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Tecumseh | |
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| Town of Tecumseh | |
 Tecumseh Town Hall | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Motto(s): A community proud of the past, confident in the future - Une communauté fière de son passé et confiant dans son avenir | |
  Tecumseh  Tecumseh | |
| Coordinates: 42°18′45″N 82°53′07″W / 42.31250°N 82.88528°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| County | Essex |
| Founded | 1792 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gary McNamara |
| • Member of Parliament | Irek Kusmierczyk (LPC) |
| • Provincial Representative | Andrew Dowie (PC) |
| Area | |
| • Land | 94.64 km2 (36.54 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 23,300 |
| • Density | 245.4/km2 (636/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern Time Zone) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (Eastern Time Zone) |
| Forward sortation area | |
| Area code(s) | 519, 226, and 548 |
| Website | www |
Tecumseh (/tɪˈkʌmsi/) is a town in Essex County in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is on Lake St. Clair east of Windsor and had a population of roughly 23,300 as of the 2021 census according to Statistics Canada. It is part of the Windsor census metropolitan area, and is a part of the Windsor-Essex County region along with the towns of Amherstburg, Essex, Kingsville, LaSalle, and the municipalities of Lakeshore and Leamington. Tecumseh was originally a Franco-Ontarian settlement.
Food processing is a major industry in Tecumseh, as Bonduelle owns a food processing plant near the town. The plant was built by Green Giant in 1931. Green Giant sold the plant in the late 1990s to Family Tradition Foods, who sold it to Carrière Foods in 2006. Carrière Foods was purchased in 2007 by Bonduelle.[3]
The Tecumseh Corn Festival has been recognized as one of the Top 50 Festivals in Ontario by Festivals and Events Ontario.[4]
Tecumseh is surrounded by Lake Erie, Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River.[5] Detroit is easily accessible to Tecumseh residents by the Ambassador Bridge or the Detroit–Windsor Tunnel, both of which are located within the neighbouring municipality of Windsor.
The town is named after Tecumseh, an 18th-century Shawnee chief and warrior who promoted resistance to the expansion of the United States onto Native American lands.
- ^ "Tecumseh". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
- ^ a b "Census Profile: Tecumseh". 2016 Census data. Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
- ^ Cardwell, Mark (June 7, 2007). "Carrière Foods sold to French firm". Montreal Gazette. Archived from the original on November 4, 2018. Retrieved April 21, 2023 – via PressReader.
- ^ "Top 100 Ontario Festivals Program". Festivals and Events Ontario. Archived from the original on August 27, 2011. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
- ^ "Climate". Town of Tecumseh. February 18, 2009. Archived from the original on November 4, 2018. Retrieved November 4, 2018.