Ryerson is an incorporated township

Township (Canada)

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 in Parry Sound District in northeastern

Northeastern Ontario

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 Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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. It had a population of 686 in the 2006 Canadian census

Canada 2006 Census

The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 16, 2006. The next census following will be the 2011 Census. Canada's total population enumerated by the 2006 census was 31,612,897...

. It was named after Egerton Ryerson

Egerton Ryerson

Adolphus Egerton Ryerson was a Methodist minister, educator, politician, and public education advocate in early Ontario, Canada...

, the Chief Superintendent of Education for Ontario from 1844 to 1876.

Demographics

Population trend:

• Population in 2006: 686 (2001 to 2006 population change: 8.5 %)
• Population in 2001: 632
• Population in 1996: 676
• Population in 1991: 625

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 292 (total dwellings: 678)

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 94.9 %
• French as first language: 1.5 %
• English and French as first language: 0 %
• Other as first language: 3.6 %

Communities

• Doe Lake
• Midlothian
• Rockwynn
• Starratt
• Wisemans Corners

External links

• Almaguin Highlands Communities, Almaguin Highlands Regional Portal