Algonquin Highlands 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...

 located in Haliburton County

Haliburton County, Ontario

Haliburton is a county of Ontario, Canada, known as a tourist and cottage area in Central Ontario for its scenery and for its resident artists. Minden Hills is the county seat. Haliburton County was established in 1983, but had existed as the Provisional County of Haliburton since 1874...

, Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada. It has a population of 1,976. The northeastern section of the township is included in Algonquin Provincial Park

Algonquin Provincial Park

Algonquin Provincial Park is a provincial park located between Georgian Bay and the Ottawa River in Central Ontario, Canada, mostly within the Unorganized South Part of Nipissing District. Established in 1893, it is the oldest provincial park in Canada. Additions since its creation have increased...

.

The township was formed through the amalgamation of Stanhope and Sherborne et al. townships, the latter of which included McClintock, Livingstone, Lawrence and Nightingale. It was thereafter briefly known as the Township of Sherborne, Stanhope, McClintock, Livingstone, Lawrence and Nightingale until it was renamed to its current name in March 2001.

The township lacks a commercial center, but its municipal offices are located on North Shore Road, 5 km north of Carnarvon at 45°05′09"N 78°41′36"W. A satellite municipal office is located in Dorset

Dorset, Ontario

Dorset is a small community located on the boundary between the Lake of Bays Municipality in Muskoka District and the Algonquin Highlands Township in Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada. Dorset was originally called Cedar Narrows. In 1859 Francis Harvey became the first white settler here....

, the main street of which straddles the border of Algonquin Highlands to the east and Lake of Bays

Lake of Bays, Ontario

Lake of Bays is a township within the District Municipality of Muskoka, Ontario, Canada. It is named after the Lake of Bays.Located in the northeast corner of Muskoka, the Lake of Bays offers a natural landscape of forests, rocks, lakes and wetlands. Because of its natural beauty, it is an...

 to the west.

Communities

The township includes half the village of Dorset, part of Carnarvon and the hamlets of Boshkung, Buttermilk Falls, Halls Lake, Little Hawk Lake, Maple Lake, Ox Narrows, and Oxtongue Lake.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2006 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...

:

• Population: 1,976
• % Change (2001-2006): 8.2
• Land Area: 1002.12 square kilometres (386.92 sq mi)
• Population Density per km²: 2.0 people per km²
• Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 868 (total dwellings: 3624)
• Mother tongue:
  • English as first language: 92.1 %
  • French as first language: 1.3 %
  • English and French as first language: 0 %
  • Other as first language: 6.6 %

Population trend:

• Population in 2006: 1976
• Population in 2001: 1827
• Population in 1996:
  • Sherborne and Others (township): 487
  • Stanhope (township): 1200
• Population in 1991:
  • Sherborne and Others (township): 535
  • Stanhope (township): 1178

External links

• Township of Algonquin Highlands