Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional explained

Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional
Official Name:Township of Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional
Settlement Type:Township (single-tier)
Pushpin Map:Canada Ontario
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Coordinates:46.4833°N -88°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Ontario
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Algoma
Government Type:Township
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Lynn Watson
Leader Title1:MP
Leader Name1:Carol Hughes (NDP)
Leader Name2:Michael Mantha (NDP)
Established Title:Settled
Established Date:mid 19th century
Established Title2:Incorporated
Established Date2:1899
Area Land Km2:164.05
Population As Of:2016
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:1609
Population Density Km2:9.8
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Postal Code Type:Postal Code
Postal Code:P0S 1C0
Area Code:705, 249

Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional is a township in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. Originally surveyed as separate geographical townships, Macdonald and Meredith were incorporated as a single, municipal township in 1892. The geographical township of Aberdeen Additional was added to Macdonald and Meredith township in 1899 to create the municipal township of Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional.

The township encompasses the unincorporated communities of Echo Bay, Bar River and Sylvan Valley.

Communities

Bar River is a small hamlet straddling the boundary between the townships of Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional and Laird.

Echo Bay is located on the shores of the eponymous Echo Bay and Lake George. The community is home to a big loonie, similar to the Big Nickel in Sudbury, around eastward. Robert-Ralph Carmichael, one of the Canadian dollar coin's designers, lived near Echo Bay.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 163.26km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]

Population trend:[3]

See also

Location for a Giant Toonie Monument, similar to the Big Loonie.

Located in Sudbury, Ontario.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional census profile . Statistics Canada . . 2017-10-11.
  2. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario . . February 9, 2022 . April 2, 2022.
  3. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census, 2011, 2016