| Chapple | |
| Official Name: | Township of Chapple |
| Settlement Type: | Township municipality (single-tier) |
| Etymology: | Named after Thomas William Chapple |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Ontario |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ontario |
| Coordinates: | 48.7425°N -93.9947°W |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ontario |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Rainy River |
| Established Title: | Incorporated |
| Leader Title: | Reeve |
| Leader Name: | James Gibson |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Thunder Bay—Rainy River |
| Leader Title2: | Provincial riding |
| Leader Name2: | Kenora—Rainy River |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Land Km2: | 527.94 |
| Elevation M: | 335 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Total: | 638 |
| Population Density Km2: | 1.2 |
| Timezone1: | Central Time Zone (CST) |
| Utc Offset1: | -6 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | Central Time Zone (CDT) |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | P0W 1A0 |
| Area Code: | 807 |
Chapple (Canada 2021 Census population 763) is a township municipality in Rainy River District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada.[2] [3] [4] [5]
Communities located in the township include:
The township is served by Ontario Highway 71, a branch of the Trans-Canada Highway, and by Highway 600.
It was named after Thomas William Chapple, a former Ontario MPP from 1894 to 1898, who served as judge for the Rainy River District from 1898 to 1926. Before politics Chapple was a lawyer.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Chapple had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 558.15km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[6]
Barwick has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb).
Township Council consists of a mayor and four councillors.[7]