Norfolk County, Ontario

Norfolk (pronounced 'nor-foke') is a county on Lake Erie in southwestern Ontario. The county seat is Simcoe.

Demographics

(according to Statistics Canada 2001 census)

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Population: 60,847

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Area: 1606.95 sq. km.

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Pop. Density: 37.95 people per sq. km.

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Growth Rate (1996-2001): 0.5%

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Total Private Dwellings: 25359

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Median income of persons of age 15 or older: 20,429

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Average earnings of all persons with earnings: 27,805

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Religion:

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- Protestant: 55.0%

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- Catholic: 25.3%

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- No religious affiliation: 16.8%

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- Christian (no denomination specified): 2.0%

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- (Religions with less than 1% are not listed here.)

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