Hurkett

Hurkett
Dispersed rural community
Derelict harbour of Hurkett
Hurkett Location of Hurkett in Ontario
Coordinates: 48°50′57″N88°29′05″W / 48.84917°N 88.48472°W / 48.84917; -88.48472 [1]
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Thunder Bay
Area [2]
• Total	52.65 km2 (20.33 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	193 m (633 ft)
Population  (2011) [2]
• Total	236
• Density	4.5/km2 (12/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal code	P0T
Area code	807

Hurkett is a dispersed rural community and unincorporated place in the Unorganized part of Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. ^[1] It is on Black Bay on the north shore of Lake Superior in geographic Stirling Township, ^[4] and is on Ontario Highway 582, a short spur off Ontario Highway 17. Hurkett is a designated place served by a local services board, ^[5] and has a population of 236. ^[6]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hurkett had a population of 94 living in 51 of its 75 total private dwellings, a change of -56.1% from its 2016 population of 214. With a land area of 53.08 km² (20.49 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.8/km² (4.6/sq mi) in 2021. ^[7]

Canada census – Hurkett community profile

	2011
Population	236 (-17.2% from 2006)
Land area	52.65 km2 (20.33 sq mi)
Population density	4.5/km2 (12/sq mi)
Median age	49.7 (M: 48.2, F: 50.2)
Private dwellings	121 (total)
Median household income

References: 2011 ^[6]

See also

• Ontario portal

• List of unincorporated communities in Ontario

References

1. "Hurkett". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2015-07-11.
2. "Hurkett, Ontario (Code 350027) census profile". 2011 Census of Population . Statistics Canada. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
3. Elevation taken from Google Earth at coordinates given in the Infobox. Accessed 2015-07-12.
4. "Stirling" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
5. "Local Services Boards, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 737". Canadian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
6. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
7. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved Sep 2, 2022.

Other map sources:

• Map 13 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 1,600,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
• Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #2 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Archived from the original on 2014-04-10. Retrieved 2015-07-12.