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Machar, Ontario

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Country
  
Canada

Time zone
  
EST (UTC-5)

Website
  
www.machartownship.net

Province
  
Ontario

District
  
Parry Sound

Postal Code
  
P0A

Population
  
882 (2016)

Area code
  
705

Machar, Ontario

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Machar is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario.

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Map of Machar, ON, Canada

Located in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District, Machar surrounds but does not include the village of South River.

The township had a population of 866 in the 2006 census, and increased 6.6% to 923 in the 2011 census.

Communities

  • Bray Lake
  • Eagle Lake
  • Maecks

    • Demographics

    Population trend:

  • Population in 2011: 923 (2006 to 2011 population change: 6.6%)
  • Population in 2006: 866
  • Population in 2001: 849
  • Population in 1996: 835
  • Population in 1991: 827

    • Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 410 (total dwellings: 853)

    Mother tongue:

  • English as first language: 94.7%
  • French as first language: 5.3%
  • English and French as first language: 0%
  • Other as first language: 0%

    • Etymology

    This township in Parry Sound District was named by Sir Oliver Mowat in 1875 for the Rev John Machar (1796-1863), a founder of the Presbyterian Church of Upper Canada in 1831 and of Queen's College (University) in 1841, where he served as principal, 1843-53.

    References

    Machar, Ontario Wikipedia
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