Chatham-Kent

Chatham-Kent
Municipality (single-tier)
Municipality of Chatham-Kent
Thames River in Chatham
Nickname(s):  Classic Car Capital of Canada, The Maple City
Coordinates: 42°24′00″N 82°11′00″W / 42.40000°N 82.18333°W / 42.40000; -82.18333
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
County (historical)	Kent
Formed by political merger	1998
Government
• Mayor	Darrin Canniff
• Governing body	Chatham-Kent Municipal Council
• MPs	Lianne Rood (CPC) Dave Epp (CPC)
• MPPs	Trevor Jones (PC) Steve Pinsonneault (PC)
Area [1]
• Land	2,457.90 km2 (949.00 sq mi)
Elevation	198 m (650 ft)
Population  (2021)[1][2]
• Municipality	103,988 (Ranked 53rd)
• Density	42.3/km2 (110/sq mi)
• Urban	45,171 (Chatham) 10,323 (Wallaceburg) 4,687 (Tilbury)
• Census division	104,316
Demonym	Chathamite
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Forward sortation area	N7L to N7M
Area code(s)	519, 226, 548
Website	www.chatham-kent.ca

Chatham-Kent (2021 population: 103,988)^[1] is a single-tier municipality in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is mostly rural, and its population centres are Chatham, Wallaceburg, Tilbury, Blenheim, Ridgetown, Wheatley and Dresden. The current Municipality of Chatham-Kent was created in 1998 by the amalgamation of Blenheim, Bothwell, Camden, the City of Chatham, the Township of Chatham, Dover, Dresden, Erie Beach, Erieau, Harwich, Highgate, Howard, Orford, Raleigh, Ridgetown, Romney, Thamesville, Tilbury East, Tilbury, Wallaceburg, Wheatley and Zone.

The Chatham-Kent census division, which includes the independent Delaware Nation at Moraviantown First Nation, had a population of 104,316 in the 2021 census.^[2]