Brussels, Ontario

Brussels is a community within the Municipality of Huron East in Huron County, Ontario, Canada. It held village status prior to 2001. The most recent population estimate was 993 residents in 2021.[1]

Brussels
Unincorporated Community
Brussels Public Library
Motto(s): 
Ontario's Prettiest Village
Brussels
Brussels
Coordinates: 43.7444°N 81.2498°W / 43.7444; -81.2498
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Settled1855 (1855) (as Ainleyville)
EstablishedDecember 24, 1872 (1872-12-24)
Government
 • MunicipalityHuron East
 • Federal ridingHuron—Bruce
 • Prov. ridingHuron—Bruce
Population
 (2021)
 • Total993
 • Density1,142.4/km2 (2,959/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Forward sortation area
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History

Brussels incorporated as the village of Ainleyville in 1855, founded by William Ainlay.

The Ronald Streamer, a piece of firefight equipment, was made in Brussels.[2]

It was amalgamated into the Municipality of Huron East on January 1, 2001.

Geography

Brussels is located in the Municipality of Huron East; however, the town lies on the municipal border to the Municipality of Morris-Turnberry. Both of these municipalities are located in Huron County, Ontario.

The town is split by two Huron County roads; 12 and 16. Huron County Road 12, called Turnberry Street (in-town) and Brussels Line (out-of-town) runs north-south through the town while Huron County Road 16 runs west-east through the town with a distinct name depending on the direction. The road is named Morris Road (out-of-town) or Orchard Line (in-town) when traveling west from the town; the road is named Newry Road (out-of-town) or Queen Street (in-town) when travelling east from the town.

The Maitland River runs through the town in a south to north direction which has resulted in the construction of a dam in the in community. The river and low-land areas of the dam typically floods every spring from increased rainfall and snow melt.

Brussels is 85 km (53 mi) north of London and 69 km (43 mi) west of Kitchener. It is also 39 km (24 mi) east of the closest coastal community, Goderich on the shorelines of Lake Huron.

As Brussels is a rural community, farmland surrounds the town on all sides with scattered bushes amongst the fields.

Climate

Brussels consists of humid continental climate with four distinct seasons.[3] The climate generally falls into the Dfb climate subtype.

Media

Newspapers

The Brussels Post was a newspaper organization formed in 1884 in the town of Brussels. The newspaper organization was operation from 1884 through to 1929 before ceasing operations. The operations started back up in 1937 through to 1983 when The Brussels Post was discontinued. Four years after The Brussels Post ceased operations, the North Huron Citizen formed.[4]

In the early days of The Brussels Post, the operations were weekly.

While sources claim that The Brussels Post was formed in 1885, the earliest known digitalized paper from January 2, 1885 states that it's the 26th paper or 26th week, indicating that the first paper would have been issued around July 4, 1884.[5]

After the discontinuing of The Brussels Post in 1981, The Citizen, provided by North Huron Citizen was formed. The Citizen is the newspaper still distributed around the community as of 2022. Similar to The Brussels Post, the newspaper is issued weekly.

While the head-office for the North Huron Citizen is located in the nearby community of Blyth, Ontario, there is a small office located in the Brussels downtown core.

Notable people

See also

References
  1. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2022-02-09). "Data table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Brussels, Retired population centre (RPC) [Designated place], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  2. "Apparatus". The Firefighters Museum, Winnipeg. Retrieved 2007-07-07.
  3. "Ontario Climate". 2015-09-20. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  4. "Digitized Newspapers | Huron County Museum". www.huroncountymuseum.ca. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  5. "The Brussels Post". Huron County. 1885-01-02. Retrieved 2022-02-27.

The Settlement Of Huron County by James Scott.

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