Gordon/Barrie Island

Gordon/Barrie Island
Municipality (single-tier)
Municipality of Gordon/Barrie Island
Highway 540 through Gordon
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Coordinates: 45°54′N82°38′W / 45.900°N 82.633°W / 45.900; -82.633
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Manitoulin
Formed	January 1, 2009
Government
• Type	Township
• Reeve	Lee Hayden
• Federal riding	Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing
• Prov. riding	Algoma—Manitoulin
Area [1]
• Land	263.44 km2 (101.71 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	613
• Density	2.3/km2 (6/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal Code	P0P
Area code	705
Website	www.gordonbarrieisland.ca

The Municipality of Gordon/Barrie Island is a township in Manitoulin District in north central Ontario, Canada. It was formed on January 1, 2009, upon the amalgamation of the townships of Gordon (incorporated 1875 ^[2] ) and Barrie Island. ^[3]

The township consists of the communities of Advance, Foxey, Ice Lake, Tobacco Lake, and Barrie Island. Gordon/Barrie Island also contains three lakes: Nameless Lake, Tobacco Lake, and Ice Lake.

Barrie Island

Barrie Island Welcome Sign

Barrie Island ( 45°55′N82°40′W / 45.917°N 82.667°W / 45.917; -82.667 ) is about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) wide, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) long, ^[4] and had a surface area of 78.9 square kilometres (30.5 sq mi) in the 2006 census. ^[5] It is connected to Manitoulin by Highway 540A, which crosses the water via a causeway at the narrowest part of the strait.

The island, named after Robert Barrie, has a significant summer recreational population. ^[2]

John Gordon Lane was born on Barrie Island, the Member of Provincial Parliament for Algoma—Manitoulin from 1971 to 1987.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Gordon/Barrie Island had a population of 613 living in 294 of its 621 total private dwellings, a change of 25.1% from its 2016 population of 490. With a land area of 263.44 km² (101.71 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.3/km² (6.0/sq mi) in 2021. ^[1]

Canada census – Gordon/Barrie Island community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	613 (+25.1% from 2016)	490 (-6.8% from 2011)	526 (+14.6% from 2006)
Land area	263.44 km2 (101.71 sq mi)	267.77 km2 (103.39 sq mi)	268.14 km2 (103.53 sq mi)
Population density	2.3/km2 (6.0/sq mi)	1.8/km2 (4.7/sq mi)	2.0/km2 (5.2/sq mi)
Median age	61.6 (M: 62.8, F: 60.0)	51.4 (M: 52.4, F: 50.4)
Private dwellings	621 (total)  294 (occupied)	523 (total)	599 (total)
Median household income	$68,500	$56,960

References: 2021 ^[6] 2016 ^[7] 2011 ^[8]

Historical census populations – Gordon Township (1875–2008)

Year Pop. ±% 1881 565 —     1891 455 −19.5% 1901 440 −3.3% 1911 429 −2.5% 1921 363 −15.4% 1931 387 +6.6% 1941 375 −3.1%	Year Pop. ±% 1951 557 +48.5% 1956 507 −9.0% 1961 490 −3.4% 1966 462 −5.7% 1971 352 −23.8% 1976 336 −4.5% 1981 367 +9.2%	Year Pop. ±% 1986 384 +4.6% 1991 435 +13.3% 1996 473 +8.7% 2001 473 +0.0% 2006 412 −12.9%
Population counts are not adjusted for boundary changes. Source: Statistics Canada [9] [10]

Historical census populations – Barrie Island Township

Year Pop. ±% 1881 143 —     1891 209 +46.2% 1901 268 +28.2% 1911 206 −23.1% 1921 196 −4.9% 1931 164 −16.3% 1941 164 +0.0%	Year Pop. ±% 1951 159 −3.0% 1956 149 −6.3% 1961 146 −2.0% 1966 118 −19.2% 1971 109 −7.6% 1976 108 −0.9% 1981 92 −14.8%	Year Pop. ±% 1986 84 −8.7% 1991 75 −10.7% 1996 60 −20.0% 2001 50 −16.7% 2006 47 −6.0%
Source: Statistics Canada [9] [10]

See also

• List of townships in Ontario

References

1. "Gordon/Barrie Island (Code 3551027) Census Profile". 2021 census . Government of Canada - Statistics Canada . Retrieved 2025-02-20.
2. Joe Ann Baker Lane Lewis. "History of Gordon/Barrie Island". www.gordonbarrieisland.ca. Municipality of Gordon/Barrie Island. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
3. "Annual changes to census subdivision codes, names and types, between 2006 and 2011, by province and territory, and by year". Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2011. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
4. Cohen, Saul B., ed. (2008). The Columbia gazetteer of the world. Vol. 1 (A to G) (2nd ed.). New York: Columbia University Press. p. 323. ISBN   9780231145541.
5. "Gordon/Barrie Island (Code 3551027) Community Profiles". 2006 census . Government of Canada - Statistics Canada . Retrieved 2025-02-21.
6. "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
7. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
8. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
9. Eighth Census of Canada 1941 - Volume II - Population by Local Subdivisions (Report). Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1944. CS98-1941-2.
10. "1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical)". Catalogue 92-702 Vol I, part 1 (Bulletin 1.1-2). Statistics Canada. July 1973.

External links

• Official website