McKellar, Ontario
Township municipality in Ontario, Canada
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McKellar is a township municipality and census subdivision in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.[1][3] The 2021 population was 1,419.
McKellar | |
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| Township of McKellar | |
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| Etymology: Named for Archibald McKellar | |
  McKellar Location within Southern Ontario | |
| Coordinates: 45°29′47″N 79°51′18″W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| District | Parry Sound |
| Settled | ca. 1860 |
| Incorporated | 1873 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Reeve | David Moore |
| • Fed. riding | Parry Sound-Muskoka |
| • Prov. riding | Parry Sound—Muskoka |
| Area | |
| • Land | 176.07 km2 (67.98 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 1,419 |
| • Density | 8.1/km2 (21/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Postal Code | P0G 1C0, P2A 0B4 |
| Area codes | 705, 249 |
| Website | www |
McKellar is named for Archibald McKellar (1816–1894), a member of the legislative assemblies for the province of Canada (1857–1867) and Ontario (1867–1875).
Communities
McKellar is also the primary and largest community within the township, located along Provincial Highway 124. It was originally known as Armstrong's Rapids, but the name McKellar was given when the post office opened in the community in 1870. Broadbent is named for American Steel Millionaire, Samuel Broadbent (1845-1923) who financed the building for the Trans-Canadian Railway. Hurdville is named for Canadian Financier William Faulkner Hurdville (1838-1910), who also helped finance the Trans-Canadian Railway.[citation needed]
Other population centres within the township are:
- Broadbent
- Hurdville
History
In the 1860s, the community of Broadbent was founded, named after its settlers Henry and Edward Broadbent. In 1867, the settlement of Armstrong's Rapids was formed by Samuel Armstrong Jr., Andrew Moore, and John McKeown, coming from Parry Sound. Two years later in 1869, a mill is built at Armstrong's Rapids. That same year the township was surveyed. In 1871, its post office opened, and in 1873, the township was incorporated with Samuel Armstrong as its first reeve.[4]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, McKellar had a population of 1,419 living in 695 of its 1,515 total private dwellings, a change of 27.7% from its 2016 population of 1,111. With a land area of 176.07 km2 (67.98 sq mi), it had a population density of 8.1/km2 (20.9/sq mi) in 2021.[2]
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Mother tongue (2021):[2]
- English as first language: 92.6%
- French as first language: 1.9%
- English and French as first language: 0%
- Other as first language: 5.5%
