Monkton

Monkton is a village where County Roads 55 and 23 meet, west of Milverton and south-west of Listowel. Most of the village is in North Perth and its southern edge is in West Perth, and this page covers the whole village. The Elma Logan Recreation Complex on Nelson Street has the arena, a community hall and the Monkton branch of the North Perth Public Library, and Elma Logan Park beside it has a playground, a ball diamond and a pavilion. The G2G Rail Trail, the Perth Harvest Pathway, passes through the village. Monkton is also home to the Monkton Wildcats senior hockey club.

Monkton grew up along the Logan gravel road. In 1857 the contractor T. M. Daly put up the first building, a blacksmith shop on what is now Maddison Street East, and once the road was finished a stage route carried passengers and mail between Mitchell and Newry. A sawmill, a planing mill, a shingle mill, a match factory and a tannery followed, and around 1878 William Machan ran the sawmill as West Monckton Mills. The village grew on both sides of the line between Elma and Logan townships, which is why it is shared today by North Perth and West Perth.

The census counts Monkton with the farms around it, so these figures are estimates for the village, both sides of the township line included. They come to about 190 homes, more than nine in ten of them single detached houses. Nearly half were built in 1960 or earlier and about one in five between 1961 and 1980. About one in seven were built between 1981 and 2000, and about one in eight in 2001 or later.

County Road 23 runs north from Monkton toward Listowel, about 20 km away by road, a drive of about 17 minutes. Stratford City Hall is about 36 km away by road, a drive of about 29 minutes. PC Connect's Route A stops in Monkton, Monday to Saturday. The G2G Rail Trail runs through the village.

The Elma Logan Recreation Complex at 200 Nelson Street has the arena, with free parent and tot skating on weekday mornings, a community hall that seats up to 120 and the Monkton branch of the North Perth Public Library. Elma Logan Park on the same grounds has a playground, a ball diamond and a pavilion. The G2G Rail Trail, the Perth Harvest Pathway, passes through the village for walking and cycling.

• Elma Township Public School — JK to Grade 8. The public school and middle school for Monkton, on Line 72 at the south edge of Atwood.
• Listowel District Secondary School — Grades 9 to 12. The public secondary school, on Maitland Avenue South in Listowel.
• St. Patrick's School — JK to Grade 8. The Catholic elementary school, on Road 145 in Kinkora.
• St. Michael Catholic Secondary School — Grades 9 to 12. The Catholic secondary school, on Oakdale Avenue in Stratford.
• Jeanne Sauvé Catholic School — JK to Grade 8. The Catholic French immersion school from JK, on Grange Street in Stratford.