Tehkummah
Township in Ontario, Canada
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Tehkummah is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located on Manitoulin Island.
Tehkummah | |
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| Township of Tehkummah | |
South Baymouth | |
  Tehkummah Location within Manitoulin District  Tehkummah Location within Ontario | |
| Coordinates: 45°39′N 81°59′W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| District | Manitoulin |
| Incorporated | 1881 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Reeve | John Carter Deforge |
| • MP | Jim Belanger (Conservative) |
| • MPP | Bill Rosenberg (PC) |
| Area | |
| • Land | 131.70 km2 (50.85 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 450 |
| • Density | 3.4/km2 (8.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Postal code | P0P 2C0 |
| Area codes | 705, 249 |
| Website | tehkummah |
Communities
The best known community in the township is South Baymouth (45°33′41″N 82°0′36″W),[2] the northern docking point of the MS Chi-Cheemaun passenger-car ferry which traverses the Main Channel of Georgian Bay to the community of Tobermory on the Bruce Peninsula. At the dock, the provincial Highway 6, whose southern segment ends at Tobermory, resumes and continues northward to its terminus at Highway 17 north of Espanola.
The administrative centre of the township is the community of Tehkummah (45°39′18″N 82°0′56″W).[3]
The township also includes the ghost towns of Michael's Bay and Snowville.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Tehkummah had a population of 450 living in 224 of its 368 total private dwellings, a change of 3.2% from its 2016 population of 436. With a land area of 131.7 km2 (50.8 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.4/km2 (8.8/sq mi) in 2021.[1]
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 450 (+3.2% from 2016) | 436 (+7.4% from 2011) | 406 (+6.3% from 2006) |
| Land area | 131.70 km2 (50.85 sq mi) | 132.48 km2 (51.15 sq mi) | 132.48 km2 (51.15 sq mi) |
| Population density | 3.4/km2 (8.8/sq mi) | 3.3/km2 (8.5/sq mi) | 3.1/km2 (8.0/sq mi) |
| Median age | 59.6 (M: 60.0, F: 59.6) | 59.0 (M: 58.9, F: 59.2) | |
| Private dwellings | 368 (total) 224 (occupied) | 333 (total) | 353 (total) |
| Median household income | $60,800 | $50,432 |
Historical census populations – Tehkummah | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Population counts are not adjusted for boundary changes. Source: Statistics Canada[1][7][8] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Climate
| Climate data for South Baymouth (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 7.8 (46.0) |
8.0 (46.4) |
15.0 (59.0) |
24.5 (76.1) |
29.5 (85.1) |
30.0 (86.0) |
33.9 (93.0) |
32.5 (90.5) |
28.3 (82.9) |
23.9 (75.0) |
17.2 (63.0) |
14.0 (57.2) |
33.9 (93.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −3.2 (26.2) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
1.5 (34.7) |
8.2 (46.8) |
14.6 (58.3) |
19.3 (66.7) |
23.3 (73.9) |
22.5 (72.5) |
17.4 (63.3) |
11.3 (52.3) |
5.3 (41.5) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
9.8 (49.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −7.9 (17.8) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
3.8 (38.8) |
9.7 (49.5) |
14.2 (57.6) |
18.2 (64.8) |
17.9 (64.2) |
13.5 (56.3) |
7.7 (45.9) |
2.1 (35.8) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
5.4 (41.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −12.5 (9.5) |
−12 (10) |
−8 (18) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
4.8 (40.6) |
9.0 (48.2) |
13.1 (55.6) |
13.3 (55.9) |
9.5 (49.1) |
4.0 (39.2) |
−1 (30) |
−7.9 (17.8) |
1.0 (33.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −37 (−35) |
−36.5 (−33.7) |
−31.1 (−24.0) |
−19.5 (−3.1) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
0.0 (32.0) |
4.4 (39.9) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
−19 (−2) |
−33 (−27) |
−37 (−35) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 78.1 (3.07) |
49.8 (1.96) |
63.9 (2.52) |
69.2 (2.72) |
71.6 (2.82) |
58.6 (2.31) |
50.9 (2.00) |
74.2 (2.92) |
95.2 (3.75) |
112.0 (4.41) |
92.2 (3.63) |
94.0 (3.70) |
909.6 (35.81) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 13.1 (0.52) |
6.5 (0.26) |
38.0 (1.50) |
57.9 (2.28) |
71.6 (2.82) |
58.6 (2.31) |
50.9 (2.00) |
74.2 (2.92) |
95.2 (3.75) |
111.9 (4.41) |
73.6 (2.90) |
29.6 (1.17) |
681.1 (26.81) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 65.0 (25.6) |
43.3 (17.0) |
25.9 (10.2) |
11.3 (4.4) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.08 (0.03) |
18.5 (7.3) |
64.5 (25.4) |
228.4 (89.9) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 15.9 | 11.2 | 10.5 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 7.9 | 10.6 | 12.9 | 14.9 | 14.1 | 17.4 | 148.9 |
| Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 2.7 | 1.9 | 5.6 | 10.2 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 7.9 | 10.6 | 12.9 | 14.9 | 10.6 | 5.9 | 104.5 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm) | 13.5 | 9.7 | 5.6 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.08 | 3.8 | 12.8 | 48.1 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 74.3 | 97.5 | 162.8 | 190.8 | 242.9 | 264.6 | 307.1 | 256.2 | 187.8 | 127.9 | 70.4 | 57.5 | 2,039.8 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 26.2 | 33.4 | 44.2 | 47.1 | 52.6 | 56.4 | 64.7 | 58.6 | 49.8 | 37.6 | 24.6 | 21.1 | 43.0 |
| Source: Environment Canada[9] | |||||||||||||
