McDougall is a township

Township (Canada)

The term township generally means the district or area associated with a town. However in some systems no town needs to be involved. The specific use of the term to describe political subdivisions has varied by country, usually to describe a local rural or semi-rural government within the county...

 in central Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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, on the Parry Sound

Parry Sound

Parry Sound is a sound or bay of Georgian Bay, in Ontario, Canada. It is highly irregularly shaped with many deep bays and islands. Killbear Provincial Park is located on the large peninsula that separates the sound from Georgian Bay, while it is bordered on the south side by Parry Island, home of...

 in the District of Parry Sound

Parry Sound District, Ontario

Parry Sound District is a census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its seat is Parry Sound. Its boundaries are Muskoka to the south, the Sudbury District, the French River and Lake Nipissing in the north, Nipissing District, Ontario and North Bay in the north and east and parts of...

. It was named after William McDougall

William McDougall (politician)

Sir William McDougall PC CB was a Canadian lawyer, politician and one of the Fathers of Confederation.Born near York, Upper Canada...

, one of the Fathers of Confederation.

In 2000, the Township of McDougall amalgamated with the unorganized geographic township of Ferguson, and created the Municipality of McDougall.

Communities

The township comprises the communities of Badger's Corners, Nobel

Nobel, Ontario

Nobel is a village located on the shores of Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the Municipality of McDougall in the District of Parry Sound. The community is named after Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite....

, and Waubamik.

Demographics

According to the 2006 Statistics Canada

Statistics Canada

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 Census:

• Population: 2,704
• % Change (2001-2006): 3.7
• Area (km²): 262.69
• Density (persons per km²): 10.3
• Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1022 (total dwellings: 1548)
• Mother tongue:
  • English as first language: 93.3 %
  • French as first language: 1.5 %
  • English and French as first language: 0.6 %
  • Other as first language: 4.6 %

Population trend:

• Population in 2006: 2704
• Population in 2001: 2608
• Population in 1996: 2299 (or 2674 when adjusted for 2001 boundaries)
• Population in 1991: 2061

External links

• Municipality of McDougall