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London

Also known as London, ON, London, Ontario, City of London

city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada

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London is a city located in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. It serves as an important regional hub in that part of the province.

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Official website

Home | City of London

The official website for the City of London, Ontario.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: big city
Named after: London
Official name: City of London
Country: Canada
Located in: Ontario
Population: 422324
Area: 420.57
Elevation: 251
Time zone: Eastern Time Zone
Body of water: Thames River
Shares border with: Middlesex County
Official website: london.ca
Image: London, Ontario, Canada- The Forest City from above.jpg
Dialing code: 548

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P8168: Ningyuan County
Commons category: London, Ontario
topic's main category: Category:London, Ontario
category for people born here: Category:Births in London, Ontario
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in London, Ontario
category of associated people: Category:People from London, Ontario
inception: 1826-00-00
different from: London
postal code: N5V ke N6P
twinned administrative body: Nanjing
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
P12749: Paul von Hindenburg

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Encyclopedic overview

London is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city had a population of 422,324 according to the 2021 Canadian census. London is at the confluence of the Thames River and North Thames River, approximately 200 kilometres (120 mi) from both Toronto and Detroit; and about 230 km (140 mi) from Buffalo, New York. The city of London is politically separate from Middlesex County, though it remains the county seat.

London and the Thames were named after the English city and river in 1793 by John Graves Simcoe, who proposed the site for the capital city of Upper Canada. The first European settlement was established between 1801 and 1804 by Peter Hagerman. The village was founded in 1826 and incorporated in 1855. Since then, London has grown to be the largest southwestern Ontario municipality and Canada's 11th largest metropolitan area with a population of 543,551 according to the 2021 Canadian census, having annexed many of the smaller communities that surround it.

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