Bruce County

Bruce County
	Location of the region in Ontario
Basic data
Country	Canada
province	Ontario
Administrative headquarters	Walkerton
Coordinates :	44 ° 17 ′ N , 81 ° 19 ′ W 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:

The reservations Neyaashiinigmiing and Saugeen 29 are administratively independent .