Middlesex Centre

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Middlesex Centre
Municipality (lower-tier)
Municipality of Middlesex Centre
Ilderton
Motto:  You're In The Right Place
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Coordinates: 43°03′N 81°27′W / 43.050°N 81.450°W / 43.050; -81.450
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
County	Middlesex
Formed	January 1, 1998
Government
• Type	Municipal
• Mayor	Aina DeViet
• Federal riding	Lambton—Kent—Middlesex
• Prov. riding	Lambton—Kent—Middlesex
Area [1]
• Land	588.11 km2 (227.07 sq mi)
Elevation	241 m (791 ft)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	17,262
• Density	29.4/km2 (76/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal Code	N0M and N0L
Area code(s)	226, 519, and 548
Website	www.middlesexcentre.on.ca

Middlesex Centre is a township in Middlesex County, in southwestern Ontario, Canada, north and west of London. The Corporation of the Township of Middlesex Centre formed on January 1, 1998, with the amalgamation of the former Townships of Delaware, Lobo, and London (not to be confused with the adjacent city of London). It is part of the London census metropolitan area.

Middlesex Centre is halfway between two of the five Great Lakes. It is north of Lake Erie, and southeast of Lake Huron. Further to the east of Middlesex Centre is Lake Ontario, while to the west is the much smaller Lake St. Clair. That makes Middlesex Centre very desirable for farming for its frequent precipitation, and it also has higher than normal snowfall from lake-effect snow in the winter, causing desirable spring planting conditions (but also less desirable snow removal issues for its residents).

The same benefits received by the precipitation of the surrounding lakes also subjects the area to severe summer weather conditions because of the convection of any of the surrounding bodies of water in the summer heat. Middlesex Centre suffered a hit by an F3 tornado in 1990 at Komoka.