Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional
Township in Ontario, Canada
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Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional is a township in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. Originally surveyed as separate geographical townships, Macdonald and Meredith were incorporated as a single, municipal township in 1892. The geographical township of Aberdeen Additional was added to Macdonald and Meredith township in 1899 to create the municipal township of Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional.[2]
Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional | |
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| Township of Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional | |
Municipal office in Echo Bay | |
  MMAA Location within Ontario | |
| Coordinates: 46°29′N 84°04′W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| District | Algoma |
| Settled | mid 19th century |
| Incorporated | 1899 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Mayor | Lynn Watson |
| • MP | Terry Sheehan (Liberal) |
| • MPP | Bill Rosenberg (PC) |
| Area | |
| • Land | 163.26 km2 (63.04 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 1,513 |
| • Density | 9.3/km2 (24/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Postal Code | P0S 1C0 |
| Area codes | 705, 249 |
| Website | echobay |
Macdonald township was named after John A. Macdonald, while Meredith township was named after William Ralph Meredith.[2]
Communities
The township encompasses the unincorporated communities of Echo Bay (46°29′08″N 84°04′02″W),[3] Echo River (46°30′35″N 84°02′15″W),[4] and Sylvan Valley (46°28′15″N 83°59′22″W).[5]
Echo Bay, the township's main population centre, is located on the shores of the eponymous Echo Bay and Lake George. The community is home to a big loonie, similar to the Big Nickel in Sudbury, around 260 kilometres (160 mi) eastward. Robert-Ralph Carmichael, one of the Canadian dollar coin's designers, lived near Echo Bay.
Bar River (46°26′30″N 84°01′34″W)[6] is a small hamlet straddling the boundary between the townships of Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional and Laird.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional had a population of 1,513 living in 603 of its 803 total private dwellings, a change of −6% from its 2016 population of 1,609. With a land area of 163.26 km2 (63.04 sq mi), it had a population density of 9.3/km2 (24.0/sq mi) in 2021.[1]
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 1,513 (−6.0% from 2016) | 1,609 (9.9% from 2011) | 1,464 (−5.5% from 2006) |
| Land area | 163.26 km2 (63.04 sq mi) | 164.05 km2 (63.34 sq mi) | 163.52 km2 (63.14 sq mi) |
| Population density | 9.3/km2 (24/sq mi) | 9.8/km2 (25/sq mi) | 9.0/km2 (23/sq mi) |
| Median age | 45.6 (M: 44.8, F: 46.0) | 45.3 (M: 43.0, F: 46.2) | |
| Private dwellings | 803 (total) 603 (occupied) | 860 (total) | 797 (total) |
| Median household income | $97,000 | $74,496 |
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See also
- List of townships in Ontario
- Campbellford: Location for a Giant Toonie Monument, similar to the Big Loonie.
- Big Nickel: Located in Sudbury, Ontario.
