Unorganized South East Cochrane District
The division had a population of 15 in the Canada 2011 Census, and a land area of 53.19 square kilometres. The main settlement in the division is the ghost town of Bourkes, located at the Ontario Northland Railway crossing on Bourkes road. The area was initially settled by Scandinavian immigrants around 1911 as a dairy farming region and by 1914 had a store, railway station and siding, school, post office and bunkhouse as well as two gold mines. The population peaked in the 1930s at 300, but slowly declined after the two local gold mines were shuttered and the timber trade dried up. The post office was closed in 1969 and the last store closed in the 1970s, today, only the disused bunkhouse and a few scattered houses remain of the settlement.
Demographics
2011 | |
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Population | 15 (-40.0% from 2006) |
Land area | 53.19 km (20.54 sq mi) |
Population density | 0.3/km (0.78/sq mi) |
Median age | |
Private dwellings | 13 (total) |
Median household income |
Population:
- Population in 2006: 25
- Population in 2001: 21
- Population in 1996: 29
- Population in 1991: 38
See also
References
- ^ "Cochrane, Unorganized, South East Part census profile". 2011 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ^ GeoSearch 2006
- ^ "Cochrane, Unorganized, South East Part census profile". 2011 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ^ "Bourkes - Ghost Town".
- ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census