See also: McKellar.
| McKellar | |
| Official Name: | Township of McKellar |
| Settlement Type: | Township (single-tier) |
| Flag Size: | 120x100px |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Ontario |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
| Coordinates: | 45.4833°N -130°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | ca. 1870 |
| Established Title2: | Incorporated |
| Established Date2: | 1873 |
| Government Type: | Township |
| Leader Title: | Reeve |
| Leader Name: | David Moore |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Area Land Km2: | 180.88 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 1419 |
| Population Density Km2: | 8.1 |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Postal Code: | P0G 1C0, P2A 0B4 |
| Website: | https://www.mckellar.ca/ |
McKellar is a township and census subdivision in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada. The 2021 population was 1,419.
McKellar is named for Archibald McKellar (1816-1894), a member of the legislative assemblies for the province of Canada (1857-1867) and Ontario (1867-1875).
McKellar is also the primary and largest community within the township, located along Provincial Highway 124. It was originally known as Armstrong's Rapids, but the name McKellar was given when the post office opened in the community in 1870. Broadbent is named for American Steel Millionaire, Samuel Broadbent (1845-1923) who financed the building for the Trans-Canadian Railway. Hurdville is named for Canadian Financier William Faulkner Hurdville (1838-1910), who also helped finance the Trans-Canadian Railway.
Other population centres within the township are:
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, McKellar had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 176.07km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
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