Morris_Township,_Ontario

Morris-Turnberry

Morris-Turnberry

Municipality in Ontario, Canada

The Municipality of Morris-Turnberry is a municipality in Huron County, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the north portion of Huron County, near the Bruce County border, southeast of Wingham.

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It was formed as an amalgamation of the former Morris and Turnberry townships in 2001 in an Ontario-wide local government restructuring imposed by the government of that time. The two former townships now comprise the wards of the amalgamated municipality.

Morris-Turnberry's only significant settlement is Bluevale, located at the junction of Huron Roads 86 and 87 east of Wingham. This is where Elias Disney, father of Walt Disney, was born in 1859. Sunshine is also located here.

Demographics

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Morris-Turnberry had a population of 3,590 living in 1,195 of its 1,283 total private dwellings, a change of 2.7% from its 2016 population of 3,496. With a land area of 376.89 km2 (145.52 sq mi), it had a population density of 9.5/km2 (24.7/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

Prior to amalgamation (2001):

  • Population total in 1996: 3,504
    • Morris (township): 1,732
    • Turnberry (township): 1,772
  • Population in 1991:
    • Morris (township): 1,725
    • Turnberry (township): 1,582

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Morris-Turnberry, Ontario (Code 3540050) census profile". 2011 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
  2. [2]
    "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Morris-Turnberry, Ontario". Statistics Canada. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
  3. [3]
    Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  4. [4]
    "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2022.


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