McMurrich/Monteith

McMurrich/Monteith is a municipality and census subdivision in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.

The municipality was formed in 1998 through an amalgamation of the former Township of McMurrich and the eastern two-thirds of the unincorporated Township of Monteith. The remaining portion of Monteith became part of Seguin. Part of the area's name is named for John McMurrich.

Communities

The township includes the communities of Axe Lake, Banbury, Bear Lake, Bourdeau, Haldane Hill, McMurrich, Sprucedale and Whitehall.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, McMurrich/Monteith had a population of 907 living in 410 of its 735 total private dwellings, a change of 10.1% from its 2016 population of 824. With a land area of 275.26 km² (106.28 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.3/km² (8.5/sq mi) in 2021.^[5]

Mother tongue statistics for the 2006 census ^[6] are as follows:

• English as first language: 90.6%
• French as first language: 1.9%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 7.5%

Lakes

• Doe Lake
• Buck Lake
• Axe Lake
• Johnson Lake
• Hunters Lake
• Bear Lake
• Horn Lake

See also

• List of townships in Ontario

References