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Ingersoll (2006 population 11,760) is a town
Town

A town is a type of human settlement ranging from a few to several thousand inhabitants, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas; the precise meaning varies between countries and is not always a matter of legal definition....
 in Oxford County
Oxford County, Ontario

Oxford County is a regional municipality and census division of the Canada Provinces and territories of Canada of Ontario. The regional seat is in Woodstock, Ontario....
 on the Thames River in southwestern Ontario
Ontario

Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
. The nearest city is Woodstock, Ontario
Woodstock, Ontario

Woodstock is a city and the county seat of Oxford County, Ontario in southwestern Ontario, Canada. Woodstock is located 128 kilometres southwest of Toronto, Ontario, north off Highway 401 , along the historic Thames River ....
 to the east, with Tillsonburg, Ontario
Tillsonburg, Ontario

Tillsonburg is a town in Oxford County, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.Tillsonburg is a town of 14,822 located about 50 kilometres southeast of London, Ontario, on Highway 3 at the junction of Highway 19 the closest route to Highway 401 at Ingersoll, Ontario....
 to the south and London
London, Ontario

London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada along the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor with a metropolitan area population of 457,720; the city proper had a population of 352,395 in the Canada 2006 Census....
 to the west.

Ingersoll is situated north and near Highway 401
Highway 401 (Ontario)

The King's Highway 401 is a highway that extends across Southern Ontario, Canada. It is the longest 400-series highways in Ontario, and one of the widest and busiest highways in the world....
. Oxford County Road 119 (formerly Ontario Highway 19
Highway 19 (Ontario)

Highway 19 is a provincially maintained highway in southwestern Ontario, Canada. Highway 19 currently runs from Tillsonburg, Ontario north to a point near Ingersoll, Ontario....
) serves the town. The local high school is Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute
Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute

Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute is a public high school in Ingersoll, Ontario. It is the only high school in Ingersoll. It is in the Thames Valley District School Board ....
.

The town was founded by Thomas Ingersoll
Thomas Ingersoll

Thomas Ingersoll was an early settler in Upper Canada, later Ontario. He is best known as the father of Laura Secord, who warned the British of an impending American attack on Upper Canada during the War of 1812....
 (Laura Secord
Laura Secord

Laura Secord was a Canada heroine of the War of 1812.Laura Ingersoll was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts in 1775. Suffering the aftermath of the American Revolution, her father, Thomas Ingersoll, moved the family to Canada in 1795, and in 1797 she married the United Empire Loyalists James Secord, son of an officer of Butler's Ra...
's father) as Oxford-on-the-Thames. The town was later renamed Ingersoll in his honour.

The area was well known for cheese
Cheese

Cheese is a food consisting of proteins and fat from milk, usually the milk of cattle, Water Buffalo, goats, or sheep's milk. It is produced by Coagulation of the milk protein casein....
 production, and was home to the first such factory in Canada from approximately 1840.






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Ingersoll (2006 population 11,760) is a town
Town

A town is a type of human settlement ranging from a few to several thousand inhabitants, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas; the precise meaning varies between countries and is not always a matter of legal definition....
 in Oxford County
Oxford County, Ontario

Oxford County is a regional municipality and census division of the Canada Provinces and territories of Canada of Ontario. The regional seat is in Woodstock, Ontario....
 on the Thames River in southwestern Ontario
Ontario

Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
. The nearest city is Woodstock, Ontario
Woodstock, Ontario

Woodstock is a city and the county seat of Oxford County, Ontario in southwestern Ontario, Canada. Woodstock is located 128 kilometres southwest of Toronto, Ontario, north off Highway 401 , along the historic Thames River ....
 to the east, with Tillsonburg, Ontario
Tillsonburg, Ontario

Tillsonburg is a town in Oxford County, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.Tillsonburg is a town of 14,822 located about 50 kilometres southeast of London, Ontario, on Highway 3 at the junction of Highway 19 the closest route to Highway 401 at Ingersoll, Ontario....
 to the south and London
London, Ontario

London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada along the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor with a metropolitan area population of 457,720; the city proper had a population of 352,395 in the Canada 2006 Census....
 to the west.

Ingersoll is situated north and near Highway 401
Highway 401 (Ontario)

The King's Highway 401 is a highway that extends across Southern Ontario, Canada. It is the longest 400-series highways in Ontario, and one of the widest and busiest highways in the world....
. Oxford County Road 119 (formerly Ontario Highway 19
Highway 19 (Ontario)

Highway 19 is a provincially maintained highway in southwestern Ontario, Canada. Highway 19 currently runs from Tillsonburg, Ontario north to a point near Ingersoll, Ontario....
) serves the town. The local high school is Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute
Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute

Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute is a public high school in Ingersoll, Ontario. It is the only high school in Ingersoll. It is in the Thames Valley District School Board ....
.

The town was founded by Thomas Ingersoll
Thomas Ingersoll

Thomas Ingersoll was an early settler in Upper Canada, later Ontario. He is best known as the father of Laura Secord, who warned the British of an impending American attack on Upper Canada during the War of 1812....
 (Laura Secord
Laura Secord

Laura Secord was a Canada heroine of the War of 1812.Laura Ingersoll was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts in 1775. Suffering the aftermath of the American Revolution, her father, Thomas Ingersoll, moved the family to Canada in 1795, and in 1797 she married the United Empire Loyalists James Secord, son of an officer of Butler's Ra...
's father) as Oxford-on-the-Thames. The town was later renamed Ingersoll in his honour.

The area was well known for cheese
Cheese

Cheese is a food consisting of proteins and fat from milk, usually the milk of cattle, Water Buffalo, goats, or sheep's milk. It is produced by Coagulation of the milk protein casein....
 production, and was home to the first such factory in Canada from approximately 1840. In 1866, a giant block of cheese weighing was produced at the James Harris Cheese Factory for promotion of the town's cheese industry. The "Big Cheese" was exhibited in England and in the United States at the New York State Fair in Saratoga.

Ingersoll is the hometown of Canadian author David Manicom
David Manicom

David Alton Manicom is a Canada diplomat, poet and novelist.Manicom was born in Ingersoll, Ontario, Ontario and lived there until he attended the University of Toronto....
.

Heavy manufacturing is currently Ingersoll's largest industry, including manufacturers such as CAMI Automotive
CAMI Automotive

CAMI Automotive is an independently Incorporation joint venture of automobile manufacturing in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada and formed the third step of GM's three-pronged initiative of the mid-1980s to capture and practice the Japanese mystique of automotive management....
, a 50–50 joint venture
Joint venture

A joint venture is an entity formed between two or more parties to undertake economic activity together. The parties agree to create a new entity by both contributing Ownership equity, and they then share in the revenues, expenses, and control of the enterprise....
 between Suzuki
Suzuki

is a multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles, a full range of motorcycles, All-terrain vehicle, outboard motor, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines....
 and General Motors of Canada Ltd.
General Motors Canada

General Motors of Canada Limited is the name of General Motors' Canadian division. The national headquarters office, their Canadian Regional Engineering Centre, and the main manufacturing plants are located in Oshawa, Ontario....
.

Annual Town Events


Ingersoll is the host of a number annual festivals, including the Ribfest, Harvest Festival, Canterbury Folk Festival and the Winter Lights Festival.

Ingersoll offers amenities to the public such as the Victoria Park Community Centre, Alexandra Hospital, ILERC, Ingersoll Support Services, VON, Oxford Child and Youth Services, Ingersoll Memorial Arena, Ingersoll Public Library, Ingersoll Cheese Museum, as well as many more.

External links

  • Official website
  • Official website
  • Business directory, Events, Social Services, etc.