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Limerick, Ontario
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Limerick |
| official_name | Township of Limerick |
| settlement_type | Township (lower-tier) |
| image_skyline | Limerick ON.JPG |
| image_caption | Community centre |
| flag_size | 120x100px |
| image_blank_emblem | LimerickTownship,OntarioLogo.jpg |
| blank_emblem_size | 100x80px |
| pushpin_map | Canada Southern Ontario |
| pushpin_label_position | top |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Canada |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | Ontario |
| subdivision_type2 | County |
| subdivision_name2 | Hastings |
| established_title | Settled |
| established_title2 | Incorporated |
| established_date2 | 1887 |
| government_type | Township |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Kim Carson |
| leader_title1 | Fed. riding |
| leader_name1 | Hastings—Lennox and Addington |
| leader_title2 | Prov. riding |
| leader_name2 | Hastings—Lennox and Addington |
| area_land_km2 | 201.04 |
| area_footnotes | |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 436 |
| population_density_km2 | 2.2 |
| timezone | EST |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| timezone_DST | EDT |
| utc_offset_DST | -4 |
| postal_code_type | Postal Code |
| postal_code | K0L |
| area_codes | 613 and 343 |
| website |
Limerick is a small township in Hastings County, Ontario, Canada, near Limerick Lake. It is located 80 km north of Belleville between Madoc and Bancroft and served by Ontario Highway 62 and Township Road 620. The Township is bordered by the Town of Bancroft, Township of Wollaston and the United Townships of Tudor and Cashel. The township is heavily forested, as is the shoreline of the Limerick Lake, the main industry in the township being forestry and logging. The population of Limerick Township is approx. 400 full-year residents, and another 1000 seasonal residents.
It was named in 1887 after the city of Limerick in Ireland.
Communities
The township of Limerick comprises a number of villages and hamlets, including the following communities:
- Brinklow
- Martins Landing
- Ormsby ()
- Ormsby Junction
- St. Ola
- Steenburg Lake
File:Ormsby ON 1.JPG|Old school house in Ormsby File:Ormsby ON 2.JPG|Country store in Ormsby
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Limerick had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 201.04 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.
| 1881 |563 | 1891 |508 | 1901 |597 | 1911 |448 | 1921 |271 | 1931 |316 | 1941 |345 | 1951 |292 | 1956 |336 | 1961 |336 | 1966 |224 | 1971 |233 | 1976 | 282 | 1981 | 310 | 1986 | 310 | 1991 | 347 |1996| 396 |2001| 362 |2006| 364 |2011| 352 |2016| 346 |2021| 436
Mother tongue (2021):
- English as first language: 94.3%
- French as first language: 1.1%
- English and French as first language: 0%
- Other as first language: 3.4%
Mining
Main article: McBride Project
Pancontinental Resources Corporation's (Pancon) plans to build a nickel, copper, and cobalt mine in Limerick was met with resistance from the local community in 2018. 5.1 million tons of nickel, cobalt, and copper exist near the surface of a 880 hectare area known as the McBride Project, located near Canadian National Railway, mining rights to the area are owned by Derek McBride's private company Hastings Highlands Resources Limited, which had an option agreement with Pancon. Pancon ceased collaborating on the project in March 2019, while McBridge spoke on Moose FM about his aspirations to find a new business partner.
References
References
- {{SCref. (2021)
- Cameron Bevers. "History of Secondary Highway 620".
- [https://discover.cabhc.ca/limerick-township-history-since-1888-mrs-thomas-ham Limerick Township History since 1888]. By Mrs. Thomas Ham, Steenburg, Ontario. First published in The North Hastings Review circa 1955. Accessed 31 May 2020.
- [[Canada 1996 Census. 1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census. 2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census. 2006]] census
- (1992). "Profile of census divisions and subdivision in Ontario. Part A". Supply and Services Canada.
- (1944). "Eighth Census of Canada 1941 - Volume II - Population by Local Subdivisions". Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
- (July 1973). "1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical)". Statistics Canada.
- Reisler, Mathew. (2018-08-30). "Proposed Mine in Limerick is Causing an Uproar From the Public".
- Meeks, Timothy. (29 Aug 2018). "Battle brewing over mine south of Bancroft".
- Smelle, Nate. (2019-12-20). "Lake associations fight to end mining in NH".
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