McMurrich_Township,_Ontario

McMurrich/Monteith

McMurrich/Monteith

Township in Ontario, Canada

McMurrich/Monteith is a municipality and census subdivision in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.

Quick Facts Country, Province ...

The municipality was formed in 1998 through an amalgamation of the former Township of McMurrich and the eastern two-thirds of the unincorporated Township of Monteith. The remaining portion of Monteith became part of Seguin. Part of the area's name is named for John McMurrich.

Communities

The township includes the communities of Axe Lake, Banbury, Bear Lake, Bourdeau, Haldane Hill, McMurrich, Sprucedale and Whitehall.

Demographics

More information Year, Pop. ...

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, McMurrich/Monteith had a population of 907 living in 410 of its 735 total private dwellings, a change of 10.1% from its 2016 population of 824. With a land area of 275.26 km2 (106.28 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.3/km2 (8.5/sq mi) in 2021.[5]

Mother tongue statistics for the 2006 census [6] are as follows:

  • English as first language: 90.6%
  • French as first language: 1.9%
  • English and French as first language: 0%
  • Other as first language: 7.5%

Lakes

  • Doe Lake
  • Buck Lake
  • Axe Lake
  • Johnson Lake
  • Hunters Lake
  • Bear Lake
  • Horn Lake

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Census Profile, 2021 Census: McMurrich/Monteith, Township". Statistics Canada. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  2. [2]
    Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021
  3. [3]
    2011 Census Profile
  4. [4]
    "Census Profile, 2016 Census: McMurrich/Monteith, Township". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  5. [5]
    "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  6. [6]
    "2006 Community Profile".
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article McMurrich_Township,_Ontario, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.