Armour, Ontario

Armour is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario.^[2][4][5]

Armour
Township (single-tier)
Township of Armour
Municipal office, 2011
Etymology: John Douglas Armour.[1]
Armour Location in Southern Ontario
Coordinates: 45°37′44″N 79°20′38″W[2]
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Parry Sound
Incorporated	1881
Government
• Type	Township
• Mayor	Rod Ward
• MP	Scott Aitchison (CPC)
• MPP	Graydon Smith (OPC)
Area [3]
• Land	163.52 km2 (63.14 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	1,459
• Density	8.9/km2 (23/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal code span	P0A
Area codes	705, 249
Website	www.armourtownship.ca

Located in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District, the township surrounds but does not include the village of Burk's Falls. It was named in honour of Judge John Douglas Armour.^[1]

Communities

The township includes the communities of Berriedale, Carss, Chetwynd, Katrine and Pickerel Lake.

Katrine overlooks Doe Lake, which is located on the west side of the village. Three Mile Lake and Deer Lake are located about 5 km east of the village. There is also a small public beach on Doe Lake, and a community centre located on Ontario Highway 11.^[6]

History

Armour Township was established as part of The Free Grants and Homestead Act in 1868, which encouraged settlement of the area. In 1881, it was incorporated, with James Coleman as its first reeve.^[7]

In 1885, the Grand Trunk Railway was built through Armour.^[7]

In 1890, the Village of Burk's Falls split off from the township to form a separate village municipality.^[7]

In 1916, Highway 11 was built through the township.^[7]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Armour had a population of 1,459 living in 667 of its 1,087 total private dwellings, a change of 3.2% from its 2016 population of 1,414. With a land area of 163.52 km² (63.14 sq mi), it had a population density of 8.9/km² (23.1/sq mi) in 2021.^[3]

Historical census populations – Armour, Ontario

Year Pop. ±% 1881 1,203 —     1891 2,171 +80.5% 1901 915 −57.9% 1911 1,099 +20.1% 1921 963 −12.4% 1931 871 −9.6% 1941 776 −10.9% 1951 815 +5.0%	Year Pop. ±% 1956 784 −3.8% 1961 788 +0.5% 1966 777 −1.4% 1971 842 +8.4% 1976 927 +10.1% 1981 933 +0.6% 1986 1,045 +12.0% 1991 1,403 +34.3%	Year Pop. ±% 1996 1,464 +4.3% 2001 1,326 −9.4% 2006 1,249 −5.8% 2011 1,372 +9.8% 2016 1,414 +3.1% 2021 1,459 +3.2%
Population counts are not adjusted for boundary changes. Source: Statistics Canada[8][9][10][11][12]

Mother tongue (2021):^[3]

• English as first language: 93.5%
• French as first language: 1.7%
• English and French as first languages: 0%
• Other as first language: 4.5%

See also

• List of municipalities in Ontario
• List of townships in Ontario