Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional

Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional is a township in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. Originally surveyed as separate geographical townships, Macdonald and Meredith were incorporated as a single, municipal township in 1892. The geographical township of Aberdeen Additional was added to Macdonald and Meredith township in 1899 to create the municipal township of Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional.

Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional
Township (single-tier)
Township of Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional
Municipal office in Echo Bay
Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional
Coordinates: 46°29′N 84°04′W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Algoma
Settled	mid 19th century
Incorporated	1899
Government
• Type	Township
• Mayor	Lynn Watson
• MP	Terry Sheehan (Liberal)
• MPP	Bill Rosenberg (PC)
Area [1]
• Land	164.05 km2 (63.34 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	1,609
• Density	9.8/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal Code	P0S 1C0
Area codes	705, 249
Website	Official website

The Big Loonie in Echo Bay.

The township encompasses the unincorporated communities of Echo Bay, Bar River and Sylvan Valley.

Communities

Bar River is a small hamlet straddling the boundary between the townships of Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional and Laird.

Echo Bay is located on the shores of the eponymous Echo Bay and Lake George. The community is home to a big loonie, similar to the Big Nickel in Sudbury, around 260 kilometres (160 mi) eastward. Robert-Ralph Carmichael, one of the Canadian dollar coin's designers, lived near Echo Bay.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional had a population of 1,513 living in 603 of its 803 total private dwellings, a change of −6% from its 2016 population of 1,609. With a land area of 163.26 km² (63.04 sq mi), it had a population density of 9.3/km² (24.0/sq mi) in 2021.^[2]

Canada census – Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	1,513 (−6.0% from 2016)	1,609 (9.9% from 2011)	1,464 (−5.5% from 2006)
Land area	163.26 km2 (63.04 sq mi)	164.05 km2 (63.34 sq mi)	163.52 km2 (63.14 sq mi)
Population density	9.3/km2 (24/sq mi)	9.8/km2 (25/sq mi)	9.0/km2 (23/sq mi)
Median age	45.6 (M: 44.8, F: 46.0)	45.3 (M: 43.0, F: 46.2)
Private dwellings	803 (total)  603 (occupied)	860 (total)	797 (total)
Median household income	$97,000	$74,496

References: 2021^[3] 2016^[4] 2011^[5]

Population trend:^[6]

• Population in 2016: 1,609
• Population in 2011: 1,464
• Population in 2006: 1,550
• Population in 2001: 1,452
• Population in 1996: 1,521
• Population in 1991: 1,548

See also

• List of townships in Ontario
• Campbellford: Location for a Giant Toonie Monument, similar to the Big Loonie.
• Big Nickel: Located in Sudbury, Ontario.