Tarbutt
Township in Ontario, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Township in Ontario, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tarbutt (formerly known as Tarbutt and Tarbutt Additional) is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Algoma District. The township is about 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of Sault Ste. Marie.
Tarbutt | |
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Township of Tarbutt | |
Coordinates: 46°21′N 84°00′W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Ontario |
District | Algoma |
Incorporated | October 9, 1956 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Lennox Smith |
• Federal riding | Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing |
• Prov. riding | Algoma—Manitoulin |
Area | |
• Land | 52.82 km2 (20.39 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total | 534 |
• Density | 10.1/km2 (26/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Postal Code | P0R |
Area code(s) | 705 and 249 |
Website | www |
Its population centres are Port Findlay and MacLennan. It is the only municipality along the North Channel of Lake Huron which includes no residential communities located directly along Highway 17; MacLennan is located north of the highway at the intersection of MacLennan Road and Government Road, while Port Findlay is located at the south end of MacLennan Road along the waterfront.
In December 2016, the municipal council adopted a by-law to change the name of the township from The Corporation of the Township of Tarbutt & Tarbutt Additional to the Corporation of the Township of Tarbutt, effective in January 2017.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Tarbutt and Tarbutt Additional had a population of 573 living in 239 of its 398 total private dwellings, a change of 7.3% from its 2016 population of 534. With a land area of 52.79 km2 (20.38 sq mi), it had a population density of 10.9/km2 (28.1/sq mi) in 2021.[3]
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