Chatham, Ontario

Chatham
—  Unincorporated community  —
Corner King and Lacroix Streets, about 1910
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Unitary authority	Chatham-Kent
Population (2006)[1]
- Total	45,783
Postal code span	N7L to N7M
Area code(s)	519 and 226

Chatham is the largest community in the municipality of Chatham-Kent, Ontario. Formerly serving as the seat of Kent County, the governments of the former city of Chatham, the county of Kent, and its townships were merged into one entity known as the Municipality of Chatham-Kent in 1998.

Located on the Thames River (Ontario), in the Spring of 1937 the then city of Chatham experienced a flood, caused by the rising river, which forced hundreds of families to be evacuated from their homes.^[2]

See also

• People from Chatham-Kent, Ontario

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Statistics Canada (2006). "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and urban areas, 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (Ontario)". http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-550/Index.cfm?TPL=P1C&Page=RETR&LANG=Eng&T=802&SR=1&S=3&O=D&RPP=9999&PR=35&CMA=0. Retrieved 2011-06-12. 
2. ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NiEtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=e6QEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3526,4084066&dq=chatham-ontario&hl=en