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Woodstock, Ontario

Woodstock (2001 population 33,061) is a city in Oxford County[?] in southwestern Ontario, Canada.

The city was first settled in 1800, when it was determined by Sir John Graves Simcoe[?], governor of what was then known as Upper Canada, that the area would make a good townsite. Woodstock was incorporated as a town in 1851 and a city in 1901.

Various manufacturers are based in Woodstock.



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