Central Elgin is a township located in Southwestern Ontario, Canada in Elgin County on Lake Erie. It is part of the London census metropolitan area. History Central Elgin was formed in 1998 through the amalgamation of the Township of Yarmouth with the Villages of Belmont and Port Stanley. Communities The municipality includes the population centres of Port Stanley and Belmont. Other communities include Dexter, Lawton's Corners, Lyndale, Lynhurst, Mapleton, New Sarum, Norman, Sparta, Union, Whites and Yarmouth Centre. Mayors Bill Walters, 1999 David M. Rock, 1999–2006 Born June 16, 1948, in St. Thomas, Ontario. He was also chair of the Elgin Group Police Services Board. While he was mayor, there were discussions about proposed new ferry services on Lake Erie and their financial implications. Sylvia Hofhuis, 2006–2010 Tom Marks, 2010 Bill Walters, 2010–2014 David Marr, 2014–2018 Sally Martyn, 2018–2022 Andrew Sloan, 2022– Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Central Elgin had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Education The community of Sparta has a French-immersion public school. It was an English public school prior to fall 2018. See also List of townships in Ontario References External links Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario Municipalities in Elgin County