Brethour, Ontario

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Brethour
Township (single-tier)
Township of Brethour
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Brethour
Coordinates: 47°40′N79°34′W / 47.667°N 79.567°W / 47.667; -79.567
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
ProvinceFlag of Ontario.svg  Ontario
District Timiskaming
Government
 • TypeTownship
 • MayorDavid White
 • Federal riding Nipissing—Timiskaming
 • Prov. riding Timiskaming—Cochrane
Area
[1]
 • Land82.08 km2 (31.69 sq mi)
Population
 (2016) [1]
 • Total97
 • Density1.2/km2 (3/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s) 705

Brethour is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Timiskaming District.

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The township had a population of 97 in the Canada 2016 Census. [1]

History

Brethour Township was surveyed in 1887. It was then later officially incorporated on October 17, 1917. The township's title was derived from the name of a prominent business man from Brantford, Ontario: H.W. Brethour.

Located in the District of Temiskaming, Brethour sits on the Ontario/Quebec provincial border. The first people to settle in the area were Edmond and Philomene Robert. Other mentionable early-settler family names include Schmidt, Cooke, Armstrong, Doonan, Broderick, and Goddard; many of which have living descendants still residing within the community. Most notably, Mr. Leonard Broderick continues to own and reside at the farm in which his great-grandfather William Broderick settled in 1903. Although the Brodericks are the only family to have remained on the same original land, many other original settler families have living descendants that have taken up residence on other lots within the township.

Demographics

Brethour, Ontario
Historical populations
YearPop.±%
1991179—    
1996 181+1.1%
2001 157−13.3%
2006 117−25.5%
2011 129+10.3%
2016 97−24.8%
[2] [3] [1]

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 36 (total dwellings: 38) [1]

Mother tongue (2006): [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Brethour, Township". Statistics Canada. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
  2. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  3. ↑ 2011 Census Profile
  4. ↑ "2006 Community Profile".

Coordinates: 47°40′N79°34′W / 47.667°N 79.567°W / 47.667; -79.567

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