Editing Brockville

{{about|Brockville, the city in Eastern Ontario, Canada}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name                            = Brockville
| official_name                   = City of Brockville
| settlement_type                 = [[List of cities in Ontario|City]] ([[List of municipalities in Ontario#Single-tier municipalities|single-tier]])
| nickname                        = "City of 1000 Islands"
| motto                           = ''Industria, Intelligentia, Prosperitas'' ([[Latin]])<br/>"Industry, Intelligence, Prosperity"
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| image_caption                   = From left to right: Brockville skyline, Fuller Building with John H. Fulford Memorial Fountain, Leeds and Grenville County Court House, Downtown Brockville
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| subdivision_type                = Country
| subdivision_name                = Canada
| subdivision_type1               = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
| subdivision_name1               = [[Ontario]]
| subdivision_type2               = [[Census divisions of Ontario|County]]
| subdivision_name2               = [[Leeds and Grenville United Counties|Leeds and Grenville]] (independent)
| established_title               = Settled
| established_date                = 1785
| established_title1              = Incorporated
| established_date1               = 1832
| government_type                 = City
| leader_title                    = Mayor
| leader_name                     = Matt Wren
| leader_title1                   = Fed. riding
| leader_name1                    = [[Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes (federal electoral district)|Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes]]
| leader_title2                   = Prov. riding
| leader_name2                    = [[Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes (provincial electoral district)|Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes]]
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| area_footnotes                  = <ref name=SCref21>{{SCref |year=2021 |unit=csd |code={{#property:P3012}} |access-date=2025-03-07}}</ref>
| area_total_km2                  =
| area_land_km2                   = 20.91
| area_water_km2                  =
| area_urban_km2                  = 18.70
| area_urban_footnotes            = <ref name="sc2021-PC">{{cite web |title=Brockville, Ontario [Population centre] Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=brockville&DGUIDlist=2021S05100098&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |publisher=Government of Canada - Statistics Canada |access-date=2025-03-07}}</ref>
| area_metro_km2                  = 576.87
| area_metro_footnotes            = <ref name="sc2021-CA">{{cite web |title=Brockville, Ontario [Census agglomeration] Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=brockville&DGUIDlist=2021S0504512&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |publisher=Government of Canada - Statistics Canada |access-date=2025-03-07}}</ref>
| population_as_of                = 2021
| population_footnotes            = <ref name=SCref21/>
| population_total                = 22,116
| population_density_km2          = 1057.8
| population_metro                = 31,661
| population_urban                = 22,293
| population_density_urban_km2    = 1192.3
| population_urban_footnotes      = <ref name="sc2021-PC"/>
| population_density_metro_km2    = 54.9
| population_metro_footnotes      = <ref name="sc2021-CA"/>
| coordinates                     = {{coord|44|35|N|75|41|W|region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}}
| timezone                        = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
| utc_offset                      = −05:00
| timezone_DST                    = EDT
| utc_offset_DST                  = −04:00
| area_code                       = [[Area code 613|613, 343]]
| postal_code_type                = [[Canadian postal code|Postal code FSA]]
| postal_code                     = K6T to K6V
| website                         = {{Official URL}}
| footnotes                       =
}}

'''Brockville''' is a city in [[Eastern Ontario]], Canada, in the [[Thousand Islands]] region. Although it is the seat of the [[United Counties of Leeds and Grenville]], it is politically [[Independent city|independent]] of the county. It is included with Leeds and Grenville for census purposes only.

Known as the "City of the 1000 Islands", Brockville is situated on the land which was previously inhabited by the [[St. Lawrence Iroquoians]]<ref name="trigger">{{cite journal |last1=Trigger |first1=Bruce G. |year=1979 |title=Sixteenth century Ontario: history, ethnohistory and archaeology |journal=[[Ontario Historical Society|Ontario History]] |volume=71 |issue=4 |pages=205–223 |quote=In 1535, a number of Iroquoian villages totalling several thousand people, were recorded by Jacques Cartier in the vicinity of Quebec City and on Montreal Island. More St. Lawrence Iroquoian villages had been located farther upriver in the Summerstown and Brockville areas and south of the river in Jefferson County, New York, in prehistoric times. Of these, at least the Brockville area was still inhabited in the protohistoric times.}}</ref> and later by the [[Oswegatchie people]].<ref name="surtees">{{cite book |last=Surtees |first=R. J. |url=http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/aanc-inac/R5-350-1983-eng.pdf |title=Indian Land Surrenders in Ontario 1763-1867 |date=February 1984 |publisher=[[Indian and Northern Affairs]] Canada |pages=25–34 |access-date=June 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020173104/http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/aanc-inac/R5-350-1983-eng.pdf |archive-date=October 20, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> Brockville is one of Ontario's oldest communities established by [[United Empire Loyalist|Loyalist]] settlers and is named after the British general Sir [[Isaac Brock]].

Tourist attractions in Brockville include the [[Brockville Tunnel]], [[Fulford Place]], and the [[Aquatarium (Ontario)|Aquatarium]].

==History==
Human inhabitation of the upper St. Lawrence River dates at least to the late Middle [[Woodland period]] by the [[Point Peninsula complex|Point Peninsula people]].<ref name=pendergast>{{cite journal |last=Pendergast |first=James F. |year=1975 |title=An In-Situ Hypothesis to Explain the Origin of the St. Lawrence Iroquoians |url=https://ontarioarchaeology.org/Resources/Publications/oa25-5-pendergast.pdf |journal=[[Ontario Archaeological Society|Ontario Archaeology]] |volume=25 |pages=47–55 |access-date=June 5, 2021 |archive-date=June 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605191739/https://ontarioarchaeology.org/Resources/Publications/oa25-5-pendergast.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Iron oxide [[rock art|pictographs]] on rock faces have been documented on the [[Fulford Place|Fulford property]] in Brockville and at Hillcrest west of Brockville.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sheridan |first1=Herb |last2=Brown |first2=Jack |url=https://tilife.org/BackIssues/Archive/tabid/393/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1447/Indian-Pictographs.html |title=Indian Pictographs |magazine=Thousand Islands Life |date=January 2014 |access-date=June 7, 2021 |archive-date=June 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607164230/https://tilife.org/BackIssues/Archive/tabid/393/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1447/Indian-Pictographs.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Dewdney |first1=Selwyn |author-link1=Selwyn Dewdney |last2=Kidd |first2=Kenneth E. |year=1967 |edition=2nd |title=Indian Rock Paintings of the Great Lakes |url=https://albinger.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/dewdney-indian-rock-paintings-of-the-great-lakes-second-edition-material-pp-102-159-ilovepdf-compressed.pdf |pages=156–158 |publisher=[[University of Toronto Press]] |access-date=June 8, 2021 |archive-date=June 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608073602/https://albinger.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/dewdney-indian-rock-paintings-of-the-great-lakes-second-edition-material-pp-102-159-ilovepdf-compressed.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> From around 1450 until sometime in the 1500s, the [[St. Lawrence Iroquoians]] established a cluster of [[palisade]]d agricultural villages in the vicinity of Brockville and [[Prescott, Ontario|Prescott]], the [[Roebuck, Ontario|Roebuck]] site being the best known.<ref name=trigger/><ref name=pendergast/><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Warrick |first1=Gary |date=December 2000 |title=The Precontact Iroquoian Occupation of Southern Ontario |jstor=25801165 |journal=Journal of World Prehistory |volume=14 |issue=4 |pages=415–466|doi=10.1023/A:1011137725917 |s2cid=163183815 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Shanahan |first=David |url=https://ngtimes.ca/the-vanishing-people/ |title=The Vanishing People |newspaper=The North Grenville Times |date=May 15, 2019 |access-date=June 5, 2021 |archive-date=June 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605191730/https://ngtimes.ca/the-vanishing-people/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Pilon |first=Jean-Luc |url=https://www.historymuseum.ca/blog/when-modern-science-connects-with-the-past/ |title=When modern science connects with the past |publisher=[[Canadian Museum of History]] |date=March 15, 2017 |access-date=June 5, 2021 |archive-date=June 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605191738/https://www.historymuseum.ca/blog/when-modern-science-connects-with-the-past/ |url-status=live }}</ref> By 1751, the [[Oswegatchie people]] had occupied the north shore of the St. Lawrence between Toniato Creek (now known as Jones Creek, in [[Thousand Islands National Park]]) and the [[Long Sault]]. After negotiations with the British, they withdrew from the frontage on the north shore of the St. Lawrence in 1784, resettling at what is now [[Lisbon, New York]].<ref name=surtees/>

This area of Ontario was first settled by [[English language|English]] speakers in 1784, when thousands of American refugees arrived from the American colonies after the [[American Revolutionary War]]. They were later called [[United Empire Loyalists]] because of their continued allegiance to [[George III|King George III]]. The struggle between Britain and the 13 [[Thirteen Colonies|American colonies]] occurred in the years 1776 to 1783 and seriously divided loyalties among people in some colonies such as [[New York (state)|New York]] and [[Vermont]]. In many areas, traders and merchants, especially in the coastal cities or the northern border regions, had stronger business ties and allegiance to the Crown than did the frontiersmen of the interior. During the six-year war, which ended with the capitulation of the British in 1782, many colonists who remained loyal to the crown were frequently subject to harsh reprisals and unfair dispossession of their property by their fellow citizens. Many Loyalists chose to flee north to the [[British colony]] of [[Quebec]]. Great Britain opened the western region of Canada (first known as Upper Canada and now Ontario), purchasing land from First Nations to allocate to the predominantly English-speaking Loyalists in compensation for their losses and helping them with some supplies as they founded new settlements. The first years were very harsh as they struggled on the frontier. Some exiles returned to the United States.

[[File:Brockville - ON - Railway Tunnel.jpg|thumb|The south portal of the [[Brockville Railway Tunnel|Brockville Tunnel]], Canada's first railway tunnel, opened in 1860.]]
[[File:Brockville - ON - Rathaus.jpg|thumb|Victoria Hall, now the site of Brockville's City Hall, was built in 1862–64 as a concert hall in front and a butchers' market in the rear.]]
[[File:Court House Avenue and Soldier's Monument, Brockville, Ontario (1920s).jpg|thumb|Court House Avenue and the War Memorial, 1925]]

The [[Saint Lawrence River]] got its name from explorer [[Jacques Cartier]]'s arrival in the gulf on August 10, 1535, the feast day of the martyred Roman Christian, [[Saint Lawrence]]. In 1785, the first Loyalist to take up land where Brockville is now located was [[William Buell|William Buell Sr.]] (1751–1832), an ensign disbanded from the [[King's Rangers]] from the state of New York. Residents commonly called the first settlement Buell's Bay. Around 1810, government officials of [[Upper Canada]] assigned the name Elizabethtown to the developing village.

During mid-1812, the Hon. Charles Jones, and other leading residents of the village, then known by the misleading name Elizabethtown, started to refer to the village as Brockville in their correspondence. The commanding British General in Upper Canada and temporary administrator of the province was Major-General [[Isaac Brock]]. He was celebrated as the "Hero and Saviour" of Upper Canada because of his recent success in securing the surrender by Americans of [[Fort Shelby (Michigan)|Fort Detroit]] during the first months of the [[War of 1812]]. After the surrender of Fort Detroit, General Brock was next involved in other battles on the [[Niagara Peninsula]]. On October 13, 1812, he was fatally wounded while leading troops up the heights near the village of [[Queenston]], then temporarily held by [[Americans|American]] [[militia]]. General Brock had learned of the honour being offered by the residents of Elizabethtown but had no chance to give it his official blessing before his death. It took several years for Provincial officials to officially accept the new name, though most residents used it. A [[raid on Elizabethtown]] occurred on the early morning of February 7, 1813, when [[Benjamin Forsyth]] and 200 of his American forces crossed the frozen Saint Lawrence River, occupied the settlement, seized military and public stores, freed American prisoners, and captured local militia soldiers and leading citizens.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/on/fortgeorge/edu/edu6a_e.asp|title=Parks Canada - The War of 1812|website=pc.gc.ca|access-date=May 3, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050909075232/http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/on/fortgeorge/edu/edu6a_e.asp|archive-date=September 9, 2005}}</ref>

By 1830, the population of Brockville exceeded 1,000. This entitled it to be represented by its own elected member in the House of Assembly. [[Henry Jones (Upper Canada politician)|Henry Jones]], the village [[postmaster]], was elected in October 1830 to the 11th Parliament of the Province.

Brockville became Ontario's first [[incorporated town|incorporated]] self-governing town on January 28, 1832, two years before the town of [[Toronto]]. After the passing of the Brockville Police Act passed by the [[Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada]], Brockville was granted the power to govern its own affairs, pass laws, and raise taxes. The first elections for the new Board of Police were held on April 2, 1832, when four male citizens were elected to the Police Board. These four, in turn, chose a fifth member, Daniel Jones, who became the first Police Board President (or Mayor) of Brockville.  In March 1836, he became the first native Upper Canadian to receive a [[knighthood]] for services to the Crown.

By 1846, the population was 2,111. This growth was accompanied by the construction of many buildings made of stone and brick. There was a County courthouse and Jail, six churches or chapels, and a steamboat pier for travel to and from [[Montreal]] and [[Kingston, Ontario|Kingston]]. Two newspapers were published, two bank agencies were established, and the post office received mail daily. Several court and government departments had offices here. The first industries consisted of one grist mill, four [[Tanning (leather)|tanneries]], two [[Ashery|asheries]] and four wagon makers, in addition to tradespeople of various types.<ref>{{cite book |last=Smith |first=Wm. H. |date=1846 |title=Smith's Canadian Gazetteer - Statistical and General Information Respecting all parts of The Upper Province, or Canada West|url=https://archive.org/details/smithscanadianga00smit |location=Toronto |publisher=H. & W. Rowsell |page=[https://archive.org/details/smithscanadianga00smit/page/21 21]}}</ref>

Later in the 19th century, the town developed as a local centre of industry, including shipbuilding, saddleries, tanneries, [[tinsmith]]s, a [[foundry]], a brewery, and several hotels. By 1854, a [[patent medicine]] industry had sprung up in Brockville and [[Morristown (village), New York|Morristown]], New York, across the Saint Lawrence River, featuring such products as Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills, Dr. McKenzie's Worm Tablets, and later, [[Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People]].

In 1855, Brockville was chosen as a [[divisional point]] of the new [[Grand Trunk Railway]] between Montreal and Toronto. This contributed to its growth, as it could offer jobs in railway maintenance and related fields. At the same time, the north–south line of the [[Brockville and Ottawa Railway]] was built to join the timber trade of the [[Ottawa Valley]] with the Saint Lawrence River ship route. A well-engineered tunnel for this railway was dug and blasted underneath the middle of Brockville. Completed in December 1860, the [[Brockville Tunnel]] was the first railway tunnel built in Canada.

Brockville and many other towns in Canada West were targets of the threatened [[Fenian]] invasion after the [[American Civil War]] ended in 1865. In June 1866, the [[Irish-American]] Brotherhood of Fenians invaded Canada. They launched raids across the [[Niagara River]] into [[Canada West]] (Ontario) and from Vermont into [[Canada East]] (Quebec). Canadian Prime Minister [[John A. Macdonald]] called upon the volunteer militia companies in every town to protect Canada. The Brockville Infantry Company and the Brockville Rifle Company (now [[The Brockville Rifles]]) were mobilized. The unsuccessful [[Fenian Raids]] was a catalyst that contributed to the creation of the new confederated [[Canada]] in 1867.

By 1869, Brockville had a population of 5000 and a passenger station on the Grand Trunk Railway. It was the County Town of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville and a Port of Entry. [[Steamboats]] stopped in Brockville daily while plying among Montreal, Kingston, Toronto and [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]]. The Brockville and Ottawa Railway connected Brockville with [[Smith's Falls]], [[Perth, Ontario|Perth]], [[Almonte, Ontario|Almonte]], [[Carleton Place]] and Sand Point. During the summer, a steam ferry plied every half-hour between Brockville and Morristown, New York.<ref>''The Province of Ontario Gazetteer and Directory.'' H. McEvoy Editor and Compiler, Toronto: Robertson & Cook, Publishers, 1869</ref>

In 1962, Brockville was granted official status as a [[city]]. Its coat of arms featured a [[beehive]] surrounded by a golden chain and bears the motto ''Industria, Intelligentia, Prosperitas''. This is an official [[heraldic]] design.  Brockville is one of the few Canadian cities to have a recognized heraldic flag.
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== Geography ==
Brockville is located on the north shore of the [[Saint Lawrence River]], about halfway between [[Kingston, Ontario|Kingston]] to the west and [[Cornwall, Ontario|Cornwall]] to the east. It is {{convert|115|km|abbr=on}} south of the national capital [[Ottawa]]. Brockville faces the village of [[Morristown (village), New York|Morristown, New York]], on the south side of the river.

===Climate===
Brockville experiences a [[humid continental climate]] (Dfb). The highest temperature ever recorded in Brockville was {{convert|39.4|C|1}} on July 31, 1917, and June 4, 1919.<ref name="climate 2"/> The coldest temperature ever recorded was {{convert|-38.3|C|1}} on February 4, 1886, and January 28, 1925.<ref name="climate 2"/>

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|location = Brockville (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1871−present)
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|Jan record high C = 16.7
|Feb record high C = 15.5
|Mar record high C = 26.1
|Apr record high C = 30.6
|May record high C = 32.2
|Jun record high C = 39.4
|Jul record high C = 39.4
|Aug record high C = 36.7
|Sep record high C = 34.4
|Oct record high C = 27.8
|Nov record high C = 23.9
|Dec record high C = 19.5
|year record high C = 39.4
|Jan high C = −3.1
|Feb high C = -1.7
|Mar high C = 3.7
|Apr high C = 11.3
|May high C = 18.8
|Jun high C = 23.4
|Jul high C = 26.1
|Aug high C = 25.4
|Sep high C = 21.2
|Oct high C = 13.8
|Nov high C = 7.0
|Dec high C = 0.4
|year high C = 12.2
|Jan mean C = −7.2
|Feb mean C = −6.0
|Mar mean C = -0.7
|Apr mean C = 6.6
|May mean C = 13.5
|Jun mean C = 18.5
|Jul mean C = 21.3
|Aug mean C = 20.6
|Sep mean C = 16.5
|Oct mean C = 9.7
|Nov mean C = 3.5
|Dec mean C = -3.0
|year mean C = 7.8
|Jan low C = −11.3
|Feb low C = −10.3
|Mar low C = −5.0
|Apr low C = 1.8
|May low C = 8.3
|Jun low C = 13.5
|Jul low C = 16.5
|Aug low C = 15.7
|Sep low C = 11.7
|Oct low C = 5.8
|Nov low C = -0.2
|Dec low C = −6.5
|year low C = 3.3
|Jan record low C = −38.3
|Feb record low C = −38.3
|Mar record low C = −31.7
|Apr record low C = −15.0
|May record low C = −6.7
|Jun record low C = 0.0
|Jul record low C = 2.8
|Aug record low C = 1.7
|Sep record low C = −3.9
|Oct record low C = −11.1
|Nov record low C = −26.1
|Dec record low C = −36.1
|year record low C = −38.3
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 83.8
|Feb precipitation mm = 64.0
|Mar precipitation mm = 68.3
|Apr precipitation mm = 89.1
|May precipitation mm = 79.6
|Jun precipitation mm = 95.7
|Jul precipitation mm = 99.2
|Aug precipitation mm = 81.9
|Sep precipitation mm = 95.5
|Oct precipitation mm = 94.0
|Nov precipitation mm = 81.0
|Dec precipitation mm = 85.2
|year precipitation mm = 1017.1
|rain colour = green
|Jan rain mm = 34.3
|Feb rain mm = 22.6
|Mar rain mm = 39.7
|Apr rain mm = 81.4
|May rain mm = 79.4
|Jun rain mm = 95.7
|Jul rain mm = 99.2
|Aug rain mm = 81.9
|Sep rain mm = 95.5
|Oct rain mm = 92.6
|Nov rain mm = 69.8
|Dec rain mm = 44.7
|year rain mm = 836.7
|snow colour = green
|Jan snow cm = 49.5
|Feb snow cm = 41.4
|Mar snow cm = 28.6
|Apr snow cm = 7.7
|May snow cm = 0.2
|Jun snow cm = 0.0
|Jul snow cm = 0.0
|Aug snow cm = 0.0
|Sep snow cm = 0.0
|Oct snow cm = 1.4
|Nov snow cm = 11.2
|Dec snow cm = 40.6
|year snow cm = 180.4
|unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 15.7
|Feb precipitation days = 12.0
|Mar precipitation days = 11.6
|Apr precipitation days = 12.6
|May precipitation days = 12.6
|Jun precipitation days = 12.0
|Jul precipitation days = 12.2
|Aug precipitation days = 10.9
|Sep precipitation days = 11.4
|Oct precipitation days = 13.2
|Nov precipitation days = 12.8
|Dec precipitation days = 14.9
|year precipitation days = 151.9
|unit rain days = 0.2 mm
|Jan rain days = 5.0
|Feb rain days = 3.7
|Mar rain days = 6.8
|Apr rain days = 11.6
|May rain days = 12.6
|Jun rain days = 12.0
|Jul rain days = 12.2
|Aug rain days = 10.9
|Sep rain days = 11.4
|Oct rain days = 13.1
|Nov rain days = 10.4
|Dec rain days = 7.4
|year rain days = 117.0
|unit snow days = 0.2 cm
|Jan snow days = 12.0
|Feb snow days = 9.2
|Mar snow days = 6.1
|Apr snow days = 2.0
|May snow days = 0.11
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.32
|Nov snow days = 3.2
|Dec snow days = 9.1
|year snow days = 42.0
|source 1 = [[Environment Canada]]<ref name="climate 2">{{cite web
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| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1961_1990_e.html?searchType=stnName&txtStationName=brockville&searchMethod=contains&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=806&dispBack=0
| title = Brockville, Ontario
| work = Canadian Climate Normals 1961–1990
| date = February 9, 2011 |access-date  = July 23, 2016
| url-status = live
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160817010355/http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1961_1990_e.html?searchType=stnName&txtStationName=brockville&searchMethod=contains&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=806&dispBack=0
| archive-date = August 17, 2016}}</ref><ref name="climate">{{cite web
| url = https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1991_2020_e.html?searchType=stnProv&lstProvince=ON&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=155000000&dispBack=0
| title = Brockville
| work = Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020
| publisher = Environment Canada
| access-date = Oct 9, 2024}}</ref>
|date=May 2012
}}

==Demographics==
In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Brockville had a population of {{val|22116|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|10647|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|11088|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:22116-21569}}|21569|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|21569|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|20.91|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|22116|20.91|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=SCref21/>
{{Canada census
 |location = Brockville
 |2021_population=22,116 | 2021_pop_delta=+2.5  | 2021_land_area=20.91 | 2021_pop_density=1057.8
 |2021_median_age=51.6 | 2021_median_age_m=49.2 | 2021_median_age_f=54.4
 |2021_total_pvt_dwell=11,088 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=10,647 |2021_mean_hh_income=63,600
 |2021_geocode=2021A00053507015 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19
 |2016_population=21,854 | 2016_pop_delta=-0.1 | 2016_land_area=18.71 | 2016_pop_density=1167.8
 |2016_median_age=50.3 | 2016_median_age_m=47.8 | 2016_median_age_f=52.3
 |2016_total_pvt_dwell=10,893 | 2016_mean_hh_income=51,219 | 2016_access_date=May 29, 2019
 |2011_population=21,870 | 2011_pop_delta=-0.4 | 2011_land_area=20.90 | 2011_pop_density=1046.2
 |2011_median_age= | 2011_median_age_m= | 2011_median_age_f=
 |2011_total_pvt_dwell=10,645 | 2011_mean_hh_income= | 2011_access_date=2012-02-14
 |2006_population=21,957 | 2006_pop_delta=2.7 | 2006_land_area=20.74 | 2006_pop_density=1058.8
 |2006_median_age=44.2 | 2006_median_age_m=42.7 | 2006_median_age_f=45.6
 |2006_total_pvt_dwell=10,394 | 2006_mean_hh_income=46,071 | 2006_access_date=2012-02-14
 |2001_population=21,375 | 2001_pop_delta=-1.7 | 2001_land_area=20.73 | 2001_pop_density=1030.9
 |2001_median_age=41.3 | 2001_median_age_m=39.6 | 2001_median_age_f=43.0
 |2001_total_pvt_dwell=10,130 | 2001_mean_hh_income=39,889 | 2001_access_date=2012-02-14
}}

{{Historical populations
|title    = {{Nowrap|Historical census populations –}} Brockville
|type     = Canada
|align    = none
|cols     = 3
|footnote = 2016 Population figure based on revised count.
|source   = Statistics Canada<ref name=SCref21/><ref name=SCref16>{{SCref |year=2016 |unit=csd |code={{#property:P3012}} |access-date=2025-03-07}}</ref><ref name=census1941>{{cite report |title=Eighth Census of Canada 1941 - Volume II - Population by Local Subdivisions |id=CS98-1941-2 |date=1944 |publisher=Dominion Bureau of Statistics}}</ref><ref name=census1971>{{cite journal |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= |publisher=Statistics Canada}}</ref>
|1871|5102
|1881|7609
|1891|8791
|1901|8940
|[[1911 Canadian census|1911]]|9374
|1921|10043
|1931|9736
|1941|11342
|1951|12301
|1961|17744
|1981|19896
|1986|20880
|1991|21582
|[[1996 Canadian census|1996]]|21752
|[[2001 Canadian census|2001]]|21375
|[[2006 Canadian census|2006]]|21957
|[[2011 Canadian census|2011]]|21870
|[[2016 Canadian census|2016]]| 21569
|[[2021 Canadian census|2021]]| 22116
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan=4 | Visible minority and Aboriginal population ([[Canada 2021 Census]])<ref name=SCref21/>
|-
! colspan="2" | Population group!! Population !! % of total population
|-
| colspan="2" | [[European Canadian|White]] || 20,265 || {{Percentage | 20265 | 21555 | 1 }}
|-
| rowspan="12" | [[Visible minority]] group || [[South Asia]]n || 440 || {{Percentage | 440 | 21555 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Chinese Canadian|Chinese]] || 165 || {{Percentage | 165 | 21555 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Black Canadians|Black]] || 170 || {{Percentage | 170 | 21555 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Filipino Canadian|Filipino]] || 145 || {{Percentage | 145 | 21555 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Arab Canadians|Arab]] || 175 || {{Percentage | 175 | 21555 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Latin American Canadian|Latin American]] || 95 || {{Percentage | 95 | 21555 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Southeast Asia]]n || 35 || {{Percentage | 35 | 21555 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Western Asia|West Asian]] || 35 || {{Percentage | 35 | 21555 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Japanese Canadians|Japanese]] || 35 || {{Percentage | 35 | 21555 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Korean Canadian|Korean]] || 20 || {{Percentage | 20| 21555 | 1 }}
|-
| Visible minority, n.i.e. || 30 || {{Percentage | 30 | 21555 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Multiracial|Multiple]] visible minority || 55 || {{Percentage | 55 | 21555 | 1 }}
|-
| colspan="2" | Total visible minority population|| 1,395 || {{Percentage | 1395 | 21555 | 1 }}
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[Aboriginal peoples in Canada|Aboriginal]] group || [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] || 165 || {{Percentage | 165 | 21515 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Métis people (Canada)|Métis]] || 45 || {{Percentage | 45 | 21515 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Inuit]] || 0 || {{Percentage | 0 | 21515 | 1 }}
|-
| Multiple Aboriginal identity || 30 || {{Percentage | 30 | 21515 | 1 }}
|-
| colspan="2" | Total Aboriginal population || 205 || {{Percentage | 205 | 21515 | 1 }}
|-
| colspan="2" | ''Total population'' || ''21,515'' || ''100%''
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan=4 | Visible minority and Aboriginal population ([[Canada 2006 Census]])<ref name=SCref06>{{SCref |year=2006 |unit=csd |code={{#property:P3012}} |access-date=2025-03-07}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="2" | Population group!! Population !! % of total population
|-
| colspan="2" | [[European Canadian|White]] || 20,670 || {{Percentage | 20670 | 21765 | 1 }}
|-
| rowspan="12" | [[Visible minority]] group || [[South Asia]]n || 70 || {{Percentage | 70 | 21765 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Chinese Canadian|Chinese]] || 150 || {{Percentage | 150 | 21765 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Black Canadians|Black]] || 55 || {{Percentage | 55 | 21765 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Filipino Canadian|Filipino]] || 95 || {{Percentage | 95 | 21765 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Latin American Canadian|Latin American]] || 50 || {{Percentage | 50 | 21765 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Arab Canadians|Arab]] || 0 || {{Percentage | 0 | 21765 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Southeast Asia]]n || 125 || {{Percentage | 125 | 21765 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Western Asia|West Asian]] || 20 || {{Percentage | 20 | 21765 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Korean Canadian|Korean]] || 15 || {{Percentage | 15 | 21765 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Japanese Canadians|Japanese]] || 10 || {{Percentage | 10 | 21765 | 1 }}
|-
| Visible minority, n.i.e. || 45 || {{Percentage | 45 | 21765 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Multiracial|Multiple]] visible minority || 50 || {{Percentage | 50 | 21765 | 1 }}
|-
| colspan="2" | Total visible minority population|| 685 || {{Percentage | 685 | 21765 | 1 }}
|-
| rowspan="5" | [[Aboriginal peoples in Canada|Aboriginal]] group || [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] || 230 || {{Percentage | 230 | 21765 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Métis people (Canada)|Métis]] || 150 || {{Percentage | 150 | 21765 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Inuit]] || 0 || {{Percentage | 0 | 21765 | 1 }}
|-
| Aboriginal, n.i.e. || 20 || {{Percentage | 20 | 21765 | 1 }}
|-
| Multiple Aboriginal identity || 10 || {{Percentage | 10 | 21765 | 1 }}
|-
| colspan="2" | Total Aboriginal population || 410 || {{Percentage | 410 | 21765 | 1 }}
|-
| colspan="2" | ''Total population'' || ''21,765'' || ''100%''
|}

==Economy==

Brockville is home to several large industrial manufacturers. [[3M]] operates four factories in Brockville, manufacturing tape and occupational health and safety products. [[Procter & Gamble]] manufactured [[dryer sheets]] and cleaning products from the brands their brands Bounce and [[Swiffer]] respectively, employing 600 people, however, operations began to slow down in 2017 until the closure of the plant in 2020 and all operations of the plant being moved to locations in [[West Virginia]].<ref>url=https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/procter-gamble-plant-in-brockville-to-close-close-to-500-jobs-lost-1.3427172</ref> In January 2022, the Canadian food company Leclerc, a brand known for making dessert products, announced it would be moving into the vacant P&G plant.<ref>url=https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/leclerc-moving-into-former-procter-gamble-plant-in-brockville-1.5753992</ref> 
  
Other industries include manufacturer Canarm, pharmaceutical manufacturer Trillium Canada, and the oil-blending plant of [[Shell Canada]]. Canadian retailer [[Giant Tiger]] has also opened a distribution centre for frozen food in Brockville. Some area residents are employed at the [[Invista]] Canada facility (formerly [[DuPont]] Canada Ltd.) in [[Maitland, Ontario|Maitland]], just east of Brockville.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

Brockville is also the primary administrative, health-care, and commercial centre for [[Leeds—Grenville]] county. The [[Upper Canada District School Board]] is headquartered in Brockville. The Brockville General Hospital has completed a major expansion project. The Brockville Mental Health Centre is located east of Brockville.

==Tourism==
[[File:Morristown NY.JPG|thumb|Tour boat on the Saint Lawrence River with Morristown visible on the opposite shore.]]

Brockville, known as The City of the [[Thousand Islands]], is located on the shore of the Saint Lawrence River. The city revitalized its downtown area, enhancing a waterfront open to the public with parks, walking trails, and numerous shopping locations. The city is an outdoor architecture museum with hundreds of exemplary buildings from all historical periods on its streets.

The [[Aquatarium (Ontario)|Aquatarium]] at Tall Ships Landing operates the Tourism Office or Visitor Information Centre at 6 Broad Street, along with a small outlet on Blockhouse Island during the Summer season. Both are close to the south end of the [[Brockville Tunnel]], Canada's first railway tunnel. Closed in 1970, it was acquired by Brockville in 1982, and the tunnel reopened in August 2017 as an [[LED lamp|LED illuminated]] [[Subway (underpass)|pedestrian tunnel]] with music.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brockvillerailwaytunnel.com/tunnel-history.php |title=The History of the Brockville Railway Tunnel |publisher=City of Brockville Railway Tunnel Committee |access-date=May 30, 2019 |archive-date=January 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131162048/http://www.brockvillerailwaytunnel.com/tunnel-history.php |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/61193 |title=Oldest Railroad Tunnel: Light Show! |website=RoadsideAmerica.com |access-date=May 30, 2019 |archive-date=December 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181201093134/https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/61193 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Aquatarium is an interactive discovery centre about the ecology and history of the 1000 Islands region, opened in March 2016. It is located at the bottom of Broad Street next to the Tall Ships Landing, a condominium project. Both overlook the Saint Lawrence River.

The classically designed Brockville Court House, built in 1842–43 and set in its surrounding central Court House Square, stands as the most impressive of all of Brockville's 19th-century architectural structures. It was designed by Toronto architect John G. Howard, who is known to have designed three buildings in Brockville.

The [[Fulford Place]] house museum was built in 1899–1901 for Senator [[George Taylor Fulford]] at 287 King Street East in Brockville's east end. His palatial home was built on his successful marketing of patent medicines, including [[Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People]] around the world. He was one of the area's wealthiest industrialists before his death in 1905. The house owned and operated by the [[Ontario Heritage Trust]] is open for public tours on a seasonal schedule.

The Brockville Museum, situated in the historic downtown core at 5 Henry Street, features exhibits and artifacts related to Brockville's rich history and the city's development as a waterfront community.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brockvillemuseum.com/index.cfm?ID=893 |title=About Us |publisher=Brockville Museum |access-date=March 23, 2011 |archive-date=March 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316212427/http://www.brockvillemuseum.com/index.cfm?ID=893 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The John H. Fulford Memorial Fountain was erected in 1917.

The "1000 Islands & Seaway Cruises" company offers scenic cruises on the Saint Lawrence River departing from Brockville.

The Brockville area is the launching point for underwater [[wreck diving]] on sunken ships discovered in the Saint Lawrence, and several dive operators take divers to these sites. In 2014, Brockville collaborated with S.O.S. (Save Ontario Shipwrecks) to launch an underwater Sculpture Park off of Centeen Park. New sculptures are added annually. (Since the early 1990s, underwater visibility has increased due to the effects of the [[invasive species]] [[zebra mussels]].)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.1000islandstourism.com/listings/freshwater-scuba-diving |title=Freshwater Scuba Diving |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629093808/http://www.1000islandstourism.com/listings/freshwater-scuba-diving/ |archive-date=June 29, 2014 |access-date=October 27, 2015 }}/</ref>

Brockville was named one of Canada's safest communities by the [[World Health Organization]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://brockvillepolice.com/about-bps/history/ |title=History of the Brockville Police Service |date=February 26, 2015 |access-date=May 31, 2019 |archive-date=May 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531193202/http://brockvillepolice.com/about-bps/history/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Brockville boating===
[[File:Brockville waterfront. Municipal harbour at Blockhouse Island.jpg|thumb|Brockville waterfront. Municipal harbour at Blockhouse Island]]
Brockville's boating resources include a Municipal Harbour and public marina, a Yacht Club, and several commercial marinas. Upstream is the Brockville-owned Islands group, which contains some city island parks, as well as an island park belonging to the [[Thousand Islands National Park]] system.

Brockville is at the downstream end of the [[Thousand Islands]] region, which extends to [[Kingston, Ontario]] (at the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River at [[Lake Ontario]]), {{convert|80|km|abbr=on}} away.

The next nearest commercial boating facilities are located downstream at [[Prescott, Ontario]] and upstream at [[Rockport, Ontario]], each roughly half a day's boat trip away at displacement speeds.

==Culture==
[[File:Brockville Broad St.JPG|thumb|right|Looking south on Court House Avenue]]
The city has several music, art and dance organizations, such as the Brockville Artists Studio Association, the Brockville Community Choir, the Brockville Concert Association, the Brockville Musicians' Association, the Brockville Operatic Society, the Brockville Theatre Guild, the Uppity Improv Society the City of Brockville Pipes & Drums, and the Thousand Islanders Chorus.

The Brockville Concert Band arises from a long tradition of community and military bands in Brockville. Civic bands provided entertainment at public venues such as community picnics and outdoor skating rinks. The Brockville Rifles Reserve Band entertained "on the green" in the 1930s and 40s.

Military band members returning from the [[Second World War]] formed the Brockville Civic Band. Re-organized as the ''Brockville Concert Band'' in 1974, it inherited a musical tradition (and sheet music) from civic and military bands dating back to the turn of the 20th century. The Brockville Concert Band used to play a series of summer concerts every second Tuesday in Hardy Park in Brockville within view of the Saint Lawrence River. The band also plays for various civic functions and entertains at charitable fundraising events. The band's musical director and conductor are now co-conducted by Judy Quick and Christopher Coyea.

St. Lawrence College in Brockville is home to the Music Theatre - Performance Program, which trains students to enter the professional world of musical theatre. SLC Stage produces three professional-quality musicals each season at the Brockville Arts Centre. The Brockville Arts Centre is a 700-seat theatre venue with a full season of entertainment offerings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://brockvilleartscentre.com/information/ |title=Information |publisher=Brockville Arts Centre |access-date=May 31, 2019 |archive-date=May 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531151540/http://brockvilleartscentre.com/information/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Several festivals occur each year.

==Sports==

===Basketball===

The Brockville youth basketball teams, the Brockville Blues and the Brockville Blazers provide basketball coaching and training for boys and girls across the area. The Blues and Blazers have repeatedly placed in the [[Ontario Basketball Association]] (OBA) championships. A female basketball player, [[Stacey Dales]] (a graduate of Thousand Islands Secondary School), has gone on to play for the [[University of Oklahoma]] [[Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball|Sooners]], coming in a close second for the [[NCAA]] title in her graduating year. She also has the highest Canadian woman's draft pick for the [[WNBA]], where she has played for the [[Washington Mystics]] and [[Chicago Sky]]. She has worked for ESPN and the NFL Network.

===Rowing===

Several local clubs, organizations, and high schools have achieved success at provincial, national, and international levels, such as the Brockville Rowing Club.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brockvillerowingclub.com/ |title=Brockville Rowing Club |access-date=October 23, 2019 |archive-date=October 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024023157/https://www.brockvillerowingclub.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Track and field===
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Thousand Islands Secondary School is home to a strong high school track & field and cross-country running program. The Pirates have captured numerous Canadian championships and have won 5 straight overall provincial (OFSAA) Ontario championships in track & field and cross country running in an association of over 1000 schools since 2004. With over 15 former students on NCAA athletic track & field scholarships in the United States, TISS has been awarded over $1,000,000 in student athletic scholarships. The TISS team travels all over [[North America]] including [[Ohio]], [[Florida]], [[New Hampshire]], and [[British Columbia]], consistently winning major international championships. The school's accomplishments have inspired the community to construct a $1.5 million athletic centre at the school.

===Hockey===
{{unreferenced section|date=February 2020}}

The Brockville Braves are a Tier I Junior "A" ice hockey team representing Brockville. They are a part of the Central Junior A Hockey League.

Founded in 1963, the Brockville Braves are the second oldest team that has never ceased operation in CJHL history—second only to Pembroke. In 1979, the team was the focus of national attention when it was left homeless due to its arena collapsing. This did not stop the Braves, though. Playing their home games out of Cardinal and Rockland, Ontario, the Braves did not miss a beat.

It took until 1986 for the Brockville Braves to win a CJHL championship. In 1997, times began to change for the better again. The Braves were tasked with hosting the Fred Page Cup, the Eastern Canadian Junior "A" championship.

In November 2017, the grounds at Rotary Park were excavated to build a new skating rink, complete with a bathroom and change rooms. On January 9, 2020, the new building was named P&G Pavilion after its biggest sponsor, the local company Procter & Gamble.

===Baseball===
Brockville Bunnies Youth Baseball Program is an elite-level program that operates out of this small city, with provincial championships and several pro and Olympic graduates. Brockville was home to a [[minor league baseball]] team that competed in the [[Canadian–American League]] in 1936 and 1937, known as the [[Brockville Pirates]] for one season and then as the [[Brockville Blues]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball |editor1=Lloyd Johnson |editor2=Miles Wolff |edition=Third |publisher=[[Baseball America]] |date=2007 |isbn=978-1932391176 |page=104}}</ref>

===Golf===

Several golf courses in the Brockville area cater to various skill levels. Sunnidel Golf is perfect for an easy-going round, featuring a par three course. In contrast, the Brockville Country Club poses a more significant challenge to the average golfer. The membership comprises an older [[demographic]] and is semi-private. The course is open to green fees; however, certain playing restrictions are imposed.

===Automobile racing===

The [[Brockville Ontario Speedway]] (The BOS) is a clay oval track just north of the city on Highway 29 in Forthton. The track races every Saturday night from May to September. Classes that race every week include Rookies, Street Stock, Sportsman, Modified, and Vintage.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brockville Ontario Speedway |url=http://brockvillespeedway.com/ |access-date=November 2, 2020 |archive-date=October 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026032134/https://brockvillespeedway.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Rugby===

The Brockville Privateers R.F.C. was formed in 1993, reestablishing a local rugby club in the area. Rugby has been played in the Brockville area as far back as 1899. The original Brockville Rugby Football Club eventually became part of the Brockville Collegiate Institute (BCI). Brockville Rugby now includes multiple men's and women's teams and a solid junior-age grade program.

===Swimming===

The Upper Canada Swim Club (The River Otters) runs competitive teams for children and young adults.
The YMCA Brockville runs competitive teams for children and young adults.

==Transportation==
Brockville is midway between [[Toronto]] and [[Montreal]] ({{convert|340|km|abbr=on|disp=comma}} northeast of Toronto and {{convert|210|km|abbr=on|disp=comma}} southwest of Montreal), and just over one hour from [[Ottawa]]. [[Highway 401 (Ontario)|Highway 401]] runs through Brockville, with exits at Leeds & Grenville County Road 29 and North Augusta Road. There are several daily [[Via Rail]] connections at [[Brockville station]] to Montreal, Toronto and Ottawa along the [[Quebec City – Windsor Corridor|Corridor]].

The town has a municipal airport ([[Brockville Regional Tackaberry Airport]]) in the neighbouring [[Elizabethtown-Kitley, Ontario|Elizabethtown-Kitley Township]]. The [[Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport]] is approximately {{cvt|100|km}} away.

The [[Thousand Islands Bridge]] and the [[Ogdensburg–Prescott International Bridge]], both of which cross the Saint Lawrence River into [[New York (state)|New York]], are {{convert|35|km|abbr=on}} south-west and {{convert|25|km|abbr=on}} north-east from Brockville, respectively.

[[Brockville Transit]] is the city-operated public transit system that covers the urban area and provides three regular scheduled bus routes and paratransit services from Monday to Saturday.

==Education==
Brockville has a community college, four high schools, and several elementary schools.

===Community colleges===
[[St. Lawrence College, Ontario|St. Lawrence College]] (Brockville Campus) has an enrolment of around 800. St. Lawrence College was recently ranked number one in Ontario regarding graduate employment rate.<ref>{{cite news|title=St. Lawrence College is number one in the province with a graduate employment rate of 90.5 per cent|url=http://www.emcstlawrence.ca/20130425/news/St.+Lawrence+College+number+one+in+the+province+with+graduate+employment+rate+of+90.5+per+cent|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130731214350/http://www.emcstlawrence.ca/20130425/news/St.+Lawrence+College+number+one+in+the+province+with+graduate+employment+rate+of+90.5+per+cent|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 31, 2013|access-date=July 31, 2013|newspaper=St. Lawrence EMC|date=April 25, 2013}}</ref>

===High schools===
Académie catholique Ange-Gabriel is a French Catholic school (Grades JK-12) and has an enrolment of approximately 282 students.<ref name="Historique de l'école">{{cite web|url=http://ange-gabriel.ecolecatholique.ca/fr/Historique-De-Lecole_5|title=Historique de l'école|publisher=Académie catholique Ange-Gabriel|access-date=July 31, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20130802182616/http://ange-gabriel.ecolecatholique.ca/fr/Historique-De-Lecole_5|archive-date=August 2, 2013}}</ref>

[[Brockville Collegiate Institute]] has an enrolment of approximately 560 and boasts strong academic, theatre, and sports programs.

[[St. Mary Catholic High School]] is an English Catholic school with around 600 students. It boasts many different athletic programs and a prominent theatre program.

The Fulford Academy is a private boarding school for grades 7–10 international students.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youblisher.com/p/366245-Fulford-Academy-Brochure/|title=Academics: Grades 7 to 10|publisher=Fulford Academy|access-date=July 31, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005211114/http://www.youblisher.com/p/366245-Fulford-Academy-Brochure/|archive-date=October 5, 2013}}</ref>

[[Thousand Islands Secondary School]] has an enrollment of approximately 1000 students and is both a university and college preparatory school with solid technology facilities. It is also known for its athletics programs, including track and field, women's basketball, men's soccer, and cross-country running.

===Elementary schools===
Public elementary schools in the city include Commonwealth Public School, Westminster Public School, Toniata Public School, and Vanier Public School.

The Catholic English elementary schools are St. Francis Xavier, St. John Bosco and James L. Jordan.

Académie Catholique Ange-Gabriel is a French-language Catholic school serving JK - Grade 12.<ref name="Historique de l'école"/>

[[Heritage Community Christian School (Brockville, Ontario)|Heritage Community Christian School]], 20 minutes from downtown Brockville, is a privately funded Christian school offering pre-school through grade 8 in a Christian environment.<ref>{{cite web|title=HCCS--Official Website|url=http://www.hccs.ca/|publisher=Heritage Community Christian School|access-date=July 31, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911123123/http://www.hccs.ca/|archive-date=September 11, 2013}}</ref>

==Media==

===Print===

The city's leading daily newspaper is ''[[The Recorder & Times]]''.

A free monthly magazine called ''Snapd 1000 Islands'' is also available around the city.

===Radio stations licensed to operate in Brockville===
<!--Note: this is to be a list of stations LICENSED TO Brockville, not a list of all stations audible in Brockville, regardless of where they come from.-->
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Frequency
!Call sign
!Branding
!Format
!Owner
!Notes
|-
|[[FM broadcasting|FM]] 91.9
|[[CBO-FM|CBOB-FM]]
|[[CBC Radio One]]
|[[Talk radio]], [[public broadcasting|public radio]]
|[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]
|Rebroadcaster of [[CBO-FM]] ([[Ottawa]])
|-
|[[FM broadcasting|FM]] 94.5
|CIIB-FM
|Information Radio
|[[Tourist information]]
|Instant Information Radio
|
|-
|[[FM broadcasting|FM]] 99.9
|[[CKJJ-FM|CKJJ-FM-2]]
|UCB Radio
|[[Christian radio]]
|[[United Christian Broadcasters|United Christian Broadcasters Canada]]
|Rebroadcaster of [[CKJJ-FM]] ([[Belleville, Ontario|Belleville]])
|-
|[[FM broadcasting|FM]] 102.1
|[[CBOF-FM|CBOF-FM-7]]
|[[Ici Radio-Canada Première]]
|[[Talk radio]], [[public broadcasting|public radio]]
|[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]
|Rebroadcaster of [[CBOF-FM]] ([[Ottawa]])
|-
|[[FM broadcasting|FM]] 103.7
|[[CJPT-FM]]
|Giant FM 103.7 
|[[Classic Rock]]
|[[My Broadcasting Corporation]]
|
|-
|[[FM broadcasting|FM]] 104.9
|[[CFJR-FM]]
|104.9 myFM
|[[Adult contemporary music|Adult contemporary]]
|[[My Broadcasting Corporation]]
|
|}

Radio stations can also be heard in Brockville from surrounding communities including upstate [[Template:North Country Radio|New York]].<ref>[https://radiostationworld.com/locations/canada/ontario/brockville/radio_stations/ Brockville ON / St. Lawrence Co. NY, Ontario: Radio Station Listings - RadioStationWorld.com]</ref>

===Television===
* [[TVCogeco|YourTV]]  Brockville (Cogeco)
* [[CKWS-TV]]  Kingston

==Notable people==
{{alumni|people|date=May 2023}}
[[File:11h25 at Brockville court house with Sally Grant statue.jpg|thumb|right|upright|The wooden carved statue of Sally Grant atop the Brockville Court House]]
*[[Brad Abraham]] - screenwriter of ''[[Stonehenge Apocalypse]]'' and ''[[Robocop: Prime Directives]]''; graduate of [[Brockville Collegiate Institute]]
*[[George Chaffey]] - civil engineer and urban planner; founder of [[Ontario, California]], a sister city of Brockville
*[[William Chaffey]] - civil engineer and urban planner; brother of George Chaffey
*[[Brian Chapman]] - AHL All-Star
*[[William Everett Chipman]] - [[Wisconsin]] State Senator
*[[Burke Dales]] - CFL punter; player with Calgary Stampeders
*[[Stacey Dales]] - WNBA All-Star and ESPN broadcaster
*[[Joan Erikson]] - author, educator, craftsperson, and dance ethnographer; wife of [[Erik Erikson]]
*[[Todd Gill]] - NHL player and former owner of the CJHL [[Brockville Braves]]
*[[Ben Hutton (ice hockey)|Ben Hutton]] - ice hockey player for the Vegas Golden Knights
*[[Walter William LaChance]] - architect and author in the early 20th century
*[[Randy Ladouceur]] - NHL player and coach
*[[Hank Lammens]] - professional hockey player
*[[Cyril Leeder]] - Ottawa Senators hockey team president
*[[Robert Henry Lindsay (artist)|Robert Henry Lindsay]] - painter
*[[John Matheson]] - Member of Parliament and judge; moved to Brockville as an adult<ref>{{cite web | last = Gray | first = Jeff | title = Maple Leaf Mastermind John Ross Matheson Served as MP, judge | work = The Globe and Mail | date = January 13, 2014 | url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/maple-leaf-mastermind-john-ross-matheson-served-as-mp-judge/article16321015/?page=all | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061259/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/maple-leaf-mastermind-john-ross-matheson-served-as-mp-judge/article16321015/?page=all | archive-date = March 4, 2016 }}</ref>
*[[Alyn McCauley]] - NHL player with Toronto Maple Leafs
*[[James Motluk]] - documentary filmmaker who graduated from [[Thousand Islands Secondary School]] in 1981
*[[Portia Perez]] - women's professional wrestler
*[[Rachel Perry]] - former MuchMusic VJ and host on VH1
*[[Nathan Phillips (politician)|Nathan Phillips]] - Mayor of Toronto
*[[Wendy (singer)|Shon Seung-wan]] - singer from South Korean girl group [[Red Velvet (group)|Red Velvet]]
*[[Randy Sexton]] - general manager of the [[Ottawa Senators]] and St. Lawrence University alumnus
*[[Frances Ford Seymour]] - mother of [[Jane Fonda]] and [[Peter Fonda]], wife of [[Henry Fonda]]
*[[Kelly Thornton (director)|Kelly Thornton]] - theatre director<ref>{{Cite web|title=Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia - Thornton, Kelly|url=http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Thornton,%20Kelly|last=Scott|first=Shelley|date=September 8, 2019|website=www.canadiantheatre.com|access-date=May 20, 2020|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806133937/http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Thornton,%20Kelly|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Sister city==
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Ontario, California]], United States<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ontarioca.gov/about-ontario/sister-cities|title=Sister Cities - City of Ontario, California|website=www.ontarioca.gov|access-date=May 3, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201182114/http://www.ontarioca.gov/about-ontario/sister-cities|archive-date=December 1, 2017}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/s#a5036 Robert B. Shaw]. [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/13397/13397-h/13397-h.htm ''History of the Comstock Patent Medicine Business'']
* [[Stewart Holbrook|Holbrook, Stewart]] (1959). ''Golden Age of Quackery''. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1959.
* [[Thaddeus William Henry Leavitt|Leavitt, Thad. W. H.]], (1879). [https://web.archive.org/web/20070417023646/http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=3666 ''History of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, from 1749 to 1879'']. Recorder Press, 1879. Online at Canada's Local Histories Web Site, "Our Roots/Nos Racines."
* Douglas M. Grant, (1979). [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929083006/http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=940162  ''Discovering Old Brockville, the Historic Core'']. The Brockville Foundation, 1979. (Out of print).

==External links==
{{Commons category|Brockville, Ontario}}
{{EB1911 poster|Brockville}}
* {{wikivoyage inline|Brockville}}
*{{official website|http://www.brockville.com}}

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 | N = [[Elizabethtown-Kitley]]
 | E = [[Elizabethtown-Kitley]]
 | S = ''[[St. Lawrence River]]''<br/> {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Morristown (town), New York|Morristown]]
 | W = [[Elizabethtown-Kitley]]
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{{Leeds and Grenville}}
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