Mount Carmel, Middlesex County, Ontario

Mount Carmel (formerly named at various times in the past, Limerick, Cranford and Offa) is a primarily residential hamlet located in southwestern Ontario, Canada.

To meet the needs of the predominantly Roman Catholic population of the emerging community, in the late 1840s, a small frame church was constructed near the banks of Parkhill Creek, two kilometers (1.25 miles) east of the present site of the hamlet on Mount Carmel Drive.

The first school used by the community was constructed in the early 1860s, approximately 2.5 kilometers (1.6 mi) north of the hamlet near the present day intersection of Bronson Line and South Road.

At various times Mount Carmel supported, three hotels, a general store and post office, a shoemaker, two medical doctors, two blacksmiths, both a cider and chopping mill, as well as a dressmaker, hat shop and telephone exchange.

The cornerstone of the moderately large Roman Catholic church, named in honour of Our Lady of Mount Carmel that presently exists in the community, was laid on July 24, 1887.