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South Bruce is a municipality in
Bruce County
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History
South Bruce was created in 1999 as part of county-wide municipal restructuring. In 1998, the Township of Culross and the Village of Teeswater amalgamated to form the Township of Teeswater-Culross. Similarly, the Village of Mildmay joined with the Township of Carrick to form the Township of Mildmay-Carrick. The following year, both Mildmay-Carrick and Teeswater-Culross amalgamated again to form South Bruce, choosing Teeswater as the seat of the municipality.
South Bruce is one of two Ontario communities
being considered as a potential deep geological repository site for Canada's used nuclear fuel.
Communities
The two main population centres in South Bruce are
Mildmay and
Teeswater. Other communities within the municipal boundaries are Carlsruhe, Deemerton,
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and
Salem.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, South Bruce 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: 6,248
** Carrick (township): 2,431
** Culross (township): 1,638
** Mildmay (village): 1,110
** Teeswater (village): 1,069
* Population in 1991:
** Carrick (township): 2,378
** Culross (township): 1,636
** Mildmay (village): 1,095
** Teeswater (village): 1,066
See also
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2018 Bruce County municipal elections
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List of townships in Ontario
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References
External links
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Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario
Municipalities in Bruce County
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