Brockton, Ontario



Brockton is a municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Bruce County. , the population was 9,461.

The current municipality was formed on January 1, 1999, by amalgamating the former township of Brant, former township of Greenock and the town of Walkerton. Brockton's name was formed as a portmanteau of the three merged municipalities (Brant Greenock Walkerton).

Communities
Communities in the Municipality of Brockton include the former town of Walkerton and the villages within the boundaries of the two former Brant and Greenock Townships: Bradley, Cargill, Chepstow, Dunkeld, Eden Grove, Glammis, Greenock, Little Egypt, Malcolm, Maple Hill, Narva, Marle Lake, Lake Rosalind, Pearl Lake, Pinkerton, Portal, Riversdale and Solway.

Mayors

 * David Thomson (1999–2003)
 * Charlie Bagnato (2003–2010)
 * David Inglis (2010–2018)
 * Chris Peabody (2018–present)

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Brockton had a population of $9,784$ living in $4,032$ of its $4,406$ total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of $9,461$. With a land area of 564.64 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

Mother tongue:
 * English as first language: 95.2%
 * French as first language: 0.2%
 * English and French as first language: 0%
 * Other as first language: 4.5%

Population trend:
 * Population in 2016: 9,461
 * Population in 2011: 9,432
 * Population in 2006: 9,641
 * Population in 2001: 9,658
 * Population total in 1996: 10,163
 * Brant (township): 3,455
 * Greenock (township): 1,672
 * Walkerton (town): 5,036
 * Population in 1991:
 * Brant (township): 3,420
 * Greenock (township): 1,741
 * Walkerton (town): 4,939