Machar, Ontario

Machar is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario.

Machar
Township (single-tier)
Township of Machar
Machar
Coordinates: 45°52′N 79°28′W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Parry Sound
Incorporated	1889
Government
• Type	Township
• Mayor	Lynda Carleton
• Fed. riding	Parry Sound-Muskoka
• Prov. riding	Parry Sound—Muskoka
Area [1]
• Land	182.65 km2 (70.52 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	969
• Density	5.3/km2 (14/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal Code	P0A
Area codes	705, 249
Website	www.townshipofmachar.ca

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

Etymology

This township in Parry Sound District was named by Sir Oliver Mowat in 1875 after 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 from 1843 to 1853.^[2]

Communities

• Bray Lake
• Eagle Lake
• King Lake
• Maecks Subdivision

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Machar had a population of 969 living in 459 of its 875 total private dwellings, a change of 9.9% from its 2016 population of 882. With a land area of 182.65 km² (70.52 sq mi), it had a population density of 5.3/km² (13.7/sq mi) in 2021.^[1]

Historical census populations – Machar, Ontario

Year Pop. ±% 1901 608 —     1911 415 −31.7% 1921 436 +5.1% 1931 401 −8.0% 1941 358 −10.7% 1951 318 −11.2% 1956 318 +0.0%	Year Pop. ±% 1961 358 +12.6% 1966 346 −3.4% 1971 447 +29.2% 1976 612 +36.9% 1981 678 +10.8% 1986 730 +7.7% 1991 827 +13.3%	Year Pop. ±% 1996 835 +1.0% 2001 849 +1.7% 2006 866 +2.0% 2011 923 +6.6% 2016 882 −4.4% 2021 969 +9.9%
Source: Statistics Canada[1][3][4]

See also

• List of townships in Ontario