Perth County, Ontario is a census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. The county seat is Stratford. It is located in Southwestern Ontario, 100 miles (161 km) west of Toronto. It encompasses 548,179 acres (856.53 sq mi; 2,218.40 km), 90% of which is classified as prime agricultural land (Classes 1, 2, and 3). According to the 2006 census, the population of Perth County was 74,344.
The county includes:
The City of Stratford and Town of St...
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Perth County, Ontario is a census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. The county seat is Stratford. It is located in Southwestern Ontario, 100 miles (161 km) west of Toronto. It encompasses 548,179 acres (856.53 sq mi; 2,218.40 km), 90% of which is classified as prime agricultural land (Classes 1, 2, and 3). According to the 2006 census, the population of Perth County was 74,344.
The county includes:
The City of Stratford and Town of St. Marys are part of the census division, but both have been separated from the county's jurisdiction.
Perth County, area 524,571 acres (820 sq mi; 2,123 km), was mainly settled through the agency of the Canada Company which opened a road from the site of Stratford to Goderich.
City of Stratford. In Downie, Ellice and Easthope Township. In 1831 William Sergeant was given a lot by the Canada Company on the condition that he open an inn. In 1832 he erected the first frame building in the region by the Avon River and called it the "Shakespeare...
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