Plummer Additional Explained

Plummer Additional
Official Name:Township of Plummer Additional
Settlement Type:Township (single-tier)
Flag Size:120x100px
Mapsize:200px
Pushpin Map:Canada Ontario
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Coordinates:46.3667°N -129°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type2:District
Established Title:Settled
Established Title2:Incorporated
Established Date2:1891
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Beth West
Leader Title1:MP
Leader Name1:Carol Hughes (NDP)
Leader Name2:Michael Mantha (NDP)
Area Land Km2:220.30
Population As Of:2016
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:660
Population Density Km2:3.0
Utc Offset:-5
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Postal Code:P0R 1C0
Area Code:705 and 249 (785 exchange)
Elevation M:242
Website:plummertownship.ca

Plummer Additional is a township and single tier municipality[2] located in Algoma District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. The township had a population of 660 in the Canada 2016 Census.

Communities

The township includes the communities of Bruce Station, Cloudslee, Plummer, Rock Lake and Rydal Bank.

The town of Bruce Mines is wholly surrounded by, but politically independent of, the township; it was separated in 1903. However, the 2010 mayoral election in Bruce Mines was won by Gordon Post, a candidate who pledged to investigate the feasibility of reamalgamating the two municipalities.[3]

History

Rydal Bank Church located at Rydal Bank within the township is a municipally designated heritage site.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Plummer 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 219.24km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]

Population trend:[5]

Transportation

The township is served by Ontario Highway 17 which traverses the south in an east–west orientation, and Ontario Highway 638, which travels the middle of the township in a north–south orientation.

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Plummer Additional census profile . Statistics Canada . . 2019-06-04.
  2. Web site: List of Ontario Municipalities. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2011-01-06. 2011-02-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20130228023807/http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/Page1591.aspx. 2013-02-28. dead.
  3. News: Ougler. Jeffrey. Post delivered to top Bruce Mines post; to probe Plummer union. Sault Star. October 26, 2010. February 27, 2011.
  4. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario . . February 9, 2022 . April 2, 2022.
  5. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census