Admaston/Bromley Explained

Admaston/Bromley
Official Name:Township of Admaston/Bromley
Settlement Type:Township (lower-tier)
Pushpin Map:CAN ON Renfrew#Canada Southern Ontario
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Ontario
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Renfrew
Government Type:Township
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Michael Donohue
Leader Title1:MP
Leader Name1:Cheryl Gallant (CPC)
Leader Name2:John Yakabuski (OPC)
Established Title2:Formed
Area Land Km2:519.59
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:2995
Population Density Km2:5.8
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Coordinates:45.5292°N -76.8969°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:K0J
Area Codes:613,343

Admaston/Bromley is an incorporated township in Renfrew County, Eastern Ontario, Canada. It was formed on January 1, 2000, when Admaston and Bromley Townships were amalgamated. It takes part of its name from Admaston, Staffordshire, a small English hamlet.[2]

Communities

The township comprises the communities of Admaston, Balsam Hill, Belangers Corners, Bromley, Bulgers Corners, Connaught, Douglas, Ferguslea, Fremo Corners, Kellys Corner, Martins Corner, McDougall, Moores Lake, Mount St. Patrick, Northcote, Oakgrove, Osceola, Payne, Pine Valley, Renfrew Junction, Rosebank, Shamrock, and Wolftown.

Admaston

The community, as well as the township, were named for the little village of Admaston, Staffordshire, the native home of Sir Charles Bagot, second Governor General of the Province of Canada .

Bromley

The community, as well as the township, took its name from Bagot's Bromley in Staffordshire, England, home of the Bagot family.

Douglas

When the post office was established in 1854, Scottish settlers chose the name Douglas after a town in Lanarkshire, Scotland.The town of Douglas is the third of five chutes along the Bonnechere River. The others being Castleford, Renfrew, Fourth Chute and Eganville. The chutes were used for moving timber past rapids and waterfalls; Douglas had a 21-foot (3.4 m) waterfall over which log drivers had to shepherd their timber.

Mount St. Patrick

The community was most likely first settled in the 1830's by squatters on the land, as there was no land registry until the 1850's. The settlers, almost solely Irish Catholics, named the village after Croagh Patrick, in County Mayo, Ireland.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Admaston/Bromley had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 519.59km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

Local government

List of former mayors:

See also

Notes and References

  1. FEVHF. Admaston/Bromley. 2012-10-06.
  2. News: The Citizen's District Staff of Correspondents. Origin of Place Names in District: Admaston. 16 August 2015. The Ottawa Evening Citizen. 115. 30 October 1937. Ottawa, Canada. 19. Admaston in Renfrew county was named after a village in Staffordshire, England..