| Gordon/Barrie Island | |
| Official Name: | Municipality of Gordon/Barrie Island |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality (single-tier) |
| Flag Size: | 120x100px |
| Pushpin Map: | CAN ON Manitoulin#Ontario |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Title2: | Formed |
| Established Date2: | January 1, 2009 |
| Government Type: | Township |
| Leader Title: | Reeve |
| Leader Name: | Lee Hayden |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Area Land Km2: | 267.77 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 490 |
| Population Density Km2: | 1.8 |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
| Postal Code: | P0P |
| Coordinates: | 45.9°N -120°W |
The Municipality of Gordon/Barrie Island is a township in Manitoulin District in north central Ontario, Canada. It was formed on January 1, 2009, upon the amalgamation of the townships of Gordon and Barrie Island.[2]
The township consists of the communities of Advance, Foxey, Ice Lake, Tobacco Lake and Barrie Island. Gordon/Barrie Island also contains three lakes: Nameless Lake, Tobacco Lake and Ice Lake.
Barrie Island (45.9167°N -122°W) is about 8km (05miles) wide, 13km (08miles) long, and has a surface area of 79km2. It is connected to Manitoulin by Highway 540A, which crosses the water via a causeway at the narrowest part of the strait.
The island has a significant summer recreational population.
John Gordon Lane was born on Barrie Island, the Member of Provincial Parliament for Algoma—Manitoulin from 1971 to 1987.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Gordon/Barrie Island had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 263.44km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
Population trend:[4]