McMurrich/Monteith
McMurrich/Monteith is a municipality and census subdivision in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.
The municipality was formed on January 1, 1998, through an amalgamation of the former Township of McMurrich and the eastern two-thirds of the unincorporated Township of Monteith. The remaining portion of Monteith became part of Seguin. McMurrich Township was named after John McMurrich, and Monteith Township was named in 1870 after Andrew Monteith.
Geography
Communities
The township includes the communities of:Lakes
- Doe Lake
- Buck Lake
- Axe Lake
- Johnson Lake
- Hunters Lake
- Bear Lake
- Horn Lake
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, McMurrich/Monteith 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.Mother tongue :
- English as first language: 91.2%
- French as first language: 1.7%
- English and French as first languages: 0%
- Other as first language: 6.6%