Joly, Ontario

Joly is a township in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District of the Canadian province of Ontario.

Joly
Township (single-tier)
Township of Joly
South River-Sundridge District Airport
Joly
Coordinates: 45°47′N 79°15′W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Parry Sound
Settled	1880s
Incorporated	1890
Government
• Type	Township
• Mayor	Brian McCabe
• Fed. riding	Parry Sound-Muskoka
• Prov. riding	Parry Sound—Muskoka
Area [1]
• Land	193.95 km2 (74.88 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	293
• Density	1.5/km2 (4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal Code	P0A
Area codes	705, 249
Website	www.townshipofjoly.com

The township has no named communities within its boundaries; all addresses in the township are rural routes assigned to the adjacent communities of South River, Sundridge, Hartfell or Pevensey. The South River-Sundridge District Airport is in Joly.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Joly had a population of 293 living in 127 of its 155 total private dwellings, a change of -3.6% from its 2016 population of 304. With a land area of 193.95 km² (74.88 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.5/km² (3.9/sq mi) in 2021.^[1]

Historical census populations – Joly, Ontario

Year Pop. ±% 1901 268 —     1911 206 −23.1% 1921 169 −18.0% 1931 188 +11.2% 1941 166 −11.7% 1951 145 −12.7% 1956 125 −13.8%	Year Pop. ±% 1961 127 +1.6% 1966 87 −31.5% 1971 81 −6.9% 1976 130 +60.5% 1981 178 +36.9% 1986 191 +7.3% 1991 248 +29.8%	Year Pop. ±% 1996 311 +25.4% 2001 290 −6.8% 2006 280 −3.4% 2011 284 +1.4% 2016 304 +7.0% 2021 293 −3.6%
Source: Statistics Canada[2][3][4][5]

Mother tongue (2021):^[1]

• English as first language: 93.2%
• French as first language: 1.7%
• Other as first language: 3.4%

See also

• List of townships in Ontario