Scugog

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Scugog
Township (lower-tier)
Township of Scugog
Port Perry and Lake Scugog
Scugog Show map of Regional Municipality of Durham Scugog Show map of Southern Ontario
Coordinates: 44°08′25″N 78°54′55″W / 44.1403°N 78.9153°W / 44.1403; -78.9153
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Regional Municipality	Durham
Established	January 1, 1974
Government
• Mayor	Wilma Wotten [1]
• Regional Councillor	Ian McDougall[1]
• Councillors	List David LeRoy Janna Guido Robert Rock Harold Wright Terry Coyne
• MP	Erin O'Toole – Durham
• MPP	Todd McCarthy – Durham
Area [2]
• Land	474.65 km2 (183.26 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	21,617
• Density	45.4/km2 (118/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	905, 289, 365, and 742
Website	www.scugog.ca

Scugog is a township in the Regional Municipality of Durham, south-central Ontario, Canada. It is northeast of Toronto and just north of Oshawa. The anchor and largest population base of the township is Port Perry. The township has a population of roughly 22,500. A smaller Scugog Township was also a historic municipality and geographic township prior to the amalgamation that formed the current municipality.