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Central Manitoulin

FieldValue
nameCentral Manitoulin
official_nameMunicipality of Central Manitoulin
settlement_typeTownship (single-tier)
image_skylinePROV BAY BY HELICOPTER.jpg
image_captionAerial view of Central Manitoulin with Providence Bay Beach in the foreground.
pushpin_mapCAN ON Manitoulin#Ontario
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameCanada
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Ontario
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_name2Manitoulin
established_titleSettled
established_title2Incorporated
established_date2May 1, 1998
leader_titleReeve
leader_nameRichard Stephens
leader_title1Federal riding
leader_name1Sudbury East—Manitoulin—Nickel Belt
leader_title2Prov. riding
leader_name2Algoma—Manitoulin
area_land_km2427.61
area_footnotes
population_as_of2021
population_footnotes
population_total2235
population_density_km25.2
timezoneEST
utc_offset-5
timezone_DSTEDT
utc_offset_DST-4
postal_code_typePostal Code FSA
postal_codeP0P
area_code705
website

Central Manitoulin is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located on Manitoulin Island and in Manitoulin District.

The Township of Central Manitoulin was formed on May 1, 1998, through the annexation of the unorganized geographic township of Sandfield by Carnarvon Township. Carnarvon Township was incorporated in 1871, and named after Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon.

Geography

Treasure Island, the largest island in a lake on an island in a lake, is located in Central Manitoulin, in Lake Mindemoya. The largest lake in a lake, Lake Manitou, is also mainly located in Central Manitoulin.

Communities

The primary community and administrative centre of the township is Mindemoya. Smaller communities include Big Lake, Britainville, Dryden's Corner, Gibraltar, Grimsthorpe, Long Bay, Monument Corner, Old Spring Bay, Perivale, Providence Bay, Sandfield, and Spring Bay.

[[File:Mindemoya ON.JPGthumbnone265pxMindemoya]][[File:Providence Bay ON.JPGthumbnone210pxProvidence Bay]]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Central Manitoulin had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 427.61 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

|2001| 1907 |2006| 1944 |2011| 1958 |2016| 2084 |2021| 2235

Mother tongue (2021):

  • English as first language: 91.2 %
  • French as first language: 4.3 %
  • English and French as first language: 0.2 %
  • Other as first language: 3.6 %

Smallest jail

Ontario has had a few historical claimants, by towns, for housing the province's smallest jail, the main three being: Tweed, Creemore and Coboconk. However, old jailhouses in Providence Bay, Port Dalhousie, Rodney, and ghost town Berens River have proven to be even smaller. The jailhouse in Providence Bay is now a cabin for tourists to stay at. It is at 56 Munro Street, Providence Bay, ON. 45 40' 14.72* N x 82 16' 13.47* W

References

References

  1. "Municipal restructuring activity summary table - Dataset - Ontario Data Catalogue". Government of Ontario.
  2. (2001). "Exploring Manitoulin". University of Toronto Press.
  3. [[Canada 2001 Census. 2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census. 2006]] census
  4. "Central Manitoulin census profile". Statistics Canada.
  5. {{SCref. (2021)
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