Parry Sound District | |
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Coordinates: 45°42′N79°50′W / 45.700°N 79.833°W Coordinates: 45°42′N79°50′W / 45.700°N 79.833°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Ontario |
Region | Northern Ontario and Central Ontario |
Created | 1870 |
Government | |
• MPs | Scott Aitchison, Anthony Rota, Marc Serré |
• MPPs | Norm Miller, Vic Fedeli |
Area | |
• Land | 9,322.80 km2 (3,599.55 sq mi) |
Population (2016) [2] | |
• Total | 42,824 |
• Density | 4.5/km2 (12/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Postal code FSA | |
Area code(s) | 705 |
Seat | Parry Sound |
Parry Sound District is a census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its boundaries are District of Muskoka to the south, the Sudbury District to the north-northwest, the French River and Lake Nipissing in the north, Nipissing District and North Bay in the north and east and parts of Algonquin Park in the northeast.
In 2016, the population was 42,824. The land area is 9,322.80 square kilometres (3,600 sq mi); the population density was 4.5 per square kilometre (12/sq mi). [2]
It is geographically in Southern Ontario, but the Ontario and federal governments admister it as part of Northern Ontario. Like other census divisions in Northern Ontario, it does not have an incorporated county, regional municipality, or district municipality level of government but instead serves as a purely territorial division like the other districts of Northern Ontario. Instead of an upper tier of municipal administration, all government services in the district are provided either by the local municipalities or by the provincial government itself. Some communities which are not part of any incorporated municipality are served by local services boards. The district is also included in the service areas of FedNor and the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund. Accordingly, in most administrative contexts the division is grouped with the Northern Ontario region instead of Southern Ontario which is mainly geographic.
Along with the neighbouring Muskoka and Haliburton regions, the Parry Sound District is considered part of Ontario's cottage country, which is geographically in the primary region of Southern Ontario and the secondary region of Central Ontario. The district is commonly divided into two subregions; West Parry Sound and East Parry Sound, the latter often referred to as the Almaguin Highlands.
Communities within these subdivisions are added in parentheses
Name of Town | Population | Ref. |
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Kearney | 882 | |
Parry Sound | 6,408 | |
Powassan | 3,455 |
Name of Township | Population | Ref. |
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The Archipelago | 531 | |
Armour | 1,414 | |
Callander | 3,863 | |
Carling | 1,125 | |
Joly | 304 | |
Machar | 882 | |
Magnetawan | 1,390 | |
McDougall | 2,702 | |
McKellar | 1,111 | |
McMurrich/Monteith | 824 | |
Nipissing | 1,707 | |
Perry | 2,454 | |
Ryerson | 648 | |
Seguin | 4,304 | |
Strong | 1,439 | |
Whitestone | 916 |
Name of Village | Population | Ref. |
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Burk's Falls | 981 | |
South River | 1,114 | |
Sundridge | 961 |
Name of Unorganized Area | Population | Ref. |
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Centre | 2,143 | |
North East | 187 | |
Restoule (part of Unorganized Centre Parry Sound District) | 455 |
Name of Reserve | Population | Ref. |
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Dokis | 204 | |
French River | 137 | |
Henvey Inlet | 28 | |
Magnetawan | 93 | |
Naiscoutaing | N/A | |
Shawanaga | 213 | |
Wasauksing | 419 |
Township | Unorganized | Incorporated | Annexed/Amalgamated |
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Armour | |||
Bethune | Annexed by the Town of Kearney. | ||
Blair | |||
Brown | |||
Burpee | Part of the Municipality of Whitestone. | ||
Burton | Part of the Municipality of Whitestone. | ||
Carling | |||
Chapman | Part of the Municipality of Magnetawan. | ||
Christie | Part of the Municipality of Seguin. | ||
Conger | Part of the Municipality of the Archipelago, with a small part in the Municipality of Seguin. | ||
Cowper | Part of the Municipality of the Archipelago. | ||
Croft | Part of the Municipality of Whitestone, with a small part in the Municipality of Magnetawan. | ||
East Mills | |||
Ferguson | Annexed by McDougall Township. | ||
Ferrie | Part of the Municipality of Whitestone. | ||
Foley | Part of the Municipality of Seguin. | ||
Gurd | Annexed by Nipissing Township. | ||
Hagerman | Part of the Municipality of Whitestone. | ||
Hardy | |||
Harrison | (part) | Most became part of the Municipality of the Archipelago. | |
Henvey | (part) | Northern section was transferred to the Town of Killarney in Sudbury District. | |
Humphrey | Part of the Municipality of Seguin. | ||
Joly | |||
Laurier | |||
Lount | |||
Machar | |||
McConkey | |||
McDougall | |||
McKellar | |||
McKenzie | Part of the Municipality of Whitestone. | ||
McMurrich | Part of the Township of McMurrich/Monteith. | ||
Monteith | Western two-thirds became part of the Municipality of Seguin, while the eastern third became part of the Township of McMurrich/Monteith. | ||
Mowat | (part) | Part transferred to the Town of Killarney in Sudbury District | |
North Himsworth | Now the Municipality of Callander. | ||
Nipissing | |||
Patterson | |||
Perry | |||
Pringle | |||
Proudfoot | Annexed by the Town of Kearney. | ||
Ryerson | |||
Shawanaga | (part) | Most became part of the Municipality of the Archipelago. | |
South Himsworth | Annexed by the Municipality of Powassan. | ||
Spence | |||
Strong | |||
Wallbridge | |||
Wilson |
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Parry Sound District had a population of 46,909 living in 20,848 of its 35,640 total private dwellings, a change of 9.5% from its 2016 population of 42,824. With a land area of 9,113.92 km2 (3,518.90 sq mi), it had a population density of 5.1/km2 (13.3/sq mi) in 2021. [3]
2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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Population | 46,909 (+9.5% from 2016) | 42,824 (1.6% from 2011) | 42,162 (3.0% from 2006) |
Land area | 9,113.92 km2 (3,518.90 sq mi) | 9,326.48 km2 (3,600.97 sq mi) | 9,322.80 km2 (3,599.55 sq mi) |
Population density | 5.1/km2 (13/sq mi) | 4.6/km2 (12/sq mi) | 4.5/km2 (12/sq mi) |
Median age | 55.2 (M: 55.2, F: 55.6) | 52.6 (M: 52.3, F: 53.0) | |
Total private dwellings | 20,850 | 35,226 | 33,764 |
Median household income |
The Parry Sound Forest Fire District was founded by Ontario's former Department of Lands and Forests (now the MNR) in 1922 as one of 17 districts to help protect Ontario's forests from fire by early detection from fire towers. The headquarters for the district were housed in the town of Parry Sound. It was the central location for 21 fire tower lookouts, including the Parry Sound fire tower, which was erected in the same location as the modern lookout tower at 17 George Street. The other 20 towers in the district were: Pickerel River CPR, Byng Inlet, Still River, Pointe au Baril, Pakesley, Pickerel River CNR, Key Junction, Ardbeg, Spence, Go Home, Loring, Stormy Lake (Restoule), Nipissing, Boulter, Lount, Laurier, Strong, Proudfoot, Stisted and Draper. When a fire was spotted in the forest a towerman would get the degree bearings from his respective tower and radio back the information to headquarters. When one or more towermen from other towers in the area would also call in their bearings, the forest rangers at headquarters could get a 'triangulation' read and plot the exact location of the fire on their map. This way a team of forest firefighters could be dispatched as soon as possible to get the fire under control. In 1969 there remained only 4 actively staffed towers: Ardbeg, Go Home, Stormy Lake, and Boulter. These would all be phased out shortly after when aerial fire fighting techniques were employed in the 1970s.
Restoule is a community and designated place in geographic Patterson Township in the Centre Unorganized Part of Parry Sound District in Central Ontario, Canada. It is situated on the Restoule River between Commanda Lake, and Restoule Lake and is part of the Almaguin Highlands region.
Nipissing District is a district in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1858. The district seat is North Bay.
Burk's Falls is an incorporated village in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada, located 265 kilometres (165 mi) north of Toronto and 90 kilometres (56 mi) south of North Bay, Ontario. The village, and the waterfall on the site, were named by David Francis Burk of Oshawa, after he selected the land surrounding the waterfall in the Free Land Grant Act. Burk's Falls is part of the Magnetawan River waterway.
Parry Sound—Muskoka is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1949.
The Municipality of Callander is a township in central Ontario, Canada, located at the southeast end of Lake Nipissing in the Almaguin Highlands region of the District of Parry Sound. The municipality is located on Callander Bay, just south of North Bay.
Nipissing is an incorporated (political) township in Parry Sound District in Central Ontario, Canada. It is on Lake Nipissing and is part of the Almaguin Highlands region. Nipissing was surveyed between 1874 and 1881, and was incorporated in 1888. Among the first settlers in the area were the Chapman and Beatty families. Nipissing Township annexed Gurd Township in 1970. The township also contains a community named Nipissing, which is located on the South River near Chapman's Landing, on the South Bay of Lake Nipissing. The township administrative offices are located in Nipissing.
Kearney is a town and municipality in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District of Ontario, Canada. With a landmass of 528 square kilometres and a year-round population of 974 in the Canada 2021 Census, Kearney claims to be the "Biggest Little Town in Ontario."
South River is a village on Highway 124 near Algonquin Park in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District of Ontario, Canada. It is about halfway between North Bay and Huntsville or a 3-hour drive (300 km) north from Toronto. South River has access to the Algonquin Park for canoeists at Kawawaymog. South River is home of Mikisew Provincial Park on the shores of Eagle Lake.
Powassan is a municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario, located near North Bay. Powassan is located in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District, at its easternmost boundary with the Nipissing District.
Magnetawan is a township in the Almaguin Highlands region of the Parry Sound District in the Canadian province of Ontario, as well as the name of the primary population centre in the township.
Whitestone is a municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario, as well as the name of a community within the municipality.
Armour is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario.
Machar is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario.
Strong is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, as well as the name of a community within the township. Located in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District, the township surrounds but does not include the village of Sundridge.
Perry is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District.
Ryerson is an incorporated township in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It had a population of 745 in the 2021 Canadian census. It was named after Egerton Ryerson, the Chief Superintendent of Education for Ontario from 1844 to 1876.
Joly is a township in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District of the Canadian province of Ontario.
McMurrich/Monteith is a municipality and census subdivision in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.
Unorganized North East Parry Sound District is an unorganized area in Parry Sound District in Central Ontario, Canada. It is served by the local services board of Laurier and is part of the Almaguin Highlands region. The region had a population of 179 in the Canada 2021 Census, and a land area of 183.04 square kilometres.
The Almaguin Highlands Region in Ontario, Canada, covers approximately 5,200 km2 (2,000 sq mi) comprising the eastern half of Parry Sound District. It is bounded by Muskoka in the south, and by Lake Nipissing and Nipissing District in the north. The eastern edge abuts the western boundary of Algonquin Provincial Park, whereas the western boundary of the Almaguin Highlands is generally regarded to be the mid east-west point of Parry Sound District. Originally derived from the words, Algonquin, Magnetawan, and Seguin. Almaguin is now used to describe the marketing region of East Parry Sound.