Wellington and Dufferin Counties
Wellington and Dufferin Counties are largely rural areas in Southwestern Ontario. This guide covers the City of Guelph, which is surrounded by Wellington County, but is not a part of it.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Guelph and Orangeville.
Guelph
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Guelph is a city of 132,000 people in Southwestern Ontario on the banks of the Speed River less than an hour's drive west of Toronto. Guelph is known for its beautiful limestone architecture, vibrant culture and a variety of festivals.
Orangeville
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Orangeville is about an hour's drive north of Toronto. Orangeville serves as an administrative and commercial hub for Dufferin County, the northern portion of Peel Region and the surrounding area.
Elora
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Elora is a small town near Guelph, Ontario, Canada. It is extremely picturesque, sitting along the Grand River and the Elora Gorge. The architecture is very appealing, featuring stonework buildings built by Scottish stonemasons over a century ago.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Rockwood Park and Fergus.
Rockwood Park
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Rockwood Park is a conservation area in Rockwood, Ontario, near Guelph, operated by the Grand River Conservation Authority. It has a varied karst landscape, of rocky cliffs, natural potholes, caves and a lake.
Fergus
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Fergus is the largest community in Centre Wellington, a township within Wellington County in Ontario, Canada. It lies on the Grand River about 18 km NNW of Guelph.
Wellington and Dufferin Counties
- Type: county of Ontario with 223,000 residents
- Description: county of Ontario, Canada
- Also known as: “Wellington County”, “Wellington County, ON”, and “Wellington County, Ontario”
- Neighbors: Halton, Hamilton, Peel, and Western Ontario
- Categories: upper-tier municipality and census division of Canada
- Location: Southwestern Ontario, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Wellington and Dufferin Counties from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Wellington and Dufferin Counties” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Kontea Wellington”
- Cebuano: “Wellington County”
- Chinese: “威靈頓縣”
- Dutch: “Wellington County”
- Esperanto: “Kantono Velingtono”
- French: “comté de Wellington”
- French: “Comté de Wellington”
- German: “Wellington County”
- Greek: “Κομητεία Ουέλλινγκτον”
- Irish: “Contae Wellington”
- Italian: “Contea di Wellington”
- Japanese: “ウェリントン郡”
- Persian: “شهرستان ولینگتون، انتاریو”
- Persian: “شهرستان ولینگتون”
- Polish: “Hrabstwo Wellington”
- Portuguese: “Condado de Wellington”
- Russian: “Веллингтон”
- Spanish: “Condado de Wellington (Ontario)”
- Spanish: “Condado de Wellington”
- Swedish: “Wellington County”
- Turkish: “Wellington County”
- Ukrainian: “Веллінгтон (графство, Онтаріо)”
- Ukrainian: “Веллінгтон”
- Urdu: “ویلنگٹن کاؤنٹی، اونٹاریو”
- Venetian: “contea de Wellington”
- Western Panjabi: “ویلنگٹن کاؤنٹی”
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