Warwick, Ontario

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Warwick

| official_name = Township of Warwick

| settlement_type = Township (lower-tier)

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| image_skyline = Warwick ON 1.JPG

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| pushpin_map = CAN ON Lambton#Canada Southern Ontario

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| coordinates = {{coord|43|00|N|81|53.5|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 = 1830s

| established_title2 = Formed

| established_date2 = 2001

| government_type =

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Todd Case

| leader_title1 = Federal riding

| leader_name1 = Lambton—Kent—Middlesex

| leader_title2 = Prov. riding

| leader_name2 = Lambton—Kent—Middlesex

| area_total_km2 =

| area_land_km2 = 290.20

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| population_as_of = 2016

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census: Warwick, 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=3538043&Geo2=CD&Code2=3538&Data=Count&SearchText=warwick&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=June 17, 2019}}

| population_total = 3692

| population_density_km2=12.7

| timezone = EST

| utc_offset = -5

| timezone_DST = EDT

| utc_offset_DST = -4

| postal_code_type = Postal Code

| postal_code = N0M 2S0

| area_code = 519, 226, 548

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Warwick is a rural township in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada, with a population (2016) of 3,692.

Bisected by the Egremont Road that was surveyed to link London with the Lake Huron shoreline in 1832, the township began to attract settlers including those helped by charitable organizations, such as Lord Sheffield's Petworth settlers, and retired soldiers from the British Army. A village by the same name was surveyed within the township where Bear Creek crossed the Egremont.

The larger village of Watford was established to the southeast of Warwick Village when the Great Western Railway was established in the 1850s. Watford became an incorporated village in 1873 while parts of Warwick were removed for municipal purposes when the villages of Forest and Arkona were incorporated in the 1870s.

With municipal restructuring in 2001, Watford and Warwick were merged. While agriculture remains a mainstay the township's location between the cities of London and Sarnia means that increasingly residents find work in these larger centres. Starting in 2005 a group of volunteers actively worked to research and write a detailed history of the township and collect a substantial archive of historical materials. The resulting history was published as The Township of Warwick: A Story Through Time in 2008. Subsequently, an archives of the materials was established at the Lambton Room in Wyoming, Ontario.{{cite web |title=The Township of Warwick: A Story Through Time |url=https://www.lambtonmuseums.ca/warwick_pages/history/ |publisher=Warwick Township History Committee |access-date=June 17, 2019}}

In addition to Warwick and Watford, the township also includes the smaller communities of Birnam and Wisbeach.

Watford village

Watford was first settled in 1851 at what was known as Brown's Corners, a stagecoach stop between the village of Warwick and Brooke Township. The Great Western Railway was built in 1856 and caused the settlement to be relocated to its present location near the tracks. It was incorporated as the village of Watford in 1873. Watford was named either for the Watford in England,{{cite web | url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.N_00478_19070816/2 | title=Watford Guide-Advocate : Volume XXXIII, No. 33 ... - Canadiana }} or by Col. Brown for his home town of Waterford, Ireland.Belden's Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Lambton (1973 edition), p. 13.

There was a great fire in the 1880s that destroyed much of the town during a Guy Fawkes Night celebration.

In 1972, Watford Roof Truss started manufacturing wood trusses for delivery in the Southwestern Ontario and Southern Michigan markets. Watford Roof Truss is still a major employer in the town.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Warwick had a population of {{val|3641|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|1357|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|1425|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:3641-3692}}|3692|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|3692|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|290.21|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|3641|290.21|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

|2016_population=3,692 | 2016_pop_delta=-0.7 | 2016_land_area=290.20 | 2016_pop_density=12.7

|2016_median_age=40.8 | 2016_median_age_m=40.1 | 2016_median_age_f=41.3

|2016_total_pvt_dwell=1,432 | 2016_mean_hh_income=72,277 | 2016_access_date=2019-06-17

|2011_population=3,717 | 2011_pop_delta=-5.8 | 2011_land_area=290.20 | 2011_pop_density=12.8

|2011_median_age=40.7 | 2011_median_age_m=39.9 | 2011_median_age_f=41.7

|2011_total_pvt_dwell=1,434 | 2011_mean_hh_income= | 2011_access_date=2012-08-08

|2006_population=3,945 | 2006_pop_delta=-2.0 | 2006_land_area=290.20 | 2006_pop_density=13.6

|2006_median_age=37.6 | 2006_median_age_m=35.8 | 2006_median_age_f=39.4

|2006_total_pvt_dwell=1,425 | 2006_mean_hh_income=57,383 | 2006_access_date=2011-02-22

|2001_population=4,025 | 2001_pop_delta=-1.7 | 2001_land_area=290.20 | 2001_pop_density=13.9

|2001_median_age=35.9 | 2001_median_age_m=34.7 | 2001_median_age_f=36.9

|2001_total_pvt_dwell=1,443 | 2001_mean_hh_income=50,447 | 2001_access_date=2011-02-22

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{{Historical populations

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

|1996| 4141

|2001| 4025

|2006| 3945

|2011| 3717

|2016| 3692

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Township council

The township's current mayor is Todd Case, and its councillors are Jerry Westgate, Wayne Morris, Joe Manning and John Couwenberg.{{cite web |title=Council |url=https://www.warwicktownship.ca/en/our-government/council.aspx |publisher=Township of Warwick |access-date=June 17, 2019}} They were elected in 2022 and their terms will end in 2026, in conjunction with province-wide municipal elections in Ontario.

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=3538043&Geo2=CD&Code2=3538&Data=Count&SearchText=Warwick&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |title=Warwick census profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=2011 Census of Population |access-date=2012-08-08}}

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