Communities in the township include: Avon, Belton, Cherry Grove, Crampton, Cobble Hill, Derwent, Devizes, Dorchester, Evelyn, Fanshawe Lake, Friendly Corners, Gladstone, Harrietsville, Kelly Station, Mossley, Nilestown, Oliver, Putnam, Salmonville, Silvermoon, Thorndale (mayor - John Fluttert), Three Bridges, and Wellburn.
Dorchester
Dorchester is the residential and commercial core of the township.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Thames Centre had a population of 13,980 living in 5,186 of its 5,316 total private dwellings, a change of 6% from its 2016 population of 13,191. With a land area of 433.99 km2 (167.56 sq mi), it had a population density of 32.2/km2 (83.4/sq mi) in 2021.[5]