Population
Wellington County (including Guelph)
Wellington County had a population of 187,313 in 2001.
(Source: www.statscan.ca)  

City of Guelph
Statistics Canada states that Guelph's land area is 86.72 sq. km.
(Source: www.statscan.ca)  
 

Elevation
334 meters above mean sea level
 

Latitude
43^o 33'N
 

Longitude
80^o 15'W

Municipal Administration
City of Guelph
The City of Guelph is governed by a City Council consisting of a Mayor and 12 Councillors. They are elected for three-year terms by the Ward System.

The Ward System was adopted by Guelph in November 1991 to divide the city into six wards with similarly sized populations.

Guelph functions under the Council-Administrator system of local government. This form was adopted in view of the rapid growth which is taking place within the City. Under this system the administrative functions of the City are separated, as far as possible, from the Legislative and policy-making function of the City Council, leaving the Members more time for formulate City policy. 

In this way, Guelph enjoys an efficient and smooth-working administration, where continuing legislation maintains a stable government.

 

County of Wellington
The executive function of the Corporation of the County of Wellington is exercised by its sixteen member Council. Wellington County Council has a Warden as its Head, and was re-organized by Ministerial Order in 1997. Wellington County Council is unique in its composition, as it includes the Mayors of its seven municipalities, as well as nine directly elected County Ward Councillors. Each member of County Council has one vote.

Climate and Weather

Annual Temperatures (°C)
Conversions
°C to °F multiply by 1.8, add 32
°F to °C subtract 32, divide by 1.8

	Normals		Extremes
	Max.	Min.	Max.	Min.
January	-3.4	-11.0	16.7	-37.2
February	-2.3	-10.6	13.9	-32.8
March	2.1	-5.9	24.4	-28.9
April	17.5	5.9	32.2	-16.1
May	17.5	5.9	32.2	-7.8
June	23.2	11.6	35.0	-1.1
July	25.7	13.6	38.3	-1.7
August	24.7	12.8	38.3	-1.1
September	20.7	9.3	36.7	-6.7
October	14.4	4.0	29.4	-12.8
November	6.0	-1.0	23.9	-20.9
December	-0.7	-7.6	18.4	-31.1
AVERAGES ANNUAL	11.6	1.8	38.3	-37.2

Current Conditions

Annual Precipitation & Sunshine
Conversions
1 millimetre (mm) = 0.03937 inches
1 centimetre (cm) = 0.3937 inches

	Rain (mm)	Snow (cm)	Sunshine  (hours)
January	21	36	71
February	22	29	112
March	37	25	135
April	68	6	184
May	72	0	233
June	71	0	260
July	82	0	267
August	82	0	236
September	63	0	163
October	71	3	136
November	62	13	70
December	39	31	57
ANNUAL TOTALS	690	143	1924