Johnson, Ontario

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Johnson
Township of Johnson
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Municipal building in Desbarats
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Johnson
Coordinates: 46°20′N83°56′W / 46.333°N 83.933°W / 46.333; -83.933
Country Canada
Province Ontario
District Algoma
Government
  TypeTownship
  MayorReginald McKinnon
   MP Carol Hughes (NDP)
   MPP Michael Mantha (NDP)
Area
[1]
  Land120.27 km2 (46.44 sq mi)
Population
 (2016) [1]
  Total751
  Density6.2/km2 (16/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (EST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal code
P0R 1E0
Area code(s) 705 and 249
Website www.johnsontownship.ca

Johnson is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Algoma District. The township had a population of 751 in the Canada 2016 Census, up from 750 in the 2011 census.

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Communities

Desbarats, the main community in the township, is located on Highway 17, 54 kilometres (34 mi) east of Sault Ste. Marie.

Located in Desbarats is Central Algoma Secondary School, a high school of 250+ students which serves a catchment area extending from Echo Bay to Thessalon. In 2013 a grade 7 and 8 program was put into place in CASS.

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Desbarats
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Ripple Rock

West of Desbarats on Highway 17 is Ripple Rock, a unique rock cut that was uncovered with the blasting of the rock cuts through northern Ontario for the creation of the Trans-Canada Highway. The ripples in the rock were created two billion years ago by waves in a shallow body of water. It was buried and through pressure it became sandstone.

Puddingstone Road in Johnson Township was named for a type of puddingstone locally known as Jasper conglomerate and often found in the area as well as at nearby St. Joseph Island. Puddingstone is a mixture of different sized grains and pebbles held together by finer sand. The type found in this area is St. Joseph Island Puddingstone, which contains red and brown pieces of jasper.

Since the early 2000s, about 20 Mennonite families from Southern Ontario moved to the Desbarats area. Along with other local farmers, they sell their produce at the Desbarats Farmers' Market on Friday evenings and Saturday mornings.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Johnson had a population of 749 living in 272 of its 422 total private dwellings, a change of -0.3% from its 2016 population of 751. With a land area of 119.47 km2 (46.13 sq mi), it had a population density of 6.3/km2 (16.2/sq mi) in 2021. [2]

Canada census – Johnson community profile
2021 2016 2011
Population749 (-0.3% from 2016)751 (0.1% from 2011)750 (7.0% from 2006)
Land area119.47 km2 (46.13 sq mi)120.27 km2 (46.44 sq mi)120.38 km2 (46.48 sq mi)
Population density6.3/km2 (16/sq mi)6.2/km2 (16/sq mi)6.2/km2 (16/sq mi)
Median age40.4 (M: 40.0, F: 40.8)44.6 (M: 46.0, F: 43.6)
Private dwellings422 (total)  272 (occupied)521 (total) 408 (total) 
Median household income$68,500
References: 2021 [3] 2016 [4] 2011 [5] earlier [6] [7]

Population trend: [8]

Transportation

Ontario Northland provides intercity motor coach service to the main community of Desbarats as a stop along its Sault Ste. Marie–Sudbury–North Bay–Ottawa route, with one bus a day each headed eastbound and westbound from Sunday to Friday, with no service on Saturdays.

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