Huron County, Ontario

Huron County
—  County  —
Huron County's location in relation to Ontario.
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
County seat	Goderich
Communities	List Amberley Auburn Bayfield Belgrave Belmore Benmiller Bluevale Blyth Brucefield Brussels Carlow Centralia Clinton Corbett Crediton Dashwood Dungannon Egmondville Ethel Exeter Goderich Gorrie Harpurhey Hensall Holmesville Huron Park Kinburn Kingsbridge Kintail Kippen Kirkton Lakelet Leadbury Londesborough Mafeking Molesworth Mount Carmel Nile Port Albert St Columban St Joseph Saltford Seaforth Shipka Vanastra Varna Walton Whitechurch Wingham Winthrop Whalen Corners Woodham Wroxeter Zurich
Area
• Total	3,407.62 km2 (1,315.69 sq mi)
• Land	3,396.68 km2 (1,311.47 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	59,325
• Density	17/km2 (45/sq mi)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code span	N0G, N0M, N7A
Website	www.huroncounty.ca

Huron County (2006 population 59,325) is a census division and county of the province of Ontario, Canada. It is located on the southeast shore of its namesake, Lake Huron, in the southwest part of the province. The county seat is Goderich, also the county's largest settlement.

Constituent municipalities

• Ashfield–Colborne–Wawanosh, Township of
• Bluewater, Municipality of
• Central Huron, Municipality of
• Goderich, Town of
• Howick, Township of
• Huron East, Municipality of
• Morris-Turnberry, Municipality of
• North Huron, Municipality of
• South Huron, Municipality of

The boundaries of the county's municipalities have been in effect since 2001, after the Progressive Conservative provincial government imposed mergers throughout the province.

Communities

• Amberley (border with Bruce County)
• Auburn
• Bayfield
• Belgrave
• Belmore (border with Bruce County)
• Benmiller
• Bluevale
• Blyth
• Brucefield
• Brussels
• Carlow
• Centralia (border with Middlesex County)
• Clinton
• Corbett (border with Middlesex County)
• Crediton
• Dashwood
• Drysdale
• Dungannon
• Egmondville
• Ethel
• Exeter
• Goderich
• Gorrie
• Harpurhey
• Hensall
• Holmesville
• Huron Park
• Kinburn
• Kingsbridge
• Kintail
• Kippen
• Kirkton (border with Perth County)
• Lakelet
• Leadbury
• Londesborough
• Molesworth (border with Perth County)
• Mount Carmel (border with Middlesex County)
• Nile
• Port Albert
• St. Augustine
• St. Columban (border with Perth County)
• St. Joseph
• Saltford
• Seaforth
• Shipka
• Summerhill
• Vanastra
• Varna
• Walton
• Whitechurch (border with Bruce County)
• Wingham
• Winthrop
• Whalen Corners (border with Perth and Middlesex Counties)
• Woodham (border with Perth County)
• Wroxeter
• Zurich

Former Communities

• Donnybrook
• Francistown
• Mafeking
• McGaw
• Sodom
• Spidertown (border with Middlesex County)

See also

• List of Ontario Census Divisions

External links

• Huron County government site
• Huron County Tourism website
• Blyth Festival Theatre site
• Huron County's Historic Bridges
• Grand Bend Strip community newspaper - serving south Huron County