Norfolk County, Ontario
Categories: Census divisions of Ontario | Historic counties of Ontario
Norfolk County (pronounced 'nor-foke') is a city-status municipal government on Lake Erie in southwestern Ontario. The county seat is Simcoe.
Norfolk's history has been closely associated with that of the neighbouring Haldimand County. Norfolk was first created as a county in 1792. In 1800, Haldimand was formed from a portion of Norfolk. The two counties were separate until 1974, when they were reunited as the Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk.
In 2001, Haldimand and Norfolk were separated again in a round of municipal restructuring based on a report by provincially-appointed special advisor Milt Farrow. Although both Haldimand and Norfolk use the name "county" for historical reasons, each is governed as a single-tier municipality, with city status. Thus, neither is a true county. Interestingly, immediately following restructuring in 2001 "Norfolk County" was named the "Town of Norfolk." The newly-formed municipality's first by-law was to change the name to "Norfolk County."
In January 2005, the County unveiled a new coat of arms which included natural symbols associated with the county: Hooded Warblers, a Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) and an Eastern Dogwood flower.
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Demographics
(according to Statistics Canada 2001 census)
Population: 60,847
Area: 1606.95 sq. km.
Pop. Density: 37.95 people per sq. km.
Growth Rate (1996-2001): 0.5%
Total Private Dwellings: 25359
Median income of persons of age 15 or older: 20,429
Average earnings of all persons with earnings: 27,805
Religion:
- Protestant: 55.0%
- Catholic: 25.3%
- No religious affiliation: 16.8%
- Christian (no denomination specified): 2.0%
- (Religions with less than 1% are not listed here.)
People
Racial Profile
- 96.8% White
- 1.5% Aboriginal
- 0.6% Black
- 0.2% Asian
Mayor: Rita Kalmbach
Surrounding municipalities
Communities in Norfolk
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| Census Divisions of Ontario | Image:Flagofontario.png | ||
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| Counties of Ontario: Bruce | Dufferin | Elgin | Essex | Frontenac | Grey | Haliburton | Hastings | Huron | Lambton | Lanark | Leeds and Grenville | Lennox and Addington | Middlesex | Northumberland | Perth | Peterborough | Prescott and Russell | Renfrew | Simcoe | Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry | Wellington | |||
| Regional Municipalities of Ontario: Durham | Halton | Muskoka | Niagara | Oxford | Peel | Waterloo | York | |||
| Single Tier Municipalities of Ontario: Brant | Brantford | Chatham-Kent | Greater Sudbury | Haldimand | Hamilton | Kawartha Lakes | Norfolk | Ottawa | Prince Edward | Toronto | |||
| Separated municipalities - Historic counties of Ontario | |||
| Districts of Ontario: Algoma | Cochrane | Kenora | Manitoulin | Nipissing | Parry Sound | Rainy River | Sudbury | Thunder Bay | Timiskaming | |||