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▲The '''City of Guelph''' ([[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]: {{IPA|gwɛlf}}) is a city located in southwestern [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]. According to [[Statistics Canada]], the city of Guelph has a population of 114,943 as of 2006, an 8.3 percent increase from 2001, while the Guelph [[Census Metropolitan Area]] has a population of 127,009.<ref name=population>[http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CMA&Code1=550__&Geo2=CSD&Code2=3523008&Data=Count&SearchText=guelph&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All Statistics Canada: Community Profiles for Guelph]</ref>
Known as the Royal City, Guelph is roughly 28[[kilometres|km]] east of [[Kitchener]]-[[Waterloo]] and 100km west of downtown [[Toronto]] at the intersection of [[Ontario provincial highway 6]] and [[Ontario provincial highway 7]]. It is the seat of [[Wellington County, Ontario|Wellington County]] but is, in many respects, politically autonomous from the county itself. Nevertheless, Wellington County is largely influenced by Guelph and, as one entity, Guelph and Wellington County have a population of 200,425.<ref name=county>[http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CD&Code1=3523&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=Wellington&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= Statistics Canada: Community Profile for Wellington]</ref>
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