Simcoe County

Simcoe County
	Location of the region in Ontario
Basic data
Country	Canada
province	Ontario
Administrative headquarters	Springwater
Coordinates :	44 ° 35 ′ N , 79 ° 44 ′ W Coordinates: 44 ° 35 ′ N , 79 ° 44 ′ W
Residents	446,043 (as of 2011)
surface	4,859.16 km²
Population density	91.8 inhabitants / km²
Time zone :	Eastern Standard Time ( UTC −5) ; Eastern Daylight Time ( UTC −4, daylight saving time)
Web presence	www.county.simcoe.on.ca

Simcoe County is a county in the southwest of the Canadian province of Ontario . The county seat is Springwater . The population is 446,043 (2011), the area 4859.16 km², which corresponds to a population density of 91.8 inhabitants per km². The county is named after John Graves Simcoe and is located between the Georgian Bay of Lake Huron and Lake Simcoe .

Communities

The communities in Simcoe County include:

The cities of Barrie and Orillia are geographically and statistically part of Simcoe County, but are not under its administration.