Machar, Ontario


Machar is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario.
Located in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District, Machar surrounds but does not include the village of South River.

Etymology

This township in Parry Sound District was named by Sir Oliver Mowat in 1875 after Rev. John Machar, a founder of the Presbyterian Church of Upper Canada in 1831 and of Queen's [University at Kingston|Queen's College (University)] in 1841, where he served as principal from 1843 to 1853.

Communities

Demographics

In the Canadian census|2021 Census of Population] conducted by Statistics Canada, Machar had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.