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McKellar, Ontario

McKellar, Ontario
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nameMcKellar
official_nameTownship of McKellar
settlement_typeTownship municipality (single-tier)
image_skylineMcKellar ON 1.JPG
flag_size120x100px
shield_size100x90px
etymologyNamed for Archibald McKellar
pushpin_mapCanada Southern Ontario
coordinates
coordinates_footnotes
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameCanada
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Ontario
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_name2Parry Sound
established_titleSettled
established_dateca. 1860
established_title2Incorporated
established_date21873
government_typeTownship
leader_titleReeve
leader_nameDavid Moore
leader_title1Fed. riding
leader_name1Parry Sound-Muskoka
leader_title2Prov. riding
leader_name2Parry Sound—Muskoka
area_land_km2176.07
area_footnotes
population_as_of2021
population_footnotes
population_total1419
population_density_km28.1
timezoneEST
utc_offset-5
timezone_DSTEDT
utc_offset_DST-4
postal_code_typePostal Code
postal_codeP0G 1C0, P2A 0B4
area_codes705, 249
website

McKellar is a township municipality and census subdivision in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada. The 2021 population was 1,419.

McKellar is named for Archibald McKellar (1816–1894), a member of the legislative assemblies for the province of Canada (1857–1867) and Ontario (1867–1875).

Communities

Municipal offices and library

McKellar is also the primary and largest community within the township, located along Provincial Highway 124.

Other population centres within the township are:

  • Broadbent
  • Hurdville

History

In the 1860s, the community of Broadbent was founded, named after its settlers Henry and Edward Broadbent. In 1867, the settlement of Armstrong's Rapids was formed by Samuel Armstrong Jr., Andrew Moore, and John McKeown, coming from Parry Sound. Two years later in 1869, a mill is built at Armstrong's Rapids. That same year the township was surveyed. In 1871, its post office opened, and in 1873, the township was incorporated with Samuel Armstrong as its first reeve.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, McKellar had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 176.07 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

| 1881 |1056 | 1891 |1189 | 1901 |697 | 1911 |562 | 1921 |551 | 1931 |494 | 1941 |549 | 1951 |419 | 1956 |440 | 1961 |437 | 1966 |361 | 1971 |478 | 1976 |636 | 1981 |686 | 1986 |644 | 1991 |879 |1996| 939 |2001| 933 |2006| 1080 |2011| 1144 |2016| 1111 |2021| 1419

Mother tongue (2021):

  • English as first language: 92.6%
  • French as first language: 1.9%
  • English and French as first language: 0%
  • Other as first language: 5.5%

References

References

  1. {{cite cgndb
  2. "Ontario Geographic Names Map Viewer". Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry.
  3. (4 December 2023). "History and Heritage: Timeline of Early Settlement in McKellar". Township of McKellar.
  4. [[1996 Canadian census. 1996]], [[2001 Canadian census. 2001]], [[2006 Canadian census. 2006]] census
  5. (8 February 2017). "Census Profile, 2016 Census: McKellar, Township". Statistics Canada.
  6. (1944). "Eighth Census of Canada 1941 - Volume II - Population by Local Subdivisions". Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
  7. (July 1973). "1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical)". Statistics Canada.
  8. {{SCref. (2011)
  9. {{SCref. (2021)
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