Machar, Ontario

{{see also|Machar (disambiguation){{!}}Machar}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Machar

| official_name = Township of Machar

| settlement_type = Township (single-tier)

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| coordinates = {{coord|45|52|N|79|28|W|region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Canada

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Ontario

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Parry Sound

| established_title = Settled

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| established_title2 = Incorporated

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| government_type = Township

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Lynda Carleton

| leader_title1 = Federal riding

| leader_name1 = Parry Sound-Muskoka

| leader_title2 = Prov. riding

| leader_name2 = Parry Sound—Muskoka

| area_total_km2 =

| area_land_km2 = 182.65

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| population_as_of = 2021

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2021 Census Machar, Township |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/as-sa/fogs-spg/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Dguid=2021A00053549054&r=1|publisher=Statistics Canada|accessdate=February 9, 2022}}

| population_total = 969

| population_density_km2 = 5.3

| timezone = EST

| utc_offset = -5

| timezone_DST = EDT

| utc_offset_DST = -4

| postal_code_type = Postal Code

| postal_code = P0A

| area_code = 705, 249

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| website = [https://townshipofmachar.ca/en/ www.townshipofmachar.ca]

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Machar is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario.

Located in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District, Machar surrounds but does not include the village of South River.

Communities

Bray Lake
Eagle Lake
King Lake
Maecks Subdivision

Demographics

{{Historical populations

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|footnote =Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006

| 1991| 827

|1996| 835

|2001| 849

|2006| 866

|2011| 923

|2016| 882

|2021| 969

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Machar had a population of {{val|969|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|459|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|875|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:969-882}}|882|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|882|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|182.65|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|969|182.65|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}}

Etymology

This township in Parry Sound District was named by Sir Oliver Mowat in 1875 for the Rev John Machar (1796-1863), a founder of the Presbyterian Church of Upper Canada in 1831 and of Queen's College (University) in 1841, where he served as principal, 1843-53.{{cite book|last=Rayburn|first=Alan|title=Place Names of Ontario|year=1997|publisher=University of Toronto Press|location=Toronto|isbn=0-8020-7207-0|pages=202}}

References

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Statistics Canada 2021 Census - [https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/as-sa/fogs-spg/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Dguid=2021A00053549054&r=1 Machar Census Profile]

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