[5][6] In November 2005, Astorville was one of nine communities that voted on whether to accept private funding for a health centre.

The township's municipal office and fire station is located in Corbeil on Highway 94 south of Voyer Road.

Many residents who live in East Ferris, commute back and forth to the City of North Bay for work and for shopping.

Canadian cartoonist Lynn Johnston lived and worked in Corbeil until she moved to North Vancouver in 2015.

She lived at the Nipissing Manor Nursing Home, which was once the mansion that housed the Dionne sisters.