Perth County | |
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County of Perth | |
![]() Perth County Court House, Stratford, Ontario | |
Motto: Cultivating Opportunity | |
![]() Location of Perth County | |
Coordinates: 43°30′N 81°05′W / 43.500°N 81.083°W | |
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Province | ![]() |
Formed | 1850 |
County seat | Stratford |
Municipalities | List
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Area | |
• Land | 2,177.78 km2 (840.85 sq mi) |
Elevation | 394 m (1,293 ft) |
Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total | 38,066 |
• Urban density | 17.5/km2 (45/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 519 and 226 |
Website | www.perthcounty.ca |
Perth County is a county in the Canadian province of Ontario in Southwestern Ontario, 100 kilometres (62 mi) west of Toronto. Its population centres are Listowel, Mitchell and Milverton. The City of Stratford and the Town of St. Marys are within the Perth census division, but are separate from Perth County. The 2016 population of Perth County was 38,066.