South Huron is a municipality in the Canadian

Canada

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 province of Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, located in the southern part of Huron County

Huron County, Ontario

Huron County 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...

. It was formed by amalgamation of the townships of Stephen and Usborne with the Town of Exeter

Exeter, Ontario

Exeter is a Canadian community in the municipality of South Huron, in the southern portion of Huron County, Ontario, located approximately 50 kilometres north of London. The community proclaims itself the "Home of the White Squirrel", owing to the presence of the unusually-coloured mammals...

 in 2001, in an Ontario-wide municipal restructuring imposed by the provincial government.

Communities

Communities in South Huron include:

• Centralia
• Crediton
• Dashwood
  Dashwood, Ontario
  Dashwood is a small, primarily residential, community in southwestern Ontario, Canada. The former police village is located at the intersection of Bronson Line and Dashwood Road, on the boundary between the Municipality of Bluewater and the Municipality of South Huron...
  
  
• Elimville
• Exeter
  Exeter, Ontario
  Exeter is a Canadian community in the municipality of South Huron, in the southern portion of Huron County, Ontario, located approximately 50 kilometres north of London. The community proclaims itself the "Home of the White Squirrel", owing to the presence of the unusually-coloured mammals...
  
  
• Huron Park
• Kirkton
• Mount Carmel
  Mount Carmel, Middlesex County, Ontario
  Mount Carmel is a primarily residential hamletlocated in southwestern Ontario, Canada at the intersection of Mount Carmel Drive, Bronson Line and Lieury Road, on the boundary between the municipality of North Middlesex and the municipality of South Huron...
  
  
• Shipka
• Winchelsea
• Woodham

Demographics

Population trend:

• Population in 2006: 9,982 (2001 to 2006 population change: -0.4 %)
• Population in 2001: 10,019
• Population total in 1996: 10,229
  • Exeter(town): 4472
  • Stephen (township): 4222
  • Usborne (township): 1535
• Population in 1991:
  • Exeter (town): 4338
  • Stephen (township): 4210
  • Usborne (township): 1552

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 4059 (total dwellings: 4427)

External links

• Municipality of South Huron