,821

|2011|3,876

|2016|3,866

|2021|4,152

}}

Education

Dunwich-Dutton Public School is located in the village of Dutton, and managed by the Thames Valley District School Board. The school was built in 1927 and was a high school, until June 1952. It became a K-8 school in January 1953, and was restructured again in September 1973, from when it has educated in K-6.In 2016 the school was once again changed to a JK-8 school following the closure of WESES.{{cite web |title=Dunwich-Dutton Public School|url=https://dunwichdutton.tvdsb.ca/en/index.aspx?subpage=81284 |accessdate=June 12, 2019}}

Tyrconnell

Tyrconnell is a ghost town located south of Wallacetown. Settled in 1809, the mill settlement lost out to Port Burwell and Port Stanley when railways extended to the area in the 1850s.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ontarioabandonedplaces.com/ontario/elgin-county/tyrconnell-ghost-town|title=Tyrconnell (Ghost Town)}}

Notable people

John Kenneth Galbraith, (Scholar, and economic adviser to U.S. President John F. Kennedy) was born in Iona Station, Ontario in 1908 and died 2006.
Ellis Wellwood Sifton VC (12 October 1891 – 9 April 1917) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces, earned at the Battle of Vimy Ridge.
James Dunn (b. 2000), member of Canada's 2018 Paralympic Hockey Team, is from the hamlet of Wallacetown.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/team-canada/men/sledge/2018-paralympics/stats/player-profile?playerid=1008|title=Para Hockey Player Profile|website=www.hockeycanada.ca|access-date=2018-03-09}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.stthomastimesjournal.com/2018/02/20/wallacetown-teen-17-youngest-on-canadas-paralympic-hockey-team|title=Olympic dream come true|last=nurun.com|website=St. Thomas Times-Journal|language=en-CA|access-date=2018-03-09}}
Elaine Keillor (b. 1939), C.M., ARCT, PhD., Hon. Mus. Doc. lived in Wallacetown until her marriage in 1963.