Val Rita-Harty, Ontario
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Township (Canada)
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in the Canadian
Canada
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province of Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, located in the Cochrane District
Cochrane District, Ontario
Cochrane District, Ontario is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1921 from parts of Timiskaming and Thunder Bay districts....
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The township consists of two communities, Val Rita and Harty, located along Highway 11
Highway 11 (Ontario)
King's Highway 11 is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. At , it is the second longest highway in the province after Highway 17. Highway 11 begins at Highway 400 in Barrie, and arches through northern Ontario, around Lake Superior, to the Ontario–Minnesota border...
between Opasatika
Opasatika, Ontario
Opasatika is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Cochrane District.The main communities in the township are Opasatika and Lowther, both located along Highway 11 between Mattice and Harty. The ghost town of Reesor Siding, site of the 1963 Reesor Siding incident, is at the...
and Kapuskasing. It was incorporated as a township in 1973, following a failed community effort in 1964 to request incorporation as a municipality.
Demographics
Population:- Population in 2006: 939
- 2001 to 2006 population change: -8.1 %
- Population in 2001: 1022
- Population in 1996: 1112
- Population in 1991: 1178
Private dwellings, excluding seasonal cottages: 355 (total: 384)
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 15 %
- French as first language: 85 %
- English and French as first language: 0 %
- Other as first language: 0 %