NORFOLK COUNTY, ONTARIO

'Norfolk County' is a city-status single-tier municipal government on the north shore of Lake Erie in southwestern Ontario. The county seat is Simcoe. The population in 2001 was 60,847.
Norfolk's history has been closely associated with that of the neighbouring Haldimand County. Norfolk was first created as a county in 1792. In 1800, Haldimand was formed from a portion of Norfolk. The two counties remained separate until 1974, when they were reunited as the Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk.
In 2001, Haldimand and Norfolk were separated again in a round of municipal restructuring based on a report by provincially-appointed special advisor Milt Farrow. Although both Haldimand and Norfolk use the name "county" for historical reasons, each is governed as a single municipality, with no lower-tier constituent municipalities, and thus neither is a true county. As part of the restructuring in 2001 Norfolk County was named the "Town of Norfolk." The newly-formed municipality's first by-law was to change the name to "Norfolk County." [1]
In January 2005, the County unveiled a new coat of arms which included natural symbols associated with the county: Hooded Warblers, a Tulip Tree (''Liriodendron tulipifera'') and an Eastern Dogwood flower.
The first mayor of the County, Rita Kalmbach, was succeeded in 2007 by Dennis Travale.
Surrounding its many small communities is some of the most fertile land in Ontario. With a mild climate and lengthy growing season, the region has long been the centre of the 'Tobacco Belt', but many farmers have begun the process of diversifying their crop selections to include Lavendar and Hazelnuts as tobacco consumption continues to decrease. The area also has an active greenhouse industry. Despite this, farmers have asked governments to reduce the financial losses of moving away from profitable tobacco operations. In 2004 the documentary film ''Tobacco's Last Stand'' was released which highlighted the effect on tobacco production on the region. [2]
A significant natural feature of Norfolk is Long Point, a 40 kilometre (25 mi) spit of land projecting into Lake Erie. It plays an important part in eastern North American bird migratoin, and was designated a World Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1986.

Contents

Demographics

People

Surrounding municipalities

Historic Townships

Communities in Norfolk

Attractions

Agricultural/Food

Learning/Arts

Cemetery

Shopping

Festivities

Sports/Entertainment

Secondary Schools

Elementary Schools

Active

Public

Roman Catholic

Defunct

Newspapers

External links

Demographics

''(according to Statistics Canada 2006 census)''

Population: 62,563

Area: 1606.91 km².

Pop. Density: 38.9 people per km².

Growth Rate (2001-2006): 2.8%

Total Private Dwellings: 26 527

Total private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 24 238



''(according to Statistics Canada 2001 census)''

Median income of persons of age 15 or older: 20,429

Average earnings of all persons with earnings: 27,805

Religion:

- Protestant: 55.0%

- Catholic: 25.3%

- No religious affiliation: 16.8%

- Christian (no denomination specified): 2.0%

- (Religions with less than 1% are not listed here.)

People

'Racial Profile'

★ 96.8% White

★ 1.5% Aboriginal

★ 0.6% Black

★ 0.2% Asian
'Mayor: ' Dennis Travale

Surrounding municipalities

★ Bayham

★ Tillsonburg

★ Norwich

★ Haldimand County

★ Brant County

★ Six Nations

Historic Townships

Prior to its amalgamation with Haldimand in 1974, Norfolk consisted of eight townships. Walsingham was originally one township, but had been split into North and South Walsingham in 1881. Although no longer political entities, the historical townships are still used informally and in some government maps as convenient geographical divisions.

'Township'	'Township seat'
Charlotteville	Vittoria
Houghton	Fairground
Middleton	Delhi
North Walsingham	Langton
South Walsingham	Port Rowan
Townsend	Waterford
Windham	Windham Centre
Woodhouse	Port Dover

Communities in Norfolk

★ Andy's Corners

★ Atherton

★ Bill's Corners

★ Bealton

★ Blayney

★ Bloomsburg

★ Boston

★ Clear Creek

★ Courtland

★ Delhi

★ Fairground

★ Frogmore

★ Gilbertville

★ Glenshee

★ Green's Corners

★ Hillcrest

★ Langton

★ La Salette

★ Long Point

★ Lynedoch

★ Nixon

★ Normandale

★ Pine Grove

★ Port Dover

★ Port Rowan

★ Port Ryerse

★ Renton

★ Rhineland

★ Silver Hill

★ Simcoe

★ St. Williams

★ Teeterville

★ Turkey Point

★ Vanessa

★ Vittoria

★ Walsh

★ Walsingham

★ Waterford

★ Windham Centre

Attractions

Agricultural/Food

★ Vango Adventure Farm

★ Norfolk County Fair and Horse Show in Simcoe

★ Arbor Restaurant in Port Dover

Learning/Arts

★ Spruce Row Museum

★ Teeterville Pioneer Museum

★ Sonny's Animal Farm

★ Delhi Tobacco Museum and Heritage Centre

★ Eva Brook Donly Museum

★ Simcoe Public Library

★ Lighthouse Festival Theatre

★ Shipwrecks

★ Bird Studies Canada

★ Backus Mill Heritage and Conservation Centre

Cemetery

★ Delhi Cemetery

★ Oakwood Cemetery

★ Walsh Cemetery

★ Doan's Hollow Cemetery

★ Waterford Cemetery

Shopping

★ Friendship Festival

★ Simcoe Town Centre

★ White Horse Plaza in Simcoe

★ Queensway

Festivities

★ Pumpkinfest

★ Simcoe Panorama

★ Friday the 13th biker rally

★ Canada Day Fireworks

★ Bayfest

Sports/Entertainment

★ Talbot Gardens

★ Long Point Beach

★ Long Point Provincial Park

Secondary Schools

★ Simcoe Composite School

★ Port Dover Composite School

★ Delhi District Secondary School

★ Holy Trinity Catholic High School

★ Valley Heights Secondary School

★ Waterford District High School

★ Sprucedale Secondary School

Elementary Schools

Active

Public

★ Bloomsburg Public School

★ Courtland Public School

★ Delhi Public School

★ Doverwood Public School

★ Elgin Avenue Public School

★ Houghton Public School

★ Langton Public School

★ Lynndale Heights Public School

★ Port Rowan Public School

★ Teeterville Public School

★ Walsh Public School

★ Waterford Public School

★ W.F. Hewitt Public School

★ West Lynn Public School

★ Windham Central Public School

Roman Catholic

★ Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School

★ Our Lady of LaSalette Catholic School

★ Sacred Heart Catholic School

★ St. Cecilia's Catholic School

★ St. Frances Cabrini Catholic School

★ St. Joseph's Catholic School

★ St. Michael's Catholic School

Defunct

★ Doan's Hollow Public School

★ Lynedoch Public School

★ North Public School

★ Nixon Public School

★ Port Dover Public School

★ Port Ryerse School

★ Simcoe Lions School

★ South Public School

★ St. Williams Public School

★ Walsingham Public School

Newspapers

★ The Simcoe Reformer

★ The Port Dover Maple Leaf

★ The Port Rowan Good News

★ The Delhi News-Record

External links

★ Norfolk County website

★ Haldimand Norfolk Health Unit website

★ Norfolk Golf and Country Club website

★ Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board website