Machar,_Ontario

Machar, Ontario

Machar, Ontario

Township in Ontario, Canada

See also: Machar

Machar is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario.

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Located in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District, Machar surrounds but does not include the village of South River.

Communities

  • Bray Lake
  • Eagle Lake
  • Maecks

Demographics

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Machar had a population of 969 living in 459 of its 875 total private dwellings, a change of 9.9% from its 2016 population of 882. With a land area of 182.65 km2 (70.52 sq mi), it had a population density of 5.3/km2 (13.7/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

Etymology

This township in Parry Sound District was named by Sir Oliver Mowat in 1875 for the Rev John Machar (1796-1863), a founder of the Presbyterian Church of Upper Canada in 1831 and of Queen's College (University) in 1841, where he served as principal, 1843-53.[5]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Census Profile, 2021 Census Machar, Township". Statistics Canada. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  2. [2]
    Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006
  3. [3]
    Statistics Canada 2021 Census - Machar Census Profile
  4. [4]
    "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  5. [5]
    Rayburn, Alan (1997). Place Names of Ontario. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 202. ISBN 0-8020-7207-0.
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