Springfield, Ontario 4.06

Malahide is a municipal township in Elgin County in Southwestern Ontario, Canada.HistoryMalahide Township was named for Malahide Castle in Malahide, Ireland, birthplace of land grant administrator Colonel Thomas Talbot in 1810. The village of Springfield was incorporated as a separate municipality in 1878.The current municipality was formed in 1998 through an amalgamation of the original Township of Malahide, the former Township of South Dorchester and the former Village of Springfield.The Ontario Police College is located in Malahide, at the site of the former Royal Canadian Air Force Station Aylmer, a training facility.CommunitiesThe township comprises the communities of Candyville, Crossley-Hunter, Copenhagen, Dunboyne, Fairview, Glencolin, Grovesend, Jaffa, Kingsmill, Lakeview, Little Aylmer, Luton, Lyons, Mile Corner, Mount Salem, Mount Vernon, Ormond Beach, Orwell, Port Bruce, Seville, Springfield, Summers Corners and Waneeta Beach.DemographicsPopulation trend: Population in 2006: 8828 Population in 2001: 8809 (or 8777 when adjusted to 2006 boundaries) Population total in 1996: 8891 Malahide (township): 6255 South Dorchester (township): 1889 Springfield (village): 741 Malahide (township): 6000 South Dorchester (township): 1887 Springfield (village): 627