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Country
  
Canada

Settled
  
ca. 1870

Time zone
  
EST (UTC-5)

Population
  
1,111 (2016)

Area code
  
705

District
  
Parry Sound

Incorporated
  
1873

Postal Code
  
P0G 1C0

Province
  
Ontario

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McKellar is a township and census subdivision in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada. Per the 2016 Census, it has a population of 1111.

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Map of McKellar, ON, Canada

McKellar is named for Archibald McKellar (1816-1894), a member of the legislative assemblies for the province of Canada (1857-1867) and Ontario (1867-1875).

Communities

McKellar is also the primary and largest community within the township, located along Provincial Highway 124. It was originally known as Armstrong's Rapids, but the name McKellar was given when the post office opened in the community in 1870.

Other population centres within the township are:

  • Broadbent
  • Hurdville

    • Demographics

    Population trend:

  • Population in 2011: 1144 (2006 to 2011 population change: 5.9%)
  • Population in 2006: 1080
  • Population in 2001: 933
  • Population in 1996: 939
  • Population in 1991: 879

    • Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 520 (total dwellings: 1425)

    Mother tongue:

  • English as first language: 92.6%
  • French as first language: 1.9%
  • English and French as first language: 0%
  • Other as first language: 5.5%

    • References

    McKellar, Ontario Wikipedia
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