Kerns, Ontario

Not to be confused with the unincorporated community of Kearns, Ontario.

Kerns
Township (single-tier)
Township of Kerns
Kerns township
Kerns
Coordinates: 47°36′30″N79°48′00″W / 47.6083°N 79.8°W / 47.6083; -79.8
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Timiskaming
Government
• Reeve	Terry Phillips
• Fed. riding	Nipissing—Timiskaming
• Prov. riding	Timiskaming—Cochrane
Area [1]
• Land	90.66 km2 (35.00 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	330
• Density	3.6/km2 (9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal code	P0J 1P0
Area code(s)	705
Website	kerns.ca

Kerns is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario. Located within the Timiskaming District, Kerns is located directly northwest of the city of Temiskaming Shores. Its primary named settlements are the communities of Highland, Milberta, and McCool.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Kerns had a population of 330 living in 121 of its 129 total private dwellings, a change of -7.8% from its 2016 population of 358. With a land area of 90.66 km² (35.00 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.6/km² (9.4/sq mi) in 2021. ^[1]

Canada census – Kerns community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	330 (-7.8% from 2016)	358 (-0.3% from 2011)	359 (10.5% from 2006)
Land area	90.66 km2 (35.00 sq mi)	90.64 km2 (35.00 sq mi)	90.44 km2 (34.92 sq mi)
Population density	3.6/km2 (9.3/sq mi)	3.9/km2 (10/sq mi)	4.0/km2 (10/sq mi)
Median age	39.2 (M: 41.2, F: 38.4)	39.8 (M: 39.5, F: 40.0)	37.5 (M: 37.4, F: 38.0)
Private dwellings	129 (total)  121 (occupied)	133 (total)	135 (total)
Median household income	$77,000	$63,872	$56,797

References: 2021 ^[2] 2016 ^[3] 2011 ^[4]

Historical census populations – Kerns, Ontario

Year Pop. ±% 1901 85 —     1911 444 +422.4% 1921 561 +26.4% 1931 547 −2.5% 1941 533 −2.6% 1951 515 −3.4% 1956 521 +1.2%	Year Pop. ±% 1961 516 −1.0% 1966 469 −9.1% 1971 460 −1.9% 1976 458 −0.4% 1981 458 +0.0% 1986 424 −7.4% 1991 414 −2.4%	Year Pop. ±% 1996 400 −3.4% 2001 360 −10.0% 2006 325 −9.7% 2011 359 +10.5% 2016 358 −0.3% 2021 330 −7.8%
Source: Statistics Canada [1] [5] [6]

See also

• List of francophone communities in Ontario

References

1. "Kerns, Ontario (Code 3554024) Census Profile". 2021 census . Government of Canada - Statistics Canada . Retrieved 2025-09-16.
2. "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
3. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
4. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
5. Eighth Census of Canada 1941 - Volume II - Population by Local Subdivisions (Report). Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1944. CS98-1941-2.
6. "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

Timiskaming