Brockton | |
Official Name: | Municipality of Brockton |
Settlement Type: | Municipality (lower-tier) |
Flag Size: | 120x100px |
Pushpin Map: | CAN ON Bruce#Canada Southern Ontario |
Coordinates: | 44.1667°N -94°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Date: | 1848 |
Established Title2: | Formed |
Established Date2: | January 1, 1999 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Chris Peabody |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Area Land Km2: | 565.18 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 9461 |
Population Density Km2: | 16.7 |
Utc Offset: | −05:00 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −04:00 |
Postal Code: | N0G |
Brockton is a municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Bruce County., the population was 9,461.[1]
The current municipality was formed on January 1, 1999, by amalgamating the former township of Brant, former township of Greenock and the town of Walkerton. Brockton's name was formed as a portmanteau of the three merged municipalities (Brant Greenock Walkerton).
Communities in the Municipality of Brockton include the former town of Walkerton and the villages within the boundaries of the two former Brant and Greenock Townships: Bradley, Cargill, Chepstow, Dunkeld, Eden Grove, Glammis, Greenock, Little Egypt, Malcolm, Maple Hill, Narva, Marle Lake, Lake Rosalind, Pearl Lake, Pinkerton, Portal, Riversdale and Solway.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Brockton had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 564.64km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
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