| Machar | |
| Official Name: | Township of Machar |
| Settlement Type: | Township (single-tier) |
| Flag Size: | 120x100px |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Ontario |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Coordinates: | 45.8667°N -107°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Title2: | Incorporated |
| Government Type: | Township |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Lynda Carleton |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Area Land Km2: | 182.65 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 969 |
| Population Density Km2: | 5.3 |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Postal Code: | P0A |
| Website: | www.machartownship.net |
Machar is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario.
Located in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District, Machar surrounds but does not include the village of South River.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Machar had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 182.65km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
This township in Parry Sound District was named by Sir Oliver Mowat in 1875 for the Rev John Machar (1796-1863), a founder of the Presbyterian Church of Upper Canada in 1831 and of Queen's College (University) in 1841, where he served as principal, 1843-53.[3]