Unorganized Centre Parry Sound District Explained

Unorganized Centre Parry Sound District
Official Name:	Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part
Flag Size:	120x100px
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Canada
Subdivision Type2:	District
Established Title:	Settled
Leader Title:	Federal riding
Leader Title1:	Prov. riding
Area Land Km2:	2587.29
Area Footnotes:	^[1]
Population As Of:	2021
Population Footnotes:	^[2]
Population Total:	2495
Population Density Km2:	1.0
Utc Offset:	−05:00
Timezone Dst:	EDT
Utc Offset Dst:	−04:00
Postal Code:	P0G, P0H
Coordinates:	45.9167°N -80°W

Unorganized Centre Parry Sound District is an unorganized area in central Ontario, Canada, between Georgian Bay and Lake Nipissing in the District of Parry Sound. It is made up of geographic townships which have no governing bodies and which are not incorporated as municipalities. The territory consists of two non-contiguous areas, with the main part located directly south of the French River and Lake Nipissing, and east of Georgian Bay. Shawanaga Township is a small exclave south of it along Highway 69.

Local services boards

• Britt and Byng Inlet
• Loring, Port Loring and District
• Restoule

Townships

List of townships with its communities:

• Blair Township (Ess Narrows Landing, Lost Channel)
• East Mills Township (Arnstein, Loring, Port Loring)
• Hardy Township (Spring Creek)
• Henvey Township (Britt Station, Still River)
• Lount Township (Bummer's Roost, Rye, Wattenwyle)
• McConkey Township (Fleming's Landing)
• Mowat Township (Bon Air, Cranberry, Key River, Ludgate, Mowat, Pakesley, Wanikewin)
• Patterson Township (Restoule)
• Pringle Township (Bear Valley, Carr, Farleys Corners, Golden Valley)
• Shawanaga Township (Madigans)
• Wallbridge Township (Britt, Byng Inlet, Drocourt, Harris Lake, North Magnetawan)
• Wilson Township

In addition, the division also includes two geographic townships which are entirely unpopulated:

• Brown Township
• Harrison Township

Demographics

Mother tongue:^[3]

• English as first language: 91.5%
• French as first language: 4.6%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 3.9%

Population trend:^[4]

• Population in 2011: 2199
• Population in 2006: 2424
• Population in 2001: 2198
• Population in 1996: 3336 (or 2082 when adjusted to 2001 boundaries)
• Population in 1991: 3394

See also

• List of townships in Ontario

Notes and References

1. Web site: Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part census profile . Statistics Canada . . 2012-02-10.
2. Web site: Focus on Geography Series, 2021 Census - Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part (Census subdivision). 9 February 2022.
3. Statistics Canada 2006 Census - Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part community profile
4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census