Brock, Ontario

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Map showing Brock's location in Durham Region
Map showing Brock's location in Durham Region

Brock, township in south-central Ontario, in the Regional Municipality of Durham and is part of the Greater Toronto Area. The main centres in Brock are the towns of Sunderland, Cannington, and Beaverton. It is one of the more rural municiaplities within the GTA served by these small centres. In addition to farmland, there is numerous woodlots and creek courses which mostly flow into Lake Simcoe. The furthest point within the GTA from downtown Toronto is located in the northeast of Brock township approx 100 km.

According to the 2001 Statistics Canada Census:

  • Population: 12,110
  • % Change (1996-2001): 3.5
  • Dwellings: 4,866
  • Area (km².): 423.73
  • Density (persons per km².): 28.6

[edit] Communities

  • Ball Subdivision
  • Beaverton
  • Blackwater
  • Cannington
  • Cedar Beach
  • Creightons Corners
  • Derryville
  • Gamebridge
  • Layton
  • Maple Beach
  • Pinedale
  • Saginaw
  • Sunderland
  • Thorah Beach
  • Vallentyne
  • Vroomanton
  • Wick
  • Wilfrid




North: Ramara
West: Georgina
Uxbridge
Brock East: Kawartha Lakes
South: Scugog

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