South Bruce, Ontario

South Bruce was created in 1999 as part of county-wide municipal restructuring. In 1998, the Township of Culross and the Village of Teeswater amalgamated to form the Township of Teeswater-Culross. Similarly, the Village of Mildmay joined with the Township of Carrick to form the Township of Mildmay-Carrick. The following year, both Mildmay-Carrick and Teeswater-Culross amalgamated again to form South Bruce, choosing Teeswater as the seat of the municipality. South Bruce is one of two Ontario communities being considered as a potential deep geological repository site for Canada's used nuclear fuel. ==Communities==

The two main population centres in South Bruce are Mildmay and Teeswater. Other communities within the municipal boundaries are Carlsruhe, Deemerton, Formosa and Salem. == Demographics ==

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, South Bruce had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Population trend prior to amalgamation: • Population total in 1996: 6,248 • Carrick (township): 2,431 • Culross (township): 1,638 • Mildmay (village): 1,110 • Teeswater (village): 1,069 • Population in 1991: • Carrick (township): 2,378 • Culross (township): 1,636 • Mildmay (village): 1,095 • Teeswater (village): 1,066 ==See also==