See also: Prince (disambiguation).
Prince | |
Official Name: | Township of Prince |
Settlement Type: | Township (single-tier) |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Ontario |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Coordinates: | 46.5333°N -114°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Ontario |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Algoma |
Government Type: | Township |
Leader Title: | Reeve |
Leader Name: | Enzo Palumbo |
Leader Title1: | MP |
Leader Name1: | Terry Sheehan |
Leader Name2: | Mike Mantha |
Established Title: | Established |
Area Land Km2: | 85.30 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1010 |
Population Density Km2: | 11.8 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code span |
Postal Code: | P6A |
Area Code: | 705, 249 |
Website: | www.twp.prince.on.ca |
Prince is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Algoma District northwest of Sault Ste. Marie. Although the township is not part of the city of Sault Ste. Marie, some municipal services are contracted to the city.
The only named community within the township is Gros Cap. Most mail and telephone service in the township is part of Sault Ste. Marie's sortation area and telephone exchange.
Naturally spring fed, Prince Lake is a long-standing settlement for permanent residents and vacationers. In 2007, Tom Connelly was elected Mayor of the Lake and his son Kyle Connelly has served as the deputy, both by unanimous decision.
One of the largest wind farms in Canada, the Prince Township Wind Farm, is centred in Prince Township. It provides enough electricity to serve 20,000 homes. The project is run by Brascan Power Wind.
The township was named after John Prince, the first judge in the Algoma District.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Prince had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 84.98km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
Population trend:[3]