Dubreuilville is a

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in the

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, located in the Algoma District. Established as a

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in 1961 by the Dubreuil Brothers

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company, Dubreuilville was incorporated as a municipality in 1977. The town is located along the

Algoma Central Railway The Algoma Central Railway is a railway in Northern Ontario, Canada, that operates between Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Sault Ste. Marie and Hearst, Ontario, Hearst. It used to have a branch line to Wawa, Ontario, Wawa. The area served by th ...

, on Highway 519, east of Highway 17. The turnoff from Highway 17 is located north from the town of Wawa and south of the town of White River. Dubreuilville sponsored Canada's Strongest Man contests in 2015, 2016, and 2019.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Dubreuilville 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:Statistics Canada:

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 6 – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral ...

, 1986,

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

census * Population in 2016: 613 * Population in 2011: 635 * Population in 2006: 773 * Population in 2001: 967 * Population in 1996: 990 * Population in 1991: 983 * Population in 1986: 988 * Population in 1981: 988 * Population in 1976: 818 Mother tongue: * English as first language: 14.2% * French as first language: 84.2% * English and French as first language: * Other as first language: 1.6% Dubreuilville ON 1

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* Company towns in Canada Municipalities in Algoma District Single-tier municipalities in Ontario Township municipalities in Ontario {{NorthernOntario-geo-stub

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