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Brooke-Alvinston
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Brooke-Alvinston |
| official_name | Municipality of Brooke-Alvinston |
| settlement_type | Municipality (lower-tier) |
| image_skyline | Brooke-Alvinston.JPG |
| flag_size | 120x100px |
| shield_size | 100x90px |
| pushpin_map | CAN ON Lambton#Canada Southern Ontario |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | |
| subdivision_type2 | County |
| subdivision_name2 | Lambton |
| established_title | Settled |
| established_date | 1830s |
| established_title2 | Formed |
| established_date2 | 2001 |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | David Ferguson |
| leader_title1 | Federal riding |
| leader_name1 | Sarnia—Lambton—Bkejwanong |
| leader_title2 | Prov. riding |
| leader_name2 | Lambton—Kent—Middlesex |
| area_land_km2 | 311.30 |
| area_footnotes | |
| population_as_of | 2011 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 2548 |
| population_density_km2 | 8.2 |
| timezone | EST |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| timezone_DST | EDT |
| utc_offset_DST | -4 |
| postal_code_type | Postal Code |
| postal_code | N0N |
| area_codes | 519 and 226 |
| website | brookealvinston.com |
Brooke-Alvinston is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within Lambton County. It was formed on January 1, 2001, when the Township of Brooke (incorporated 1842) was amalgamated with the Village of Alvinston (incorporated on June 12, 1880).
Communities
The municipality comprises the communities of Alvinston, Grays, Inwood, Rokeby, Sutorville, Walnut and Weidman. Alvinston, the biggest urban centre of the municipality, is 55 km east from Sarnia.
Sports
The Brooke Alvinston Inwood Community Centre Complex located in Alvinston contains an arena, auditorium with banquet facilities for 500, and several meeting rooms. It is home to figure skaters, minor hockey and the Alvinston Killer Bees Hockey Club of the Ontario Super Hockey League.
Attractions
A.W. Campbell Conservation Area operated by the St. Clair Region Conservation Authority is located near Alvinston. It offers camping, swimming, walking trails and picnic areas. It is also the site an annual maple syrup festival where visitors can view demonstrations of syrup production.
The Brooke Alvinston Watford Fall Fair is held annually in Alvinston. It features a tractor pull, demolition derby, parade, evening dance, midway, food concessions, exhibits in animal husbandry, field crops, horticulture, baking, art and photography, and school exhibits.
The Alvinston to Watford Optimist Road Race is a 16 kilometre race that begins in Alvinston and ends in Watford. The race, held annually, started in 1958.
Alvinston holds a town-wide garage sale annually in May, a classic car and antique tractor show in June, Canada Day celebrations in July, and a Santa Claus Parade in December.
Recreation
Brooke-Alvinston has two public libraries, in Alvinston and Inwood respectively. Both libraries are part of the Lambton County Library system, which services 25 branches throughout Lambton County.
Education
The Lambton Kent District School Board operates an elementary public school near Alvinston.
Media
Community news is chiefly found in The Independent of Petrolia and Central Lambton. Historically, the community news was reported through two newspapers: the Glencoe-Alvinston Transcript & Free Press and the Watford Guide-Advocate. Both publications are owned by Hayter-Walden Publishing. The papers were amalgamated with the Forest Standard and the Parkhill Gazette and closed in 2023. The community was also served by Sarnia and Lambton County This Week and the Sarnia Observer.
Demographics
|1996| 2894 |2001| 2785 |2006| 2661 |2011| 2548 |2016| 2411
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Brooke-Alvinston had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 311.41 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.
References
References
- (8 February 2017). "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Brooke-Alvinston, Municipality". [[Statistics Canada]].
- Statistics Canada: [[Canada 1996 Census. 1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census. 2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census. 2006]] census
- (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario". [[Statistics Canada]].
- "Brooke-Alvinston census profile". Statistics Canada.
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