Val Rita-Harty

Val Rita-Harty
Township municipality (single-tier)
Township of Val Rita-Harty Canton de Val Rita-Harty
Val Rita
Motto:  In Uno Spiritu (Latin: "One in spirit")
Val Rita-Harty Location in Ontario
Coordinates: 49°29′02″N82°37′47″W / 49.48389°N 82.62972°W / 49.48389; -82.62972 [1]
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Cochrane
Settled	1922 (1922)
Incorporated	1973
Government
• Mayor	Johanne Baril
• MPs	Gaétan Malette (Conservative)
• MPP	Guy Bourgouin (NDP)
Area [2]
• Land	381.19 km2 (147.18 sq mi)
Population  (2016) [2]
• Total	762
• Density	2.0/km2 (5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone (EDT))
Postal code	P0L 2G0
Area codes	705, 249
Website	www.valharty.ca

Welcome sign in Harty

Val Rita-Harty is a township municipality in Cochrane District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. ^{[1] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

The township consists of two communities, Val Rita and Harty, both located along Highway 11 between Opasatika and Kapuskasing. It was incorporated as a township in 1973, following a failed community effort in 1964 to request incorporation as a municipality.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Val Rita-Harty had a population of 757 living in 326 of its 382 total private dwellings, a change of -0.7% from its 2016 population of 762. With a land area of 378.89 km² (146.29 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.0/km² (5.2/sq mi) in 2021. ^[7]

Canada census – Val Rita-Harty (3556070) community profile

	2016	2011
Population	762 (-6.7% from 2011)	817 (-13.0% from 2006)
Land area	381.18 km2 (147.17 sq mi)	382.71 km2 (147.77 sq mi)
Population density	2.0/km2 (5.2/sq mi)	2.1/km2 (5.4/sq mi)
Median age	46.6 (M: 47.2, F: 45.9)
Private dwellings	330 (total)	368 (total)
Median household income	$66,560

References: 2016 ^[2] 2011 ^[8]

Population: ^[9]

• Population in 2016: 762 (-6.7% from 2011)
• Population in 2011: 817 (-13.0% from 2006)
• Population in 2006: 939 (-8.1% from 2001)
• Population in 2001: 1,012 (-9.0% from 1996)
• Population in 1996: 1,112
• Population in 1991: 1,178

Mother tongue (as of 2016 ^[update] ): ^[2]

• English as first language: 22.2%
• French as first language: 74.5%
• English and French as first language: 1.3%
• Other as first language: 2%

See also

• List of townships in Ontario
• List of francophone communities in Ontario

References

1. "Val Rita-Harty". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2018-09-07.
2. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
3. "Toporama (on-line map and search)". Atlas of Canada . Natural Resources Canada. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
4. "Ontario Geonames GIS (on-line map and search)". Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. 2014. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
5. Map 14 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 1,600,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
6. Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #3 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Archived from the original on 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
7. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
8. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
9. Statistics Canada: 1996 census

External links

• Official website