Central Manitoulin Explained

Central Manitoulin
Official Name:Municipality of Central Manitoulin
Settlement Type:Township (single-tier)
Mapsize:200px
Pushpin Map:CAN ON Manitoulin#Ontario
Coordinates:45.7167°N -94°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Ontario
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Manitoulin
Established Title:Settled
Established Title2:Incorporated
Leader Title:Reeve
Leader Name:Richard Stephens
Leader Title1:Federal riding
Leader Name1:Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing
Leader Title2:Prov. riding
Leader Name2:Algoma—Manitoulin
Area Land Km2:431.11
Population As Of:2016
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:2084
Population Density Km2:4.8
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Postal Code Type:Postal Code FSA
Postal Code:P0P
Area Code:705

Central Manitoulin is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located on Manitoulin Island and in Manitoulin District.

Communities

The primary community and administrative centre of the township is Mindemoya. Smaller communities include Big Lake, Britainville, Dryden's Corner, Gibraltar, Grimsthorpe, Long Bay, Monument Corner, Old Spring Bay, Perivale, Providence Bay, Sandfield and Spring Bay.

Notable locations

Ontario has had a few historical claimants, by towns, for housing the province's smallest jail, the main three being: Tweed, Creemore and Coboconk. However, old jailhouses in Providence Bay, Port Dalhousie, Rodney, and ghost town Berens River have proven to be even smaller. The jailhouse in Providence Bay is now a cabin for tourists to stay at. Treasure Island, the largest island in a lake on an island in a lake, is located in Central Manitoulin, in Lake Mindemoya. The largest lake in a lake, Lake Manitou, is also mainly located in Central Manitoulin.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Central Manitoulin had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 427.61km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census: Central Manitoulin, Municipality . . June 20, 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.