Armour | |
Official Name: | Township of Armour |
Settlement Type: | Township municipality (single-tier) |
Etymology: | John Douglas Armour. |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Ontario |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Southern Ontario |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Ontario |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Parry Sound |
Government Type: | Township |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Rod Ward |
Leader Title1: | MP |
Leader Name1: | Scott Aitchison (CPC) |
Leader Name2: | Graydon Smith (OPC) |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Title2: | Incorporated |
Area Land Km2: | 163.52 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1459 |
Population Density Km2: | 8.9 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code span |
Postal Code: | P0A |
Area Codes: | 705, 249 |
Coordinates: | 45.6289°N -79.3439°W |
Armour (2021 population 1,459) is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario.[2] [3]
Located in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District, the township surrounds but does not include the village of Burk's Falls. It was named in honour of Judge John Douglas Armour.[4]
The township includes the communities of Berriedale, Carss, Chetwynd, Katrine and Pickerel Lake.
Katrine overlooks Doe Lake, which is located on the west side of the village. Three Mile Lake and Deer Lake are located about 5 km east of the village. There is also a small public beach on Doe Lake, and a community centre located on Ontario Highway 11.[5]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Armour had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 163.52km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[6]
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