Morley | |
Official Name: | Township of Morley |
Settlement Type: | Township (single-tier) |
Flag Size: | 120x100px |
Mapsize: | 200px |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Ontario |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
Pushpin Label Position: | topright |
Coordinates: | 48.8333°N -104°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Date: | 1880s |
Established Title2: | Incorporated |
Established Date2: | 1903 |
Leader Title: | Reeve |
Leader Name: | George Heyens |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Area Land Km2: | 390.61 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 481 |
Population Density Km2: | 1.2 |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Postal Code: | P0W 1N0 |
Website: | www.townshipofmorley.ca |
Morley is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Rainy River District. The township had a population of 481 in the Canada 2016 Census. Named after John Morley, it was formed in 1903 when the townships of Morley and Pattullo, as well as the village of Stratton, were amalgamated.[2]
In 2004, the Township of Morley was greatly expanded through the addition of the geographic townships of Sifton and Dewart, that were previously part of Unorganized Rainy River District.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Morley had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 388.38km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]