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The Township of Perth South is a lower-tier municipality in southwestern Ontario, Canada.It is in Perth County at the confluence of the Thames and Avon rivers. The township was created on January 1, 1998, from the amalgamation of the former Township of Blanshard and the former Township of Downie. [2]
Perth County is a county in the Canadian province of Ontario in Southwestern Ontario, 100 kilometres (62 mi) west of Toronto. Its population centres are Listowel , Mitchell and Milverton. The City of Stratford and the Town of St. Marys are within the Perth census division, but are separate from Perth County.
The Perth Fair, a regional agricultural fair, takes place over the Labour Day weekend; it has been running annually since 1845, one of the oldest in Ontario. [ 16 ] The Festival of Maples is held annually every spring since 1974 and marks the end of the maple syrup harvest, of which Lanark County is known for producing and is dubbed the 'Maple ...
This is a list of historic places in Perth County, Ontario, containing heritage sites listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places (CRHP), all of which are designated as historic places either locally, provincially, territorially, nationally, or by more than one level of government.
In 1953, York Country was split. Metropolitan Toronto was formed by severing from York County: East York Township. Etobicoke Township. North York Township. Scarborough Township. Toronto (pre- amalgamation) and several small municipalities: Forest Hill.
Lanark County is a county located in the Canadian province of Ontario.Its county seat is Perth, which was first settled in 1816 [2] and was known as a social and political capital before being over shadowed by what we now know as Ottawa.
St. Marys is a town in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is located at the confluence of the north branch of the Thames River and Trout Creek southwest of Stratford, and is surrounded by the Township of Perth South in Perth County, Ontario. St. Marys operates under its own municipal government that is independent from the county's government.
Perth South (provincial electoral district) This article is about the provincial electoral district. For the federal electoral district, see Perth South. Perth South was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished in 1933 before the 1934 election.