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Haldimand County, Ontario

Haldimand
City (single-tier)
Haldimand County
The Grand River Bridge, which carries Argyle St. over the Grand River in Caledonia.
The Grand River Bridge, which carries Argyle St. over the Grand River in Caledonia.
Map of Ontario HALDIMAND.svg
Coordinates: 42°56′N 79°53′W / 42.933°N 79.883°W / 42.933; -79.883Coordinates: 42°56′N 79°53′W / 42.933°N 79.883°W / 42.933; -79.883
Country  Canada
Province  Ontario
Established 1800 (County)
Restructured 1974 (Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk)
Amalgamated 2001 (Single-tier municipality)
Government
 • Mayor Ken Hewitt
 • Governing Body The Council of Corporation of Haldimand County
 • MPs Diane Finley (Con)
 • MPPs Toby Barrett (Con)
Area
 • Land 1,251.57 km2 (483.23 sq mi)
Population
 • Total 44,876
 • Density 35.9/km2 (93/sq mi)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code span N0A, N1A, N3W
Area code(s) 519, 226, 905, 289, 365
Website www.haldimandcounty.on.ca

Haldimand is a rural city-status single-tier municipality (but called a county) on the Niagara Peninsula in Southern Ontario, Canada, on the north shore of Lake Erie, and on the Grand River. Municipal offices are located in Cayuga.

Haldimand's history has been closely associated with that of the neighbouring Norfolk County. Haldimand was first created as a county in 1800, from a portion of Norfolk. It was named after the governor of the Province of Quebec Sir Frederick Haldimand. In 1844 the land was surrendered by Six Nations to the Crown in an agreement that was signed by the vast majority of Chiefs in the Haldimand tract.

See Norfolk County History for the period when Haldimand and Norfolk were governed as a single unit.

Beginning in February 2006, a land dispute by native protesters began near Caledonia over a housing development being built on the outskirts of town, which members of the nearby Mohawk Six Nations people claim is rightfully their land.

The population centres in Haldimand are Caledonia, Dunnville, Hagersville, Jarvis and Cayuga. Part of the Six Nations Reserve is within the geographic area of Haldimand County, but is independent of the county. Most of Haldimand is agricultural land, although some heavy industry, including the Nanticoke Generating Station, is located here.


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