Strathroy-Caradoc
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Strathroy-Caradoc is a municipality located in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of London.
Strathroy-Caradoc is a primarily rural municipality. Industries include turkey and chicken hatching and processing, corn, tobacco, automotive, and pharmaceutical. Some industrial products are manufactured in Strathroy, the township's largest locality and its commercial, cultural and industrial centre. Strathroy's hatcheries have seen it referred to as the turkey capital of Canada and even the world.[3]
Settlements within Strathroy-Caradoc largely grew up around the
Municipally, Strathroy-Caradoc is within
Communities
Strathroy-Caradoc's two largest communities are Strathroy and Mount Brydges. The township also contains the smaller communities of Cairngorm, Campbellvale, Caradoc, Christina, Falconbridge, Glen Oak, Longwood, Melbourne (part) and Muncey.
Strathroy
Strathroy is 35 kilometres west of the City of London, Ontario, and is the largest community in Middlesex County outside London. The community is situated next to Highway 402 between London and the border to Port Huron, Michigan, U.S. at Sarnia, Ontario. Strathroy's economy is diverse, and major industries include automotive manufacturing, agriculture and food processing. The township's administrative offices are located in Strathroy.
Mount Brydges
Mount Brydges has a small commercial "downtown" featuring mostly local businesses and shops. Local agriculture includes
The village came into existence as a result of the construction of the western division of the Great Western Railroad from City of London, Ontario to Windsor, Ontario, at the point where it crossed the existing road from Delaware, Ontario to Strathroy. This crossing happened to be at the point of greatest elevation on this division, the railroad having just climbed out of the valley of the Thames River from London. The station was named for Charles John Brydges, the managing director of the Grand Trunk Railway from 1861 to 1874. The earlier name Carradoc was replaced in 1856.[4]
History
Strathroy was first colonized in 1832 by
In 1866, The Age newspaper was established to compete with the already-established Western Dispatch newspaper. The Western Dispatch was purchased by The Age in 1923, which later became The Age Dispatch. The newspaper is still published weekly.
From 1867 to 1945 the Mount Elgin Indian Residential School operated in Muncey.[5]
Sir Arthur Currie, who would later become the commander of Canadian forces in Europe during World War I, was born here on December 5, 1875.
In the fall of 1876, Bixel Brewery opened in Strathroy, producing lager beer for a century before its closing. Other breweries in the town have included the "Western Steam Brewery", "Strathroy Brewing and Malting" and "West End Brewery".
In 1896, the Strathroy Furniture Company opened its doors, and was renowned for nearly a century for making residential furniture. On July 15, 1992, the company declared bankruptcy and a liquidation sale was held in October 1992.
On February 14, 1914, the first patients were admitted to what would become
On January 13, 1954,
In 2001, Strathroy merged with the former Township of Caradoc,[9][10] creating the town of Strathroy-Caradoc.
On March 22, 2004, the town's 117-year-old train station[11] was destroyed by a fire that took more than 35 firefighters to get under control. Adolescent boys were charged with starting the fire.[12]
In 2005, Strathroy was connected to the
On August 10, 2016, an
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,232 | — |
| 1881 | 3,817 | +18.1% |
| 1891 | 3,316 | −13.1% |
| 1901 | 2,933 | −11.6% |
| 1911 | 2,823 | −3.8% |
| 1921 | 2,691 | −4.7% |
| 1931 | 2,964 | +10.1% |
| 1941 | 3,016 | +1.8% |
| 1951 | 3,708 | +22.9% |
| 1961 | 5,150 | +38.9% |
| 1971 | 6,592 | +28.0% |
| 1981 | 8,748 | +32.7% |
| 1991 | 10,566 | +20.8% |
| 2001 | 12,860 | +21.7% |
| 2006 | 13,541 | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 14,221 | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 14,505 | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 16,056 | +10.7% |
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Strathroy-Caradoc had a population of 23,871 living in 9,453 of its 9,695 total private dwellings, a change of 14.4% from its 2016 population of 20,867. With a land area of 270.86 km2 (104.58 sq mi), it had a population density of 88.1/km2 (228.3/sq mi) in 2021.[14]
| 2016 | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 20,867 (-0.5% from 2011) | 20,978 (+5.1% from 2006) |
| Land area | 270.77 km2 (104.54 sq mi) | 274.12 km2 (105.84 sq mi) |
| Population density | 77.7/km2 (201/sq mi) | 76.5/km2 (198/sq mi) |
| Median age | 43.7 (M: 42.3, F: 45.0) | 42.4 (M: 40.7, F: 44.0) |
| Private dwellings | 8,455 (total) | 8,162 (total) |
| Median household income | $71,582 |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
2021 | 23,871 | +14.4% |
| [19][20][1][21] | ||
Climate
| Climate data for Strathroy-Caradoc (1981–2010, extremes 1881–present[note 1]) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.8 (64.0) |
20.0 (68.0) |
27.5 (81.5) |
31.7 (89.1) |
34.0 (93.2) |
39.0 (102.2) |
38.0 (100.4) |
37.5 (99.5) |
36.7 (98.1) |
32.5 (90.5) |
25.0 (77.0) |
19.5 (67.1) |
39.0 (102.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −1.7 (28.9) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
5.1 (41.2) |
12.5 (54.5) |
19.6 (67.3) |
24.6 (76.3) |
27.3 (81.1) |
25.8 (78.4) |
21.3 (70.3) |
14.6 (58.3) |
7.5 (45.5) |
1.0 (33.8) |
13.1 (55.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −5.2 (22.6) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
0.8 (33.4) |
7.4 (45.3) |
13.8 (56.8) |
18.8 (65.8) |
21.5 (70.7) |
20.3 (68.5) |
15.9 (60.6) |
10.0 (50.0) |
4.0 (39.2) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
8.4 (47.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −8.8 (16.2) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
2.3 (36.1) |
7.9 (46.2) |
13.0 (55.4) |
15.7 (60.3) |
14.6 (58.3) |
10.6 (51.1) |
5.3 (41.5) |
0.5 (32.9) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
3.7 (38.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −32.0 (−25.6) |
−34.4 (−29.9) |
−30.6 (−23.1) |
−14.5 (5.9) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
1.1 (34.0) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−20.6 (−5.1) |
−27.0 (−16.6) |
−34.4 (−29.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 71.6 (2.82) |
65.6 (2.58) |
65.7 (2.59) |
85.7 (3.37) |
77.2 (3.04) |
71.3 (2.81) |
75.9 (2.99) |
86.1 (3.39) |
97.3 (3.83) |
80.2 (3.16) |
99.1 (3.90) |
91.4 (3.60) |
966.9 (38.07) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 28.1 (1.11) |
28.6 (1.13) |
44.3 (1.74) |
77.2 (3.04) |
77.2 (3.04) |
71.3 (2.81) |
75.9 (2.99) |
86.1 (3.39) |
97.3 (3.83) |
75.0 (2.95) |
86.7 (3.41) |
46.9 (1.85) |
794.4 (31.28) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 43.5 (17.1) |
37.1 (14.6) |
21.4 (8.4) |
8.4 (3.3) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
5.1 (2.0) |
12.4 (4.9) |
44.5 (17.5) |
172.5 (67.9) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 15.3 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 14.4 | 10.9 | 10.2 | 10.7 | 10.1 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 152.0 |
| Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 5.4 | 4.8 | 7.9 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 10.2 | 10.7 | 10.1 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 12.3 | 7.3 | 117.0 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm) | 11.3 | 9.4 | 6.5 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.53 | 3.6 | 9.5 | 43.6 |
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Education
Strathroy has two secondary schools that share basic facilities, Strathroy District Collegiate Institute and Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School. Each serves the town and its outlying area. Strathroy was ranked 161st out of 714 Ontario secondary schools in 2007/2008 by the Fraser Institute's Report on Ontario Secondary Schools.[24] Holy Cross was ranked 339th out of 714 in the same report.[24]
Media
Strathroy has two weekly newspapers, The Age Dispatch and the Middlesex Banner, and a radio station, 105.7 myFM (CJMI-FM), which provides local news and sports coverage. The region is otherwise served by media from London.
Events
Strathroy's largest annual event is the Strathroy Hometown Turkey Festival, also known as Turkeyfest, run in June. The town is home to the headquarters of Cuddy Farms, the world's top turkey-hatching company.
Sports
Strathroy is home to the Strathroy Rockets of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League and the Strathroy Royals baseball team. Mount Brydges is home to the Mount Brydges Bulldogs of the Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League. The Strathroy Rockets won the Championship of the Western Ontario Hockey League in 2007. Strathroy also has many minor and youth sports teams such at the Strathroy Jr. Rockets Minor Hockey Association, a baseball program known as the Strathroy Jr. Royals, and a Soccer program known as Strathroy United FC. All of these sport associations have won various titles throughout Ontario.
Notable people
- 2023 NHL Entry Draft
- Nathan Beaulieu, defenceman for the Winnipeg Jets and 2011 Memorial Cup Champion
- Harry H. Bentley, politician
- Robert Brett, politician, physician
- NHL All-Star defencemanand 2010 Stanley Cup Champion.
- William W. Chalmers
- Lawson Crouse, ice hockey player
- Arthur Currie, commander of the Canadian Corps during the First World War.
- Paralympic athlete and 2006 wheelchair curlingGold medalist
- NHLhockey player
- Francis Henry Keefer, Canadian lawyer and politician
- Rapley Holmes (1868 – 1928) - Stage and screen actor
- Penn Kemp (b.1944), poet
- Alexander Knox (1907–1995), actor and author
- William Bethune Lindsay, chief engineer of the Canadian Corps in the First World War.
- The Hon. Member of Parliament, and lieutenant-governor (1893–1898) of the old Northwest Territories
- John Burton Martyn, politician
- NHL All-Star forward and 2007 Stanley CupChampion
- Steve McKichan, former NHL player, and former goalie coach for the Toronto Maple Leafs
- Tara McLeod, guitarist for Ontario-based metal band Kittie
- George Orton, Canada's first Olympic champion, born in Strathroy in 1873. Won a gold medal for the Canada in the steeplechase event at the 1900 Olympics
- NHLhockey player
- Seth, cartoonist and author of It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken that is set in Strathroy and Southern Ontario.
- James T. Shotwell
- Craig Small, Canadian visual artist, director and animator
- Pat Stapleton, retired Canadian ice hockey defenceman who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League and the World Hockey Association
- Mike Stapleton, retired ice hockey forward who played 697 games for 8 NHL teams, and won a silver medal at the 1986 World Junior Championships.
- Janaya Stephens, film actress
- Kimberly Tuck, curler
- NHLofficial
- Anna May Waters (1903–1987), Canadian nurse
See also
Notes
- ^ Long term records have been recorded at various climate stations in or nearby Strathroy since 1881
References
- ^ a b "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Strathroy-Caradoc, Municipality". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
- ^ "Census Profile, 2021 Census: Strathroy-Caradoc, Municipality". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
- ^ "AAA Travel Guide - Strathroy, Ontario". Retrieved 2018-08-27.
- ISBN 0-7715-9754-1.
- ^ Min, Seon. "Mount Elgin Residential School – National Residential School Memorial Register". Retrieved 2019-10-06.
- ^ "SPECIAL REPORT: Sept. 6, 1995". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-08. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
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- ^ Map of the Township of Caradoc. McGill University collection. Accessed 9 April 2024.
- ^ Township of MacGillvray/Caradoc 1878 inhabitants. Illustrated historical atlas of the county of Middlesex, Ontario]. Toronto : H.R. Page & Co., 1878. U.S. Library of Congress collection. Accessed 9 April 2024.
- ^ Blaze claims train station - London Free Press, 22 March 2004[usurped]
- ^ CN Strathroy
- ^ "Aaron Driver: Troubled childhood, ISIS supporter, terror threat suspect", CBC News
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
- 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
- 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
- 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
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- 2011 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
- 2021 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
- ^ "Strathroy-Caradoc". Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010 (in English and French). Environment Canada. 25 September 2013. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
- ^ "Long Term Climate Extremes for Strathroy Area (Virtual Station ID: VSON18V)". Daily climate records (LTCE). Environment Canada. Archived from the original on November 13, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
- ^ a b Search for research, news, magazines, presentations, commentaries or articles Archived 2010-02-15 at the Wayback Machine. Fraser Institute. Retrieved on 2013-10-05.
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