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Admaston/Bromley
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Admaston/Bromley |
| official_name | Township of Admaston/Bromley |
| settlement_type | Township (lower-tier) |
| native_name | |
| image_skyline | Admaston Bromley ON.jpg |
| image_caption | Typical countryside near Douglas |
| pushpin_map | CAN ON Renfrew#Canada Southern Ontario |
| coordinates_footnotes | |
| 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_title2 | MPP |
| leader_name2 | Billy Denault (OPC) |
| established_title2 | Formed |
| established_date2 | |
| unit_pref | |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_land_km2 | 519.59 |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 2995 |
| population_density_km2 | 5.8 |
| timezone | EST |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| timezone_DST | EDT |
| utc_offset_DST | -4 |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| coordinates | |
| postal_code_type | Postal code |
| postal_code | K0J |
| area_codes | 613,343 |
| website |
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.
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.
File:Douglas ON.JPG|Douglas File:Shamrock ON.JPG|Shamrock
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 519.59 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.
|2001|2,824 |2006|2,716 |2011|2,844 |2016|2,935 | 2021 | 2995
| {{Historical populations | Historical census populations –}} Admaston Township | align = none | cols = 2 | percentages = | footnote = | title=1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical) | journal=Catalogue 92-702 Vol I, part 1 (Bulletin 1.1-2) | date=July 1973 | pages=76, 139 | publisher=Statistics Canada}} | 1921 | 1829 | 1931 | 1650 | 1941 | 1408 | 1951 | 1277 | 1956 | 1257 | 1961 | 1325 | 1966 | 1288 | 1971 | 1331 | 1976 | 1440 | 1981 | 1471 | 1986 | 1515 | 1991 | 1551 | 1996 | 1648 | {{Historical populations | Historical census populations –}} Bromley Township | align = none | cols = 2 | percentages = | footnote = | source = Statistics Canada | 1921 | 1796 | 1931 | 1586 | 1941 | 1563 | 1951 | 1628 | 1956 | 1600 | 1961 | 1447 | 1966 | 1318 | 1971 | 1217 | 1976 | 1208 | 1981 | 1196 | 1986 | 1142 | 1991 | 1201 | 1996 | 1189 |
|---|
Local government
List of former mayors:
- Raye-Anne Briscoe (2000–2014)
- Michael Donohue (2014–present)
References
References
- "Admaston/Bromley".
- {{SCref. (2021)
- (30 October 1937). "Origin of Place Names in District: Admaston". The Ottawa Evening Citizen.
- (8 February 2017). "Census Profile, 2016 Census Admaston/Bromley, Township". [[Statistics Canada]].
- (July 1973). "1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical)". Statistics Canada.
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