Melancthon is a rural Canadian

Canada

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 township in the northwest corner of Dufferin County

Dufferin County, Ontario

Dufferin County is a county and census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. The county seat is Orangeville, and the current Warden is Deputy Mayor Warren Maycock of the Town of Orangeville, Ontario. The Current Chief Administrative Officer is Linda J. Dean...

, Ontario

Ontario

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, bordered on the east by Mulmur Township

Mulmur, Ontario

Mulmur is a township in Dufferin County in Southern Ontario, Canada.-Demographics:Population trend:* Population in 2006: 3318* Population in 2001: 3099* Population in 1996: 2903* Population in 1991: 2591-External links:*...

, Amaranth Township

Amaranth, Ontario

Amaranth is a township in Ontario, Canada with a 2006 Population of 3,845. It is named after the plant which grows abundantly within its borders. It is bordered by Mono to the east and East Luther to the west....

 and East Luther Grand Valley to the south, Southgate Township

Southgate, Ontario

Southgate is a township in western Ontario, Canada, in the southeast corner of Grey County. Southgate was formed on January 1, 2000, when the Village of Dundalk, the Township of Proton and the Township of Egremont were amalgamated...

 to the west, and the Municipality of Grey Highlands

Grey Highlands, Ontario

Grey Highlands is a municipality in the southeast corner of Grey County, Ontario, Canada that was formed on January 1, 2001 by the amalgamation of the village of Markdale and the townships of Artemesia, Euphrasia and Osprey, which included the unincorporated hamlets of Eugenia Ceylon, Maxwell,...

 to the north. The township does not include the town of Shelburne

Shelburne, Ontario

Shelburne, Ontario is a town in Dufferin County, Ontario, Canada, located at the intersection of Highway 10 and Highway 89...

 on its southern border. It has one of the lowest population densities in southwestern Ontario.

The primary industry of the township is farming, with limited beef, dairy, sheep and horse farming. It is also home to the Melancthon EcoPower Centre

Melancthon EcoPower Centre

The Melancthon EcoPower Centre is a 199.5 megawatt wind farm in Melancthon Township, near Shelburne, Ontario. The centre, Canada's largest wind energy installation, is owned and operated by Canadian Hydro....

 wind farm.

The township was founded in 1853 as a part of Grey County

Grey County, Ontario

Grey County is a county and census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. The county seat is in Owen Sound. The population was 92,411 in 2006. It is located in the subregion of Southern Ontario named Southwestern Ontario...

 and transferred to Dufferin County in 1881. Township council currently comprises a mayor, a deputy mayor and three councillors.

Demographics

Population trend:

• Population in 2006: 2895 (2001 to 2006 population change: 5.7 %)
• Population in 2001: 2796 (or 2739 when adjusted for 2006 boundary)
• Population in 1996: 2607
• Population in 1991: 2447

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1004 (total dwellings: 1103)

External links

• Township of Melancthon