Editing Simcoe County (section)

{{Distinguish|Simcoe, Ontario}}
{{Infobox settlement
<!-- Basic info  ---------------->
| name               = Simcoe County
| official_name      = County of Simcoe
| native_name        = <!-- if different from the English name -->
| other_name         = 
| settlement_type    = [[Census divisions of Ontario#Counties|County]] ([[List of municipalities in Ontario#Upper-tier municipalities|upper-tier]])
| image_skyline      = {{multiple image
| border                 = infobox
| total_width            = 250
| image_style            = border:1;
| perrow                 = 2
| image1                 = Wasagabeach.jpg
| image2                 = Collingwood Ontario Town Hall.jpg
| image3                 = Oro African Methodist Episcopal Church 1.jpg
| image4                 = Straw bales on a stubble field in Alliston, Ontario.jpg
| image5                 = Aerial - Minesing Wetlands Conservation Area, Ontario from SW 01 - white balanced (9659543208).jpg
| image6                 = Martyrs' Shrine northwest view.JPG
}}
| imagesize          = 
| image_caption      = '''Clockwise from top left:''' [[Wasaga Beach]], [[Collingwood, Ontario|Collingwood]] Town Hall, straw bales near [[Alliston]], The [[Shrine of the Canadian Martyrs|Martyrs' Shrine]], [[Minesing Wetlands]], [[Oro-Medonte|Oro]] African Church
| image_flag         = Flag of Simcoe County, Ontario.svg
| flag_size          = 
| image_seal         = 
| seal_size          = 
| image_shield       = 
| shield_size        = 
| image_blank_emblem = CountyOfSimcoe.svg
| blank_emblem_type  = Emblem
| blank_emblem_size  = 
| nickname           = 
| motto              = <!-- images and maps  ----------->
| image_map          = {{Location map+ |CAN ON Simcoe|caption=|float=center|places=
{{Location map~ |CAN ON Simcoe|label = [[Innisfil]]|mark = Western Canada Map Assets City.svg|label_size = 120|marksize = 0|position = bottom|lat_deg = 44.3009|lon_deg = -79.59}}
{{Location map~ |CAN ON Simcoe|label = [[Bradford West Gwillimbury]]|mark = Western Canada Map Assets City.svg|label_size = 120|marksize = 0|position = right|lat_deg = 44.09|lon_deg = -79.5630}}
{{Location map~ |CAN ON Simcoe|label = [[Collingwood, Ontario|Collingwood]]|mark = Western Canada Map Assets City.svg|label_size = 120|marksize = 8|position = bottom|lat_deg = 44.5008|lon_deg = -80.2169}}
{{Location map~ |CAN ON Simcoe|label = [[Midland, Ontario|Midland]]|mark = Western Canada Map Assets City.svg|label_size = 120|marksize = 8|position = right|lat_deg = 44.7495|lon_deg = -79.8922}}
{{Location map~ |CAN ON Simcoe|label = [[Penetanguishene]]|mark = Western Canada Map Assets City.svg|label_size = 120|marksize = 8|position = top|lat_deg = 44.7688|lon_deg = -79.9337}}
{{Location map~ |CAN ON Simcoe|label = [[New Tecumseth]]|mark = Western Canada Map Assets City.svg|label_size = 120|marksize = 0|position = bottom|lat_deg = 44.13|lon_deg = -79.77}}
{{Location map~ |CAN ON Simcoe|label = [[Wasaga Beach]]|mark = Western Canada Map Assets City.svg|label_size = 120|marksize = 8|position = top|lat_deg = 44.5207|lon_deg = -80.0161}}
{{Location map~ |CAN ON Simcoe|label = [[Adjala-Tosorontio]]|mark = Western Canada Map Assets City.svg|label_size = 120|marksize = 0|position = left|lat_deg = 44.1909|lon_deg = -79.9407}}
{{Location map~ |CAN ON Simcoe|label = [[Clearview, Ontario|Clearview]]|mark = Western Canada Map Assets City.svg|label_size = 120|marksize = 0|position = bottom|lat_deg = 44.40|lon_deg = -80.05}}
{{Location map~ |CAN ON Simcoe|label = [[Essa, Ontario|Essa]]|mark = Western Canada Map Assets City.svg|label_size = 120|marksize = 0|position = bottom|lat_deg = 44.29|lon_deg = -79.80}}
{{Location map~ |CAN ON Simcoe|label = [[Oro-Medonte]]|mark = Western Canada Map Assets City.svg|label_size = 120|marksize = 0|position = top|lat_deg = 44.49|lon_deg = -79.57}}
{{Location map~ |CAN ON Simcoe|label = [[Ramara]]|mark = Western Canada Map Assets City.svg|label_size = 120|marksize = 0|position = top|lat_deg = 44.6005|lon_deg = -79.2040}}
{{Location map~ |CAN ON Simcoe|label = [[Severn, Ontario|Severn]]|mark = Western Canada Map Assets City.svg|label_size = 120|marksize = 0|position = center|lat_deg = 44.69|lon_deg = -79.62}}
{{Location map~ |CAN ON Simcoe|label = [[Springwater, Ontario|Springwater]]|mark = Western Canada Map Assets City.svg|label_size = 120|marksize = 0|position = top|lat_deg = 44.42|lon_deg = -79.75}}
{{Location map~ |CAN ON Simcoe|label = [[Tay, Ontario|Tay]]|mark = Western Canada Map Assets City.svg|label_size = 120|marksize = 0|position = bottom|lat_deg = 44.72|lon_deg = -79.80}}
{{Location map~ |CAN ON Simcoe|label = [[Tiny, Ontario|Tiny]]|mark = Western Canada Map Assets City.svg|label_size = 120|marksize = 0|position = left|lat_deg = 44.69|lon_deg = -79.92}}
{{Location map~ |CAN ON Simcoe|label = ''[[Alliston]]''|mark = Western Canada Map Assets Village.svg|marksize = 6|position = top|lat_deg = 44.1540|lon_deg = -79.8692}}
{{Location map~ |CAN ON Simcoe|label = ''[[Barrie]]''|mark = Western Canada Map Assets Village.svg|marksize = 6|position = bottom|lat_deg = 44.3894|lon_deg = -79.6903}}
{{Location map~ |CAN ON Simcoe|label = ''[[Orillia]]''|mark = Western Canada Map Assets Village.svg|marksize = 6|position = bottom|lat_deg = 44.6082|lon_deg = -79.4197}}
{{Location map~ |CAN ON Simcoe|label = [[Bradford, Ontario|''Bradford'']]|mark = Western Canada Map Assets Village.svg|marksize = 6|position = top|lat_deg = 44.1110|lon_deg = -79.5794}}
}}
| image_map1         = Map of Ontario SIMCOE.svg
| mapsize1           = 250px
| map_caption1       = Map showing Simcoe County's location in Ontario
<!-- Location ------------------>
| coordinates        = {{coord|44|35|N|79|44|W|region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = {{flagu|Canada}}
| subdivision_type1  = Province
| subdivision_name1  = {{ONT}}
| established_title  = Established
| established_date   = 1843 (as Simcoe District)
| seat_type          = [[County seat]]
| seat               = [[Midhurst, Ontario|Midhurst]]
| parts_type         = Subdivisions
| parts_style        = <!-- =list (for list), coll (for collapsed list), para (for paragraph format)
                               Default is list if up to 5 items, coll if more than 5-->
| parts              = <!-- parts text, or header for parts list -->
| p1                 = Municipalities
| p2                 = Town of [[Bradford West Gwillimbury]]
| p3                 = Town of [[Collingwood, Ontario|Collingwood]]
| p4                 = Town of [[Innisfil]]
| p5                 = Town of [[Midland, Ontario|Midland]]
| p6                 = Town of [[New Tecumseth]]
| p7                 = Town of [[Penetanguishene]]
| p8                 = Town of [[Wasaga Beach]]
| p9                 = Township of [[Adjala–Tosorontio]]
| p10                = Township of [[Clearview, Ontario|Clearview]]
| p11                = Township of [[Essa, Ontario|Essa]]
| p12                = Township of [[Oro-Medonte]]
| p13                = Township of [[Ramara]]
| p14                = Township of [[Severn, Ontario|Severn]]
| p15                = Township of [[Springwater, Ontario|Springwater]]
| p16                = Township of [[Tay, Ontario|Tay]]
| p17                = Township of [[Tiny, Ontario|Tiny]]
<!-- Politics ----------------->
| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = Upper Tier municipality
| leader_title       = Warden
| leader_name        = 
| leader_title1      = Council
| leader_name1       = [[Simcoe County Council]]
| leader_title2      = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager -->
| leader_name2       = 
| total_type         = <!-- to set a non-standard label for total area and population rows -->
<!-- Area    --------------------->
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="census2021"/>
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 
| area_land_km2      = {{Sum|4818.93|-99.01|-28.53}}
| area_water_km2     = 
| area_water_percent = 
| area_blank1_title  = [[Census divisions of Canada|Census div.]]
| area_blank1_km2    = 4818.93
| area_note          = Land area excludes Barrie and Orillia
<!-- Elevation -------------------------->
| elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags-->
| elevation_m        = 
| elevation_min_m    = 
| elevation_max_m    = 
<!-- Population   ----------------------->
| population_total   = {{Sum|533169|-147829|-33411}}
| population_as_of   = [[2021 Canadian census|2021]]
| population_footnotes = <ref name="census2021">{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2021 Census: Simcoe, County [Census division], Ontario | date=9 February 2022 |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=simcoe&DGUIDlist=2021A00033543&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=June 21, 2022}}</ref>
| population_density_km2 = {{sigfig|{{Sum|533169|-147829|-33411}}/{{Sum|4818.93|-99.01|-28.53}}|3}}
| population_blank1_title = [[Census divisions of Canada|Census div.]]
| population_blank1       = 533169
| population_density_blank1_km2 = 110.6
| population_note          = Total excludes Barrie and Orillia
<!-- General information  --------------->
| postal_code_type   = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... -->
| postal_code        = 
| area_code          = [[Area codes 705, 249, and 683|705, 249, and 683]]
| unemployment_rate  = 
| website            = {{Official URL}}
| footnotes          = 
| timezone           = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
| utc_offset         = -5
| timezone_DST       = [[Eastern Time Zone|EDT]]
| utc_offset_DST     = -4
| coor_type          = <!-- can be used to specify what the coordinates refer to -->
| population_demonym = Simcoe Countian
}}

'''Simcoe County''' is a [[List of census divisions of Ontario#Counties|county]] and [[Census divisions of Canada|census division]] located in the [[Central Ontario|central]] region of [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]. The county is located north of the [[Greater Toronto Area]], and forms the north western edge of the [[Greater Golden Horseshoe|Golden Horseshoe]]. The [[county seat]] is located in [[Midhurst, Ontario|Midhurst]]. The cities of [[Barrie]] and [[Orillia]] are geographically within Simcoe County, but are both [[independent city|politically independent]] single-tier municipalities.