Plummer Additional

Plummer Additional is a township and single tier municipality^[2] located in Algoma District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. The township had a population of 660 in the Canada 2016 Census.

Plummer Additional
Township (single-tier)
Township of Plummer Additional
Countryside at Plummer
Plummer Additional
Coordinates: 46°22′N 83°46′W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Algoma
Incorporated	1891
Government
• Mayor	Beth West
• MP	Terry Sheehan (Liberal)
• MPP	Bill Rosenberg (PC)
Area [1]
• Land	220.30 km2 (85.06 sq mi)
Elevation	242 m (794 ft)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	660
• Density	3.0/km2 (8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal Code	P0R 1C0
Area codes	705 and 249 (785 exchange)
Website	plummertownship.ca

Rydal Bank

Communities

The township includes the communities of Bruce Station, Cloudslee, Plummer, Rock Lake and Rydal Bank.

The town of Bruce Mines is wholly surrounded by, but politically independent of, the township; it was separated in 1903. However, the 2010 mayoral election in Bruce Mines was won by Gordon Post, a candidate who pledged to investigate the feasibility of reamalgamating the two municipalities.^[3]

History

Rydal Bank Church located at Rydal Bank within the township is a municipally designated heritage site.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Plummer Additional had a population of 757 living in 328 of its 519 total private dwellings, a change of 14.7% from its 2016 population of 660. With a land area of 219.24 km² (84.65 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.5/km² (8.9/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]

Canada census – Plummer Additional community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	757 (+14.7% from 2016)	660 (1.5% from 2011)	650 (4.0% from 2006)
Land area	219.24 km2 (84.65 sq mi)	220.30 km2 (85.06 sq mi)	221.97 km2 (85.70 sq mi)
Population density	3.5/km2 (9.1/sq mi)	3.0/km2 (7.8/sq mi)	2.9/km2 (7.5/sq mi)
Median age	52.4 (M: 50, F: 53.2)	52.1 (M: 51.2, F: 54.0)
Private dwellings	330 (total)	515 (total)	433 (total)
Median household income

References: 2021^[5] 2016^[6] 2011^[7]

Population trend:^[8]

• Population in 2016: 660
• Population in 2011: 650
• Population in 2006: 625
• Population in 2001: 671
• Population in 1996: 693
• Population in 1991: 596

Transportation

The township is served by Ontario Highway 17 which traverses the south in an east–west orientation, and Ontario Highway 638, which travels the middle of the township in a north–south orientation.

See also

• List of townships in Ontario