Machar, Ontario

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Machar
Township (single-tier)
Township of Machar
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Machar
Coordinates: 45°52′N79°28′W / 45.867°N 79.467°W / 45.867; -79.467
CountryCanada
Province Ontario
District Parry Sound
Incorporated1889
Government
 • TypeTownship
 • MayorLynda Carleton
 • Fed. riding Parry Sound-Muskoka
 • Prov. riding Parry Sound—Muskoka
Area
[1]
 • Land182.65 km2 (70.52 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [1]
 • Total
969
 • Density5.3/km2 (14/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal Code
P0A
Area codes 705, 249
Website www.townshipofmachar.ca

Machar is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario.

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Located in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District, Machar surrounds but does not include the village of South River.

Etymology

This township in Parry Sound District was named by Sir Oliver Mowat in 1875 after Rev. John Machar (1796-1863), a founder of the Presbyterian Church of Upper Canada in 1831 and of Queen's College (University) in 1841, where he served as principal from 1843 to 1853. [2]

Communities

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Machar had a population of 969 living in 459 of its 875 total private dwellings, a change of

Historical census populations – Machar, Ontario
YearPop.±%
1901 608—    
1911 415−31.7%
1921 436+5.1%
1931 401−8.0%
1941 358−10.7%
1951 318−11.2%
1956 318+0.0%
YearPop.±%
1961 358+12.6%
1966 346−3.4%
1971 447+29.2%
1976 612+36.9%
1981 678+10.8%
1986 730+7.7%
1991 827+13.3%
YearPop.±%
1996 835+1.0%
2001 849+1.7%
2006 866+2.0%
2011 923+6.6%
2016 882−4.4%
2021 969+9.9%
Source: Statistics Canada [1] [3] [4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Machar, Ontario (Code 3549054) Census Profile". 2021 census . Government of Canada - Statistics Canada . Retrieved 2025-07-23.
  2. ↑ Rayburn, Alan (1997). Place Names of Ontario. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 202. ISBN   0-8020-7207-0.
  3. ↑ 1996, 2001, 2006
  4. ↑ "1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical)". Catalogue 92-702 Vol I, part 1 (Bulletin 1.1-2). Statistics Canada. July 1973.
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