Plummer Additional
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Plummer Additional
| official_name = Township of Plummer Additional
| settlement_type = Township (single-tier)
| nickname =
| motto =
| image_skyline = Plummer ON.JPG
| image_caption = Countryside at Plummer
| image_flag =
| flag_size = 120x100px
| image_shield =
| shield_size = 100x90px
| image_map =
| mapsize = 200px
| map_caption =
| pushpin_map = Canada Ontario
| pushpin_mapsize = 200
| pushpin_label =
| coordinates = {{coord|46|22|N|83|46|W|region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Canada
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Ontario
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Algoma
| established_title = Settled
| established_date =
| established_title2 = Incorporated
| established_date2 = 1891
| government_type =
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Beth West
| leader_title1 = MP
| leader_name1 = Terry Sheehan (Liberal)
| leader_title2 = MPP
| leader_name2 = Bill Rosenberg (PC)
| area_total_km2 =
| area_land_km2 = 220.30
| area_water_km2 =
| population_as_of = 2016
| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3557019&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=Plummer%20Additional&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=3557019&TABID=1 |title=Plummer Additional census profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=2016 Census of Population |accessdate=2019-06-04}}
| population_total = 660
| population_density_km2=3.0
| timezone = EST
| utc_offset = -5
| timezone_DST = EDT
| utc_offset_DST = -4
| postal_code_type = Postal Code
| postal_code = P0R 1C0
| area_code = 705 and 249 (785 exchange)
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 242
| website = [https://plummertownship.ca/ plummertownship.ca]
| footnotes =
}}
Plummer Additional is a township and single tier municipality{{cite web|url= http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/Page1591.aspx|title= List of Ontario Municipalities|publisher= Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing|date= 2011-01-06|accessdate= 2011-02-26|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130228023807/http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/Page1591.aspx|archive-date= 2013-02-28|url-status= dead}} located in Algoma District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. The township had a population of 660 in the Canada 2016 Census.
Communities
The township includes the communities of Bruce Station, Cloudslee, Plummer, Rock Lake and Rydal Bank.
The town of Bruce Mines is wholly surrounded by, but politically independent of, the township; it was separated in 1903. However, the 2010 mayoral election in Bruce Mines was won by Gordon Post, a candidate who pledged to investigate the feasibility of reamalgamating the two municipalities.{{Cite news|last= Ougler|first= Jeffrey|url= http://www.saultstar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2816046 |title= Post delivered to top Bruce Mines post; to probe Plummer union|publisher=Sault Star|date= October 26, 2010|accessdate= February 27, 2011}}
History
Rydal Bank Church located at Rydal Bank within the township is a municipally designated heritage site.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Plummer Additional had a population of {{val|757|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|328|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|519|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:757-660}}|660|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|660|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|219.24|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|757|219.24|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 = Plummer Additional
|2021_population=757 | 2021_pop_delta=+14.7 | 2021_land_area=219.24 | 2021_pop_density=3.5
|2021_median_age=52.4 | 2021_median_age_m=50 | 2021_median_age_f=53.2
|2021_total_pvt_dwell=330 |2021_mean_hh_income= |2021_geocode=2021A00053557019 | 2021_access_date=2022-04-27
|2016_population=660 | 2016_pop_delta=1.5 | 2016_land_area=220.30 | 2016_pop_density=3.0
|2016_median_age=52.1 | 2016_median_age_m=51.2 | 2016_median_age_f=54.0
|2016_total_pvt_dwell=515 | 2016_mean_hh_income= | 2016_access_date=2019-06-04
|2011_population=650 | 2011_pop_delta=4.0 | 2011_land_area=221.97 | 2011_pop_density=2.9
|2011_median_age= | 2011_median_age_m= | 2011_median_age_f=
|2011_total_pvt_dwell=433 | 2011_mean_hh_income= | 2011_access_date=2012-02-17
|2006_population=625 | 2006_pop_delta=-6.9 | 2006_land_area=221.31 | 2006_pop_density=2.8
|2006_median_age=49.4 | 2006_median_age_m=49.6 | 2006_median_age_f=49.3
|2006_total_pvt_dwell=442 | 2006_mean_hh_income=52,582 | 2006_access_date=2011-04-14
|2001_population=671 | 2001_pop_delta=-3.2 | 2001_land_area=221.32 | 2001_pop_density=3.0
|2001_median_age=44.1 | 2001_median_age_m=44.3 | 2001_median_age_f=43.9
|2001_total_pvt_dwell=419 | 2001_mean_hh_income=30,598 | 2001_access_date=2011-04-14
}}
Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006,
2011 census
- Population in 2016: 660
- Population in 2011: 650
- Population in 2006: 625
- Population in 2001: 671
- Population in 1996: 693
- Population in 1991: 596
Transportation
The township is served by Ontario Highway 17 which traverses the south in an east–west orientation, and Ontario Highway 638, which travels the middle of the township in a north–south orientation.
See also
References
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- {{cite cgndb|id= FELZA|title= Plummer Additional|accessdate= 2011-02-24}}
- {{cite web|title= Plummer Additional|publisher= Natural Resources Canada|date= 2010-02-04|work= Atlas of Canada |url= http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map?mapsize=750%20666&mapxy=871349.003589%20-219442.39232&scale=500000&feature_na=Plummer%20Additional&searchstring=Plummer%20Additional&layers=fapfeature%20fapfeature%20north_arrow%20other_features%20million_grid%20t50k_grid%20grid_50k_3%20roads%20hydrography%20boundary%20builtup%20vegetation%20populated_places%20railway%20power_network%20manmade_features%20designated_areas%20water_features%20water_saturated_soils%20relief%20contours%20toponymy%20contour%20nodata_ntdb_50k&map_layer%5bnortharrow%5d_class%5b0%5d_style%5b0%5d=ANGLE%20-10.285511482545104&urlappend=%26unique_key%3D0c627296849c20c36a5d048112e49237%26map.layer%5btextzoom03%5d%3DFEATURE+POINTS+868976.261018+-217275.20984+END+TEXT+%22Plummer+Additional%22+END%26map.layer%5btextzoom46%5d%3DFEATURE+POINTS+868976.261018+-217275.20984+END+TEXT+%22Plummer+Additional%22+END%26map.layer%5bpolygonresultzoom0%5d%3DDATA+csd01_1m_r%26map.layer%5bpolygonresultzoom1%5d%3DDATA+csd01_1m_r%26map.layer%5bpolygonresultzoom2%5d%3DDATA+csd01_1m_r%26map.layer%5bpolygonresultzoom0outline%5d%3DDATA+csd01_1m_r%26map.layer%5bpolygonresultzoom1outline%5d%3DDATA+csd01_1m_r%26map.layer%5bpolygonresultzoom2outline%5d%3DDATA+csd01_1m_r%26map.layer%5barrowzoom03%5d%3DFEATURE+POINTS+868976.261018+-217275.20984+END+END |accessdate= 2011-02-24}}
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.plummertownship.ca/}}
{{Geographic location
| Centre = Plummer Additional
| North = Unorganized North Algoma
| Northeast =
| East = Huron Shores
| Southeast =
| South = Bruce Mines
North Channel of Lake Huron
{{flagicon|US}}{{flagicon|MI}} Drummond Island
| Southwest = St. Joseph Channel
Hilton (St. Joseph Island)
| West = Johnson
| Northwest = Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional
}}
{{Algoma District}}
Category:Municipalities in Algoma District