Tehkummah

Tehkummah is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located on Manitoulin Island.

Tehkummah
Township (single-tier)
Township of Tehkummah
South Baymouth
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Coordinates: 45°39′N 81°59′W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Manitoulin
Incorporated	1881
Government
• Type	Township
• Reeve	John Carter Deforge
• MP	Jim Belanger (Conservative)
• MPP	Bill Rosenberg (PC)
Area [1]
• Land	131.70 km2 (50.85 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	450
• Density	3.4/km2 (9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal code	P0P 2C0
Area codes	705, 249
Website	tehkummah.ca

Communities

The best known community in the township is South Baymouth (45°33′41″N 82°0′36″W),^[2] the northern docking point of the MS Chi-Cheemaun passenger-car ferry which traverses the Main Channel of Georgian Bay to the community of Tobermory on the Bruce Peninsula. At the dock, the provincial Highway 6, whose southern segment ends at Tobermory, resumes and continues northward to its terminus at Highway 17 north of Espanola.

The administrative centre of the township is the community of Tehkummah (45°39′18″N 82°0′56″W).^[3]

The township also includes the ghost towns of Michael's Bay and Snowville.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Tehkummah had a population of 450 living in 224 of its 368 total private dwellings, a change of 3.2% from its 2016 population of 436. With a land area of 131.7 km² (50.8 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.4/km² (8.8/sq mi) in 2021.^[1]

Canada census – Tehkummah community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	450 (+3.2% from 2016)	436 (+7.4% from 2011)	406 (+6.3% from 2006)
Land area	131.70 km2 (50.85 sq mi)	132.48 km2 (51.15 sq mi)	132.48 km2 (51.15 sq mi)
Population density	3.4/km2 (8.8/sq mi)	3.3/km2 (8.5/sq mi)	3.1/km2 (8.0/sq mi)
Median age	59.6 (M: 60.0, F: 59.6)	59.0 (M: 58.9, F: 59.2)
Private dwellings	368 (total)  224 (occupied)	333 (total)	353 (total)
Median household income	$60,800	$50,432

References: 2021^[4] 2016^[5] 2011^[6]

Historical census populations – Tehkummah

Year Pop. ±% 1881 506 —     1891 405 −20.0% 1901 521 +28.6% 1911 577 +10.7% 1921 560 −2.9% 1931 537 −4.1% 1941 556 +3.5% 1951 509 −8.5%	Year Pop. ±% 1956 521 +2.4% 1961 473 −9.2% 1966 456 −3.6% 1971 453 −0.7% 1976 385 −15.0% 1981 370 −3.9% 1986 349 −5.7% 1991 389 +11.5%	Year Pop. ±% 1996 371 −4.6% 2001 367 −1.1% 2006 382 +4.1% 2011 406 +6.3% 2016 436 +7.4% 2021 450 +3.2%
Population counts are not adjusted for boundary changes. Source: Statistics Canada[1][7][8]

Climate

Climate data for South Baymouth (1981−2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	7.8 (46.0)	8.0 (46.4)	15.0 (59.0)	24.5 (76.1)	29.5 (85.1)	30.0 (86.0)	33.9 (93.0)	32.5 (90.5)	28.3 (82.9)	23.9 (75.0)	17.2 (63.0)	14.0 (57.2)	33.9 (93.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	−3.2 (26.2)	−2.4 (27.7)	1.5 (34.7)	8.2 (46.8)	14.6 (58.3)	19.3 (66.7)	23.3 (73.9)	22.5 (72.5)	17.4 (63.3)	11.3 (52.3)	5.3 (41.5)	−0.4 (31.3)	9.8 (49.6)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−7.9 (17.8)	−7.2 (19.0)	−3.3 (26.1)	3.8 (38.8)	9.7 (49.5)	14.2 (57.6)	18.2 (64.8)	17.9 (64.2)	13.5 (56.3)	7.7 (45.9)	2.1 (35.8)	−4.2 (24.4)	5.4 (41.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−12.5 (9.5)	−12 (10)	−8 (18)	−0.7 (30.7)	4.8 (40.6)	9.0 (48.2)	13.1 (55.6)	13.3 (55.9)	9.5 (49.1)	4.0 (39.2)	−1 (30)	−7.9 (17.8)	1.0 (33.8)
Record low °C (°F)	−37 (−35)	−36.5 (−33.7)	−31.1 (−24.0)	−19.5 (−3.1)	−4.4 (24.1)	0.0 (32.0)	4.4 (39.9)	−0.6 (30.9)	−3.5 (25.7)	−8.3 (17.1)	−19 (−2)	−33 (−27)	−37 (−35)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	78.1 (3.07)	49.8 (1.96)	63.9 (2.52)	69.2 (2.72)	71.6 (2.82)	58.6 (2.31)	50.9 (2.00)	74.2 (2.92)	95.2 (3.75)	112.0 (4.41)	92.2 (3.63)	94.0 (3.70)	909.6 (35.81)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	13.1 (0.52)	6.5 (0.26)	38.0 (1.50)	57.9 (2.28)	71.6 (2.82)	58.6 (2.31)	50.9 (2.00)	74.2 (2.92)	95.2 (3.75)	111.9 (4.41)	73.6 (2.90)	29.6 (1.17)	681.1 (26.81)
Average snowfall cm (inches)	65.0 (25.6)	43.3 (17.0)	25.9 (10.2)	11.3 (4.4)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.08 (0.03)	18.5 (7.3)	64.5 (25.4)	228.4 (89.9)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm)	15.9	11.2	10.5	12.1	11.2	10.2	7.9	10.6	12.9	14.9	14.1	17.4	148.9
Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm)	2.7	1.9	5.6	10.2	11.2	10.2	7.9	10.6	12.9	14.9	10.6	5.9	104.5
Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm)	13.5	9.7	5.6	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.08	3.8	12.8	48.1
Mean monthly sunshine hours	74.3	97.5	162.8	190.8	242.9	264.6	307.1	256.2	187.8	127.9	70.4	57.5	2,039.8
Percentage possible sunshine	26.2	33.4	44.2	47.1	52.6	56.4	64.7	58.6	49.8	37.6	24.6	21.1	43.0
Source: Environment Canada[9]

See also

• List of townships in Ontario