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Gordon/Barrie Island
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Gordon/Barrie Island |
| official_name | Municipality of Gordon/Barrie Island |
| settlement_type | Municipality (single-tier) |
| image_skyline | Gordon ON.JPG |
| image_caption | Highway 540 through Gordon |
| flag_size | 120x100px |
| shield_size | 120x100px |
| pushpin_map | CAN ON Manitoulin#Ontario |
| pushpin_label_position | bottom |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Canada |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | Ontario |
| subdivision_type2 | District |
| subdivision_name2 | Manitoulin |
| established_title | Settled |
| established_title2 | Formed |
| established_date2 | January 1, 2009 |
| government_type | Township |
| leader_title | Reeve |
| leader_name | Lee Hayden |
| leader_title1 | Federal riding |
| leader_name1 | Sudbury East—Manitoulin—Nickel Belt |
| leader_title2 | Prov. riding |
| leader_name2 | Algoma—Manitoulin |
| area_land_km2 | 263.44 |
| area_footnotes | |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 613 |
| population_density_km2 | 2.3 |
| timezone | EST |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| timezone_DST | EDT |
| utc_offset_DST | -4 |
| postal_code_type | Postal Code |
| postal_code | P0P |
| area_code | 705 |
| website |
The Municipality of Gordon/Barrie Island is a township in Manitoulin District in north central Ontario, Canada. It was formed on January 1, 2009, upon the amalgamation of the townships of Gordon (incorporated 1875) and Barrie Island.
The township consists of the communities of Advance, Foxey, Ice Lake, Tobacco Lake, and Barrie Island. Gordon/Barrie Island also contains three lakes: Nameless Lake, Tobacco Lake, and Ice Lake.
Barrie Island
Barrie Island () is about 8 km wide, 13 km long, and had a surface area of 78.9 km2 in the 2006 census. It is connected to Manitoulin by Highway 540A, which crosses the water via a causeway at the narrowest part of the strait.
The island, named after Robert Barrie, has a significant summer recreational population.
John Gordon Lane was born on Barrie Island, the Member of Provincial Parliament for Algoma—Manitoulin from 1971 to 1987.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Gordon/Barrie Island had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 263.44 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.
| 1881 |565 | 1891 |455 | 1901 |440 | 1911 |429 | 1921 |363 | 1931 |387 | 1941 |375 | 1951 |557 | 1956 |507 | 1961 |490 | 1966 |462 | 1971 |352 | 1976 |336 | 1981 |367 | 1986 |384 | 1991 |435 | 1996 |473 | 2001 |473 | 2006 |412
| 1881 |143 | 1891 |209 | 1901 |268 | 1911 |206 | 1921 |196 | 1931 |164 | 1941 |164 | 1951 |159 | 1956 |149 | 1961 |146 | 1966 |118 | 1971 |109 | 1976 |108 | 1981 |92 | 1986 |84 | 1991 |75 | 1996 |60 | 2001 |50 | 2006 |47
References
References
- {{SCref. (2021)
- "Annual changes to census subdivision codes, names and types, between 2006 and 2011, by province and territory, and by year". Statistics Canada.
- (2008). "The Columbia gazetteer of the world". Columbia University Press.
- {{SCref. (2006)
- "History of Gordon/Barrie Island". Municipality of Gordon/Barrie Island.
- (1944). "Eighth Census of Canada 1941 - Volume II - Population by Local Subdivisions". Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
- (July 1973). "1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical)". Statistics Canada.
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