The Wellington Advertiser

The Wellington Advertiser The Wellington Advertiser is one of the largest independent newspapers in Southwestern Ontario. Welcome to our page. Thank you!

We are proud to cover Wellington County via our professional team of local journalists. We are a family-run, independent news source. We welcome your comments and input, but we respectfully ask that comments be free of profanity, racial or sexual discrimination, or remarks of personal attacks. We will moderate this page and reserve the right to remove any posts we deem inappropriate to our readers

hip. Our History:
In 1968, William Hugh Adsett (WHA) founded the Fergus and Area Shopping News and WHA Publications was born. William Adsett was the only employee. His office was the front seat of his 1965 Chevy Impala. The rest, as they say, is history. The newspaper grew and expanded to become The Wellington Advertiser and the one-man-show has grown to 48 staff members, and now includes a print division and sign shop. The Wellington Advertiser is currently one of the largest independent newspapers in Southwestern Ontario. The newspaper has a circulation of 39,362. In addition to The Wellington Advertiser, we produce The North Wellington Community News, which has served Mapleton Township since 1971 and has expanded to Minto and Wellington North townships. Its current circulation is 13,278.

- Three vans head out every Wednesday, delivering bundles of newspapers to rural drivers and foot carriers covering: Fergus, Guelph, Elora, Arthur, Conn, Mount Forest, Belwood, Erin and Hillsburgh; Alma, Harriston, Clifford, Listowel, Palmerston, Moorefield, Drayton and Rockwood areas.

- We proudly employ 150 newspaper (foot) carriers who deliver our newspaper door-to-door each week to 215 different routes.

- 19 Rural drivers deliver to 42 different rural routes.

- 17 Mail room/distribution employees handle anywhere from 250,000 to 600,000 flyers and papers per week, depending on the shopping season. For LOCAL community news and information each week, we are truly local. Local news, local journalists, local team and a local office. Ours is a history of a community we are proud to serve.

No one was injured but a barn on Gore Road in Puslinch was destroyed by fire yesterday. https://ow.ly/gQ4p50WX8nK
09/15/2025

No one was injured but a barn on Gore Road in Puslinch was destroyed by fire yesterday. https://ow.ly/gQ4p50WX8nK

An early morning fire on Saturday forced 12 people to evacuate a commercial and residential building in Elora. No one wa...
09/15/2025

An early morning fire on Saturday forced 12 people to evacuate a commercial and residential building in Elora. No one was injured. https://ow.ly/KV3a50WWYif

Wellington Terrace resident Reta Allan has turned a creative art project into a fundraiser for Diabetes Canada. https://...
09/13/2025

Wellington Terrace resident Reta Allan has turned a creative art project into a fundraiser for Diabetes Canada. https://ow.ly/Kljw50WW8Zp

A Mapleton woman has died following a two-vehicle crash near Glen Allan yesterday morning. https://ow.ly/SJME50WVYZY
09/12/2025

A Mapleton woman has died following a two-vehicle crash near Glen Allan yesterday morning. https://ow.ly/SJME50WVYZY

The county has proposed a $1.4-million winter response plan to keep about 75 homeless people off the streets this winter...
09/12/2025

The county has proposed a $1.4-million winter response plan to keep about 75 homeless people off the streets this winter. https://ow.ly/kVvN50WVUs0

Several local communities will be participating in Terry Fox Runs on Sunday to honour Fox’s legacy and raise funds for c...
09/11/2025

Several local communities will be participating in Terry Fox Runs on Sunday to honour Fox’s legacy and raise funds for cancer research. https://ow.ly/ySNV50WVcWu

KidsAbility has launched a new screening model for pediatric therapy that officials say has helped staff see more than t...
09/11/2025

KidsAbility has launched a new screening model for pediatric therapy that officials say has helped staff see more than three times the amount of patients. https://ow.ly/OESJ50WVjtm

ICYMI: The GRCA and the Grand River Conservation Foundation have officially opened the new Guelph Lake Nature Centre. ht...
09/11/2025

ICYMI: The GRCA and the Grand River Conservation Foundation have officially opened the new Guelph Lake Nature Centre. https://ow.ly/sRO050WVgZr

A Puslinch man charged with sexual assault this summer is now facing a second sexual assault charge related to an incide...
09/11/2025

A Puslinch man charged with sexual assault this summer is now facing a second sexual assault charge related to an incident years ago. https://ow.ly/5U6H50WVo22

There are many reasons some people don’t want vaccinations, but if it’s fear of needles, public health has a program to ...
09/11/2025

There are many reasons some people don’t want vaccinations, but if it’s fear of needles, public health has a program to reduce fear, pain and stress. https://ow.ly/YQYi50WVg4q

‘I wouldn’t have missed it for the world’: new film exploring the legacy of the farmerette program in the Second World W...
09/11/2025

‘I wouldn’t have missed it for the world’: new film exploring the legacy of the farmerette program in the Second World War to be screened in Alma later this month. https://ow.ly/82Fq50WVf1t

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905 Gartshore Street
Fergus, ON
N1M2W8

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Monday 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm
Friday 8:30am - 5pm

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Welcome to our page. We are proud to cover Wellington County via our professional team of local journalists. We are a family-run, independent news source. We welcome your comments and input, but we respectfully ask that comments be free of profanity, racial or sexual discrimination, or remarks of personal attacks. We will moderate this page and reserve the right to remove any posts we deem inappropriate to our readership. Thank you! Our History: In 1968, William Hugh Adsett (WHA) founded the Fergus and Area Shopping News and WHA Publications was born. William Adsett was the only employee. His office was the front seat of his 1965 Chevy Impala. The rest, as they say, is history. The newspaper grew and expanded to become The Wellington Advertiser and the one-man-show has grown to 48 staff members, and now includes a print division and sign shop. The Wellington Advertiser is currently one of the largest independent newspapers in Southwestern Ontario. The newspaper has a verified circulation of 39,925. In addition to The Wellington Advertiser, we produce The Community News, which has served Mapleton Township since 1971. Its current circulation is 5,451. - Three vans head out every Wednesday, delivering bundles of newspapers to rural drivers and foot carriers covering: Fergus, Guelph, Elora, Arthur, Conn, Mount Forest, Belwood, Erin and Hillsburgh; Alma, Harriston, Clifford, Listowel, Palmerston, Moorefield, Drayton and Rockwood areas. - We proudly employ 150 newspaper (foot) carriers who deliver our newspaper door-to-door each week to 215 different routes. - 19 Rural drivers deliver to 42 different rural routes. - 17 Mail room/distribution employees handle anywhere from 250,000 to 600,000 flyers and papers per week, depending on the shopping season. For LOCAL community news and information each week, we are truly local. Local news, local journalists, local team and a local office. Ours is a history of a community we are proud to serve.