North Dumfries, Ontario
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| Location in Ontario | |||
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| Province : | Ontario | ||
| Regional Municipality : | Waterloo | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 19 ′ N , 80 ° 23 ′ W | ||
| Area : | 519 km² | ||
| Residents : | 9063 (status: 2006) | ||
| Population density : | 17.5 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern Time ( UTC − 5 ) | ||
| Postal code : | NOB | ||
| Area code : | +1 519, 226 | ||
North Dumfries is a municipality in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in the southwest of the Canadian province of Ontario .
geography
The North Dumfries area encompasses the city of Cambridge from the south-west, south and south-east. The parish is 15 kilometers southwest of Waterloo and 50 kilometers northeast of Hamilton . The Highway 401 from Toronto to London , and Macdonald-Cartier Freeway , called cross-cross the territory of North Dumfries.
history
William Dickson bought what is now North Dumfries in 1816 for £ 24,000 and named it after his hometown of Dumfries , Scotland . In the same year he measured the land and in 1817 put the first sawmills into operation. 38 families with a total population of 163 people were counted. In 1819 the first North Dumfries community meeting was held. From 1820 more Scottish settlers immigrated to the region.
Demographics
In 2006 there was a population of 9063 people with an average age of 39 years. Almost 90% of the population speaks English as their first language.