Brockton is a municipality in the
Canadian province
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of
Ontario
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, located in
Bruce County
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. , the population was 9,784.
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
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Communities
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.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, 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 , it had a population density of in 2021.
Population trend prior to amalgamation:
* Population total in 1996: 10,163
** Brant (township): 3,455
** Greenock (township): 1,672
** Walkerton (town): 5,036
* Population in 1991:
** Brant (township): 3,420
** Greenock (township): 1,741
** Walkerton (town): 4,939
Mother tongue (2021):
* English as first language: 95.8%
* French as first language: 0.4%
* English and French as first language: 0.3%
* Other as first language: 3.0%
Government
List of former mayors:
*David Thomson (1999–2003)
*Charlie Bagnato (2003–2010)
*David Inglis (2010–2018)
*Chris Peabody (2018–present)
See also
*
Bruce County municipal elections, 2010
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List of townships in Ontario
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References
External links
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{{Bruce County, Ontario
Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario
Municipalities in Bruce County