Val Rita-Harty
Val Rita-Harty is a township municipality in Cochrane District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada.
The township consists of two communities, Val Rita and Harty, both located along Highway 11 between Opasatika and Kapuskasing. It was incorporated as a township in 1973, following a failed community effort in 1964 to request incorporation as a municipality. It was originally known as the Township of Owens, Williamson and Idington, but renamed in 1983 after its main communities.
History
The area opened to development when the National Transcontinental Railway was built in 1900s. In 1922, the first pioneer families from Foleyet arrived at Val Rita. In 1926, the Ste-Rita Parish was founded, followed by the St-Stanislas Parish in Harty in 1932.In 1961, first effort began to incorporate the place as a municipality, but was denied. In 1971, another request was made and in 1973, the township was incorporated, with Joseph Étienne Tremblay acclaimed as first reeve.
In 1983, a sewage system was installed in Harty. In 1984, cable television service became available in Val Rita, and in 1989 in Harty.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Val Rita-Harty 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 :