Brethour

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Brethour
Township (single-tier)
Township of Brethour
Brethour
Coordinates: 47°40′N 79°34′W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Timiskaming
Incorporated	1917
Government
• Type	Township
• Mayor	David White
• Federal riding	Nipissing—Timiskaming
• Prov. riding	Timiskaming—Cochrane
Area [1]
• Land	82.08 km^2 (31.69 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	97
• Density	1.2/km^2 (3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Area code(s)	705, 249

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

The township had a population of 97 in the 2016 Canadian 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

Year	Pop.	±%
1986	148	—
1991	179	+20.9%
1996	181	+1.1%
2001	157	−13.3%
2006	117	−25.5%
2011	129	+10.3%
2016	97	−24.8%
[2][3][1]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Brethour had a population of 105 living in 38 of its 48 total private dwellings, a change of −15.3% from its 2016 population of 124. With a land area of 81.97 km² (31.65 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.3/km² (3.3/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]

Mother tongue (2006):^[5]

• English as first language: 91.3%
• French as first language: 8.7%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 0%

See also

• List of townships in Ontario
• List of francophone communities in Ontario

References

1. "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. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
5. "2006 Community Profile".

External links

Media related to Brethour, Ontario at Wikimedia Commons