Unorganized Parry Sound Centre Part is an unorganized area in central Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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 between Georgian Bay

Georgian Bay

Georgian Bay is a large bay of Lake Huron, located entirely within Ontario, Canada...

 and Lake Nipissing

Lake Nipissing

Lake Nipissing is a lake in the Canadian province of Ontario. It has a surface area of , a mean elevation of above sea level, and is located between the Ottawa River and Georgian Bay. Excluding the Great Lakes, Lake Nipissing is the fifth-largest lake in Ontario. It is relatively shallow for a...

 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 is made up of geographic townships

Township (Canada)

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 which have no governing bodies and which are not incorporated as municipalities. The territory consists of 2 non-contiguous areas, with the main part located directly south of the French River

French River (Ontario)

The French River is a river in Central Ontario, Canada. It flows from Lake Nipissing west to Georgian Bay. The river largely follows the boundary between the Parry Sound District and the Sudbury District, and in most contexts is considered the dividing line between Northern Ontario and Southern...

 and Lake Nipissing

Lake Nipissing

Lake Nipissing is a lake in the Canadian province of Ontario. It has a surface area of , a mean elevation of above sea level, and is located between the Ottawa River and Georgian Bay. Excluding the Great Lakes, Lake Nipissing is the fifth-largest lake in Ontario. It is relatively shallow for a...

, and east of the Georgian Bay

Georgian Bay

Georgian Bay is a large bay of Lake Huron, located entirely within Ontario, Canada...

. Shawanaga Township is a small exclave

Enclave and exclave

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 south of it along Highway 69

Ontario Highway 69

King's Highway 69, commonly referred to as Highway 69, is a major north–south highway in the central area of the Canadian province of Ontario, linking Highway 400 north of Parry Sound with Sudbury...

.

Communities

• Blair Township
  • Ess Narrows Landing
  • Lost Channel
    Lost Channel, Parry Sound District, Ontario
    Lost Channel is a ghost town in Parry Sound District, Ontario.-Establishment:It all started when Lauder, Spears and Howland of Toronto, began producing lumber under contract to the Schroeder Mills & Timber Co., of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In the spring of 1917, they built a large sawmill on Kawigamog...
    
    
• Brown Township
• East Mills Township
  • Arnstein
  • Loring
  • Port Loring
• Hardy Township
  • Spring Creek
• Harrison Township
• Henvey Township
  • Britt Station
  • Still River
• Lount Township
  Lount Township, Ontario
  Lount is a geographic township in the Unorganized Centre Part of Parry Sound District in Central Ontario, Canada. The communities of Bummer's Roost, Rye and Wattenwyle are located in the township. It originally was settled by the building of the Rosseau and Nipssing Road which cuts diagonally...
  
  
  • Bummer's Roost
  • Rye
  • Wattenwyle
• McConkey Township
  • Fleming's Landing
• Mowat Township
  • Bon Air
  • Cranberry
  • Key River
  • Ludgate
    Ludgate, Ontario
    Ludgate is a community in Ontario....
    
    
  • Mowat
  • Pakesley
    Pakesley, Ontario
    Pakesley, Ontario a point in the Parry Sound District on the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway between Bolton and Sudbury, named for the Pakeskag River, that drains the local area, north to the Pickerel River...
    
    
  • Wanikewin
    Wanikewin, Ontario
    Wanikewin is a community in Ontario....
    
    
• Patterson Township
  Patterson Township, Ontario
  Patterson Township is a geographic township in central Ontario, Canada. As it is unincorporated, it is located in the Central Unorganized portion of Parry Sound District. The township is located where the French River flows from Lake Nipissing, and then stretches south until it meets Pringle...
  
  
  • Restoule
    Restoule, Ontario
    Restoule is a small community situated on the Restoule River between Commanda Lake, and Restoule Lake in central Ontario, Canada. Restoule is located in Patterson Township, which is an unincorporated township in Central Unorganized Parry Sound District....
    
    
• Pringle Township
  • Bear Valley
  • Carr
  • Commanda
  • Farleys Corners
  • Golden Valley
• Shawanaga Township
  • Madigans
    Madigans, Ontario
    Madigans is a community in Ontario....
    
    
• Wallbridge Township
  • Britt
    Britt, Ontario
    Britt is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the unincorporated township of Wallbridge in the Parry Sound District.The community is located on the north shore of the Magnetawan River at Byng Inlet, approximately 5 kilometres west of Highway 69, at the end of Highway 526.Like...
    
    
  • Byng Inlet
    Byng Inlet, Ontario
    Byng Inlet is a ghost town in Parry Sound District, Ontario. For a period in the nineteenth century it was home to one of largest sawmill operations in Canada. The name of the town came from that of the English Admiral John Byng...
    
    
  • Drocourt
  • Harris Lake
  • North Magnetewan
• Wilson Township

Demographics

According to the 2006 Statistics Canada

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Census:

• Population: 2,424
• % Change (2001–2006): 10.3
• Area (km²): 2,660.27
• Density (persons per km²): 0.9
• Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1119 (total dwellings: 3613)
• Mother tongue:
  • English as first language: 91.5 %
  • French as first language: 4.6 %
  • English and French as first language: 0 %
  • Other as first language: 3.9 %

Population trend:

• Population in 2006: 2424
• Population in 2001: 2198
• Population in 1996: 3336 (or 2082 when adjusted to 2001 boundaries)
• Population in 1991: 3394