The Township of Ashfield–Colborne–Wawanosh is a municipality in Huron County, Ontario, Canada. It was formed as an amalgamation of the former Ashfield, Colborne and West Wawanosh townships in 2001, in an Ontario-wide local government restructuring imposed by the government of that time. The three former townships now comprise the wards of the amalgamated municipality.
Geography
Ashfield–Colborne–Wawanosh is located in the northwest corner of Huron County. Lake Huron is the western boundary and the Township has 35.3 km (21.9 mi) of Lake Huron shoreline. Its southern boundary is the Maitland River between Goderich and Auburn. The eastern border is Huron Road 22, from Auburn north to Huron Road 86 near Whitechurch. Huron Road 86 is generally the northern border of Ashfield–Colborne–Wawanosh except for the Lucknow community limits which are in Bruce County.[3]
Communities
The township of Ashfield–Colborne–Wawanosh comprises a number of villages and hamlets, including the following communities:
Former Ashfield Township: - Amberley,[a] Belfast,[b] Dungannon,[b]Kingsbridge, Kintail, Lochalsh,[a] Lucknow,[c] Nile,[d] Port Albert; Crewe, Lanes, Lothian, Mafeking, Sheppardton,[d]Zion
Former Colborne Township: - Benmiller, Nile,[d] Saltford; Bogies Beach, Carlow, Dunlop, Loyal, McGaw, Meneset, Sheppardton[d]Sunset Beach
Former West Wawanosh Township: - Auburn,[e] Belfast,[a] Dungannon,[a] Lucknow,[c] St. Augustine, St. Helens; Donnybrook,[f]Fordyce,[f]Prosperity, Saratoga
Notes
^ abcdShared with the Municipality of Huron-Kinloss; and formerly shared between Ashfield and Huron Townships.
^ abFormerly shared between Ashfield and West Wawanosh Townships.
^ abShared with the Township of Huron-Kinloss; and formerly shared between Ashfield, Kinloss and West Wawanosh Townships.
^ abcdFormerly shared between Ashfield and Colborne Townships.
Huron Road 25 proceeds east from Highway 21 to the edge of ACW at Huron Road 22 in Auburn.
Facilities
Municipal offices are located west of Carlow (82133 Council Line), north-east of Goderich at the south end of the township.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Ashfield–Colborne–Wawanosh had a population of 5,884 living in 2,357 of its 3,149 total private dwellings, a change of 8.5% from its 2016 population of 5,422. With a land area of 586.88 km2 (226.60 sq mi), it had a population density of 10.0/km2 (26.0/sq mi) in 2021.[6]
Canada census – Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh community profile
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