Brethour Explained

Brethour
Official Name:Township of Brethour
Settlement Type:Township (single-tier)
Flag Size:120x100px
Pushpin Map:Canada Ontario
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type2:District
Established Title:Settled
Established Title2:Incorporated
Established Date2:1917
Government Type:Township
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:David White
Leader Title1:Federal riding
Leader Title2:Prov. riding
Area Land Km2:82.08
Population As Of:2016
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:97
Population Density Km2:1.2
Utc Offset:−05:00
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:−04:00
Coordinates:47.6667°N -113°W

Brethour is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Timiskaming District.

The township had a population of 97 in the 2016 Canadian Census.

History

Brethour Township was surveyed in 1887. It was then later officially incorporated on October 17, 1917. The township's title was derived from the name of a prominent business man from Brantford, Ontario: H.W. Brethour.

Located in the District of Temiskaming, Brethour sits on the Ontario/Quebec provincial border. The first people to settle in the area were Edmond and Philomene Robert. Other mentionable early-settler family names include Schmidt, Cooke, Armstrong, Doonan, Broderick, and Goddard; many of which have living descendants still residing within the community. Most notably, Mr. Leonard Broderick continues to own and reside at the farm in which his great-grandfather William Broderick settled in 1903. Although the Brodericks are the only family to have remained on the same original land, many other original settler families have living descendants that have taken up residence on other lots within the township.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Brethour had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of − from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 81.97km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]

Mother tongue (2006):[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census: Brethour, Township . Statistics Canada . July 19, 2019.
  2. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario . . February 9, 2022 . April 2, 2022.
  3. Web site: 2006 Community Profile.