Bruce County
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Location of the region in Ontario
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Basic data | |
Country | Canada |
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Ontario
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Administrative headquarters | Walkerton |
Coordinates : | 44 ° 17 ′ N , 81 ° 19 ′ W |
Residents | 66,102 (as of 2011) |
surface | 4,087.76 km² |
Population density | 16.2 inhabitants / km² |
Time zone : | Eastern Standard Time ( UTC −5) Eastern Daylight Time ( UTC −4, daylight saving time) |
Web presence | www.brucecounty.on.ca |
Bruce County is a county in the southwest of the Canadian province of Ontario . The county seat is Walkerton in the Brockton parish . The population is 66,102 (2011), the area 4087.76 km², which corresponds to a population density of 16.2 inhabitants per km². The county is named after James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin , the Governor General of Canada from 1847 to 1854. It is partly on the Bruce Peninsula , which protrudes into the Huron Sea. Bruce Peninsula National Park is on the northern tip of the peninsula and Sauble Beach is on the west side .
Communities
Bruce County has the following parishes:
- Arran-Elderslie
- Brockton
- Huron Kinloss
- Kincardine
- Northern Bruce Peninsula
- Saugeen Shores
- South Bruce
- South Bruce Peninsula
The reservations Neyaashiinigmiing and Saugeen 29 are administratively independent .