Morris-Turnberry Explained

Morris-Turnberry
Official Name:Municipality of Morris-Turnberry
Settlement Type:Municipality (lower-tier)
Flag Size:120x100px
Mapsize:200px
Pushpin Map:Canada Southern Ontario
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in southern Ontario
Pushpin Label Position:left
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:County
Established Title:Settled
Established Title2:Formed
Established Date2:2001
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Jamie Heffer
Leader Title1:Deputy Mayor
Leader Name1:TBD
Leader Title2:Federal riding
Leader Title3:Prov. riding
Area Land Km2:376.55
Population As Of:2011
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:3496
Population Density Km2:9.1
Utc Offset:-5
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Postal Code:N0G/N0K

The Municipality of Morris-Turnberry is a municipality in Huron County, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the north portion of Huron County, near the Bruce County border, southeast of Wingham.

It was formed as an amalgamation of the former Morris and Turnberry townships in 2001 in an Ontario-wide local government restructuring imposed by the government of that time. The two former townships now comprise the wards of the amalgamated municipality.

Morris-Turnberry's only significant settlement is Bluevale, located at the junction of Huron Roads 86 and 87 east of Wingham. This is where Elias Disney, father of Walt Disney, was born in 1859. Sunshine is also located here.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Morris-Turnberry had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 376.89km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]

Prior to amalgamation (2001):

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census - Morris-Turnberry, Ontario . . April 30, 2019.
  2. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario . . February 9, 2022 . March 31, 2022.