McMurrich/Monteith | |
Official Name: | Township of McMurrich/Monteith |
Settlement Type: | Township (single-tier) |
Flag Size: | 120x100px |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Ontario |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Coordinates: | 45.45°N -108°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Ontario |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Parry Sound |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Title2: | Incorporated |
Established Date2: | January 1, 1998 |
Government Type: | Township |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Glynn Robinson |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Name1: | Parry Sound-Muskoka |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Leader Name2: | Parry Sound—Muskoka |
Area Land Km2: | 275.26 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 907 |
Population Density Km2: | 3.3 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Postal Code: | P0A |
Area Code: | 705, 249 |
Website: | www.mcmurrichmonteith.com |
McMurrich/Monteith is a municipality and census subdivision in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.
The municipality was formed in 1998 through an amalgamation of the former Township of McMurrich and the eastern two-thirds of the unincorporated Township of Monteith. The remaining portion of Monteith became part of Seguin. Part of the area's name is named for John McMurrich.
The township includes the communities of Axe Lake, Banbury, Bear Lake, Bourdeau, Haldane Hill, McMurrich, Sprucedale and Whitehall.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, McMurrich/Monteith had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 275.26km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
Mother tongue statistics for the 2006 census [3] are as follows: