Melancthon, Ontario

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Melancthon

| official_name = Township of Melancthon

| settlement_type = Township (lower-tier)

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| image_skyline = Melancthon ON 1.JPG

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| image_map = Melancthon within the Dufferin County.svg

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| map_caption = Melancthon Township within Dufferin County

| pushpin_map = Canada Southern Ontario

| pushpin_map_caption = Melancthon in southern Ontario

| coordinates = {{coord|44|9|N|80|16|W|region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{CAN}}

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = {{ON}}

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Dufferin

| established_title = Settled

| established_date = 1818

| established_title2 = Incorporated

| established_date2 = January 1, 1853

| government_type =

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Darren White

| leader_title1 = Federal riding

| leader_name1 = Dufferin—Caledon

| leader_title2 = Prov. riding

| leader_name2 = Dufferin—Caledon

| area_total_km2 =

| area_land_km2 = 310.79

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| population_as_of = 2016

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census: Melancthon, 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=3522019&Geo2=CD&Code2=3522&Data=Count&SearchText=melanc&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1 |publisher=Statistics Canada |accessdate=June 11, 2019}}

| population_total = 3,008

| population_density_km2= 9.7

| timezone = EST

| utc_offset = -5

| timezone_DST = EDT

| utc_offset_DST = -4

| postal_code_type = Postal Code

| postal_code = L9V

| area_code = 519, 226, 548

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| website = [http://melancthontownship.ca/ melancthontownship.ca]

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Melancthon is a rural Canadian township in the northwest corner of Dufferin County, Ontario, bordered on the east by Mulmur Township, Amaranth Township and East Luther Grand Valley to the south, Southgate Township to the west, and the Municipality of Grey Highlands to the north. The township does not include the town of Shelburne on its southern border. It has one of the lowest population densities in southwestern Ontario.

The primary industry of the township is farming, with limited beef, dairy, sheep and horse farming. It is also home to the Melancthon EcoPower Centre wind farm.

The township was founded in 1853 as a part of Grey County and transferred to Dufferin County in 1881. Township council currently comprises Mayor Darren White, Deputy Mayor James McLean, and three councillors.

File:Melancthon ON 2.JPG

Communities

The township of Melancthon comprises a number of villages and hamlets, including the following communities: Auguston, Corbetton, Horning's Mills, Masonville, Mayburne, Melancthon, Ostrander, Redickville, Riverview, Shrigley, and Wrigglesworth Corner.

Demographics

{{Historical populations

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|footnote=Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
Population in 2001 was 2,739 when boundary adjustments in 2006 were taken into account

|1991|2,447

|1996|2,607

|2001|2,796

|2006|2,895

|2011|2,839

|2016|3,008

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Melancthon had a population of {{val|3132|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|1035|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|1104|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:3132-3008}}|3008|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|3008|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|310.39|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|3132|310.39|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}}

References

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{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3522019&Geo2=CD&Code2=3522&Data=Count&SearchText=Melancthon&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |title=Melancthon, Ontario (Code 3522019) census profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=2011 Census of Population |accessdate=2012-08-14}}

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