Wingham, Ontario

Wingham
Former municipality

Town hall
Coordinates: 43°53′N 81°19′W / 43.88°N 81.31°W / 43.88; -81.31
Country  Canada
Province  Ontario
County Huron
Municipality North Huron
Area
  Total 2.57 km2 (0.99 sq mi)
Population (2011)
  Total 2,875
  Density 1,118.0/km2 (2,896/sq mi)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code N0G 2W0
Area code(s) 519

Coordinates: 43°53′15″N 81°18′37″W / 43.887441°N 81.310415°W / 43.887441; -81.310415 Wingham (2011 census population 2,875) is a community located in the municipality of North Huron, Ontario, Canada, which is located in Huron County. Wingham became part of North Huron in 2001 when the Ontario government imposed amalgamation on the former township of East Wawanosh, the village of Blyth, and the town of Wingham.

Wingham is located at the intersection of County Roads 4 & 86. Most of Wingham is located between County Road 86 to the south and the Maitland River to the north.

Business and industry

Josephine Street

Wingham has a number of manufacturing businesses, and a variety of retail and service businesses. Wingham supports two grocery stores, and a main street with retail stores and restaurants. The town has branches of the Bank of Montreal, CIBC, and TD Canada Trust banks, and a branch of Libro Financial Group credit union.

The industries with a presence in the town include:

Radio and television

Wingham has three radio stations: CKNX 920, CKNX-FM 101.7, and Classic Rock 94.5, all owned by Blackburn Radio. There is also a television station CKNX channel 8, owned by CTVglobemedia. It rebroadcasts the master signal of CFPL-TV from London, with the exception of local advertising. CKNX became a rebroadcaster of CFPL London on August 31, 2009.

On April 9, 2007, it was announced that Rogers Communications has filed with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to purchase all of the A-Channel stations, including CFPL, CKNX, CKX-TV, Access Alberta and several cable channels being put up for sale by CHUM Limited in the wake of CTVglobemedia's pending acquisition of the CHUM group. CTV said it would not renew the licence for CKNX-TV in Wingham upon expiration at the end of August 2009.[1] On May 1, 2009, Shaw Communications offered to buy the station for $1 from CTV (along with other underperforming stations in Brandon and Windsor),[2] but scuttled the deal two months later.[3] As of July 2011, the station remains on the air.

Wingham is also served by a CBC English TV station (Channel 45).

Education

Transportation

Wingham is located to the north of County Road 86 which connects to Kitchener-Waterloo to the east. The main thoroughfare is County Road 4, called Josephine Street within Wingham, which connects to London, Ontario to the south.

Wingham/Richard W. LeVan Aerodrome is a general aviation airport to the southeast of Wingham with fuel services and private hangars.

Wingham is served by scheduled bus service to London, Owen Sound, and Stratford.[4]

Attractions

Founding plaque

The North Huron Museum provides an overview of the history of the Township of North Huron beginning in the Paleolithic era and continuing into modern times.

Notable people

Politicians

References

  1. London Free Press, Wed, February 25, 2009 || CTV shuts A stations in Wingham and Windsor
  2. Shaw wins three CTV stations - for $1 each Archived May 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. "Shaw cancels purchase of 3 CTV stations". The Star (Toronto). July 1, 2009.
  4. "ABOUTOWN NorthLink". ABOUTOWN. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
  5. "George Agnew Reid". Museum London.

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