Brockville
Population:
Total: 21,957
Economy:
Brockville is home to several large industrial manufacturers. 3M operates two factories in Brockville, manufacturing tape and occupational health and safety products. Procter & Gamble operations in the city manufacture dryer sheets and cleaning products, employing 600. Other industries include ceiling fan manufacturer Canarm, pharmaceutical manufacturer Trillium Canada, and the oil-blending plant of Shell Canada. Canadian retailer Giant Tiger has also opened a distribution centre for frozen products in Brockville. Abbott Laboratories has a manufacturing plant in Brockville, making infant formula and adult nutritionals for the domestic and overseas markets. Many area residents are employed at the Invista Canada facility (formerly DuPont Canada Ltd.) located in Maitland, just east of Brockville. Transcom WorldWide (formerly NuComm International) also operates a large call centre employing roughly 200 people.
Brockville is also the main administrative, health-care and commercial center for Leeds?Grenville county. Major public-sector employers include the Upper Canada District School Board, which has its headquarters in Brockville; and the Brockville Mental Health Center, locally referred to as the "psych", short for Psychiatric Hospital.
(Source: Statistics Canada 2006 Census Profile)