Unorganized Centre Parry Sound District

Unorganized Centre Parry Sound District
Unorganized area
Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part
Britt and Byng Inlet
Coordinates: 45°55′N 80°00′W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Parry Sound
Government
• Federal riding	Parry Sound-Muskoka
• Prov. riding	Parry Sound—Muskoka
Area [1]
• Land	2,587.29 km^2 (998.96 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	2,495
• Density	1.0/km^2 (3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal Code	P0G, P0H
Area code	705

Loring

Port Loring

Unorganized Centre Parry Sound District is an unorganized area in central Ontario, Canada, between Georgian Bay and Lake Nipissing in the District of Parry Sound. It is made up of geographic townships which have no governing bodies and which are not incorporated as municipalities. The territory consists of two non-contiguous areas, with the main part located directly south of the French River and Lake Nipissing, and east of Georgian Bay. Shawanaga Township is a small exclave south of it along Highway 69.

Local services boards

• Britt and Byng Inlet
• Loring, Port Loring and District
• Restoule

Townships

List of townships with its communities:

• Blair Township (Ess Narrows Landing, Lost Channel)
• East Mills Township (Arnstein, Loring, Port Loring)
• Hardy Township (Spring Creek)
• Henvey Township (Britt Station, Still River)
• Lount Township (Bummer's Roost, Rye, Wattenwyle)
• McConkey Township (Fleming's Landing)
• Mowat Township (Bon Air, Cranberry, Key River, Ludgate, Mowat, Pakesley, Wanikewin)
• Patterson Township (Restoule)
• Pringle Township (Bear Valley, Carr, Farleys Corners, Golden Valley)
• Shawanaga Township (Madigans)
• Wallbridge Township (Britt, Byng Inlet, Drocourt, Harris Lake, North Magnetawan)
• Wilson Township

In addition, the division also includes two geographic townships which are entirely unpopulated:

• Brown Township
• Harrison Township

Demographics

Canada census – Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part community profile

	2016	2011
Population	2143 (-5.6% from 2011)	2199 (-9.3% from 2006)
Land area	2,698.17 km^2 (1,041.77 sq mi)	2,697.64 km^2 (1,041.56 sq mi)
Population density	0.8/km^2 (2.1/sq mi)	0.8/km^2 (2.1/sq mi)
Median age	61.0 (M: 60.8, F: 61.2)
Private dwellings	2630 (total)	2637 (total)
Median household income

References: 2016^[3] 2011^[4] earlier^[5][6]

Mother tongue:^[7]

• English as first language: 91.5%
• French as first language: 4.6%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 3.9%

Population trend:^[8]

• Population in 2011: 2199
• Population in 2006: 2424
• Population in 2001: 2198
• Population in 1996: 3336 (or 2082 when adjusted to 2001 boundaries)
• Population in 1991: 3394

See also

• List of townships in Ontario

References

1. "Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part census profile". 2011 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
2. "Focus on Geography Series, 2021 Census - Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part (Census subdivision)". 9 February 2022.
3. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
4. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
5. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
6. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
7. Statistics Canada 2006 Census - Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part community profile
8. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census