Laird 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...

 and village in the Algoma District

Algoma District, Ontario

Algoma District is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1858 comprising territory as far west as Minnesota...

 in Northern Ontario

Northern Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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. The township had a population of 1,078 in 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...

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Communities

The township includes the named communities of Laird and Neebish. It also includes a portion of Bar River, a small hamlet

Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...

 straddling the boundary between the townships of Laird and Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional.

Demographics

Population trend:

• Population in 2006: 1078
• Population in 2001: 1021
• Population in 1996: 1073
• Population in 1991: 997

Transportation

Highway 17 passes through the township. Tarbutt Township is a neighbour of Laird and is separated by a low-grade dirt road called "Townline Road" which spurs into a road to Pine Island

Pine Island (Ontario)

Pine Island is an island of Northern Ontario, Canada, in the northwestern portion of Lake Huron, near the mouth of the St. Marys River, which connects Lake Huron with Lake Superior. It has a mix of year-round and seasonal residents. Some of them live near the island; and some of those neighbors...

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External links

• Township of Laird