Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional
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|official_name = Township of Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional
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|image_caption = Municipal office in Echo Bay
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Canada
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Ontario
|subdivision_type2 = District
|subdivision_name2 = Algoma
|government_type = Township
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Lynn Watson
|leader_title1 =MP
|leader_name1 =Carol Hughes (NDP)
|leader_title2 =MPP
|leader_name2 =Michael Mantha (NDP)
|established_title = Settled
|established_date = mid 19th century
|established_title2 = Incorporated
|established_date2 = 1899
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|population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3557051&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=Macdonald,%20Meredith%20and%20Aberdeen%20Additional&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1 |title=Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional census profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=2016 Census of Population |accessdate=2017-10-11}}
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|population_total = 1609
|population_density_km2 = 9.8
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|postal_code = P0S 1C0
|website = {{official website|http://www.echobay.ca}}
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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.
The township encompasses the unincorporated communities of Echo Bay, Bar River and Sylvan Valley.
Communities
Bar River is a small hamlet straddling the boundary between the townships of Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional and Laird.
Echo Bay 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 {{convert|260|km}} eastward. Robert-Ralph Carmichael, one of the Canadian dollar coin's designers, lived near Echo Bay.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional had a population of {{val|1513|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|603|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|803|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of −6% from its 2016 population of {{val|1609|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|163.26|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|1513|163.26|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000235 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=April 2, 2022}}
{{Canada census
|location = Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional
|2021_population=1,513 | 2021_pop_delta=−6.0 | 2021_land_area=163.26 | 2021_pop_density=9.3
|2021_median_age=45.6 | 2021_median_age_m=44.8 | 2021_median_age_f=46.0
|2021_total_pvt_dwell=803 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=603 |2021_mean_hh_income=97,000
|2021_geocode=2021A00053557051 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19
|2016_population=1,609 | 2016_pop_delta=9.9 | 2016_land_area=164.05 | 2016_pop_density=9.8
|2016_median_age=45.3 | 2016_median_age_m=43.0 | 2016_median_age_f= 46.2
|2016_total_pvt_dwell=860 |2016_mean_hh_income=74,496 | 2016_access_date=2017-10-11
|2011_population=1,464 | 2011_pop_delta=−5.5 | 2011_land_area=163.52 | 2011_pop_density=9.0
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|2011_total_pvt_dwell=797 | 2011_mean_hh_income= | 2011_access_date=2012-02-17
|2006_population=1,550 | 2006_pop_delta=6.7 | 2006_land_area=161.73 | 2006_pop_density=9.6
|2006_median_age=41.8 | 2006_median_age_m=41.8 | 2006_median_age_f=41.8
|2006_total_pvt_dwell=804 | 2006_mean_hh_income=52,189 | 2006_access_date=2011-04-14
|2001_population=1,021 | 2001_pop_delta=−4.5 | 2001_land_area=161.93 | 2001_pop_density=9.0
|2001_median_age=37.8 | 2001_median_age_m=37.5 | 2001_median_age_f=38.3
|2001_total_pvt_dwell=768 | 2001_mean_hh_income=42,037 | 2001_access_date=2011-04-14
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Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census, 2011, 2016
- Population in 2016: 1,609
- Population in 2011: 1,464
- Population in 2006: 1,550
- Population in 2001: 1,452
- Population in 1996: 1,521
- Population in 1991: 1,548
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.
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline}}
- {{official website|http://www.echobay.ca}}
{{Geographic location
| Centre = Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional
| North = Garden River 14, Unorganized North Algoma
| East = Unorganized North Algoma
| Southeast = Plummer Additional
| West = {{flagicon|US}}{{flagicon|MI}} Sugar Island / St. Marys River
| Northwest = Garden River 14
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{{Algoma District}}
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Category:Municipalities in Algoma District