Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional | |
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| Township of Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional | |
Municipal office in Echo Bay | |
| Coordinates:46°29′N84°04′W / 46.483°N 84.067°W /46.483; -84.067 | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| District | Algoma |
| Settled | mid 19th century |
| Incorporated | 1899 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Mayor | Lynn Watson |
| • MP | Terry Sheehan (Liberal) |
| • MPP | Bill Rosenberg (PC) |
| Area | |
| • Land | 164.05 km2 (63.34 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total | 1,609 |
| • Density | 9.8/km2 (25/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Postal Code | P0S 1C0 |
| Area codes | 705,249 |
| Website | Official website |

Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional is atownship inAlgoma District,Ontario, Canada. Originally surveyed as separate geographical townships, Macdonald and Meredith were incorporated as a single, municipal township in 1892. The geographical township of Aberdeen Additional was added to Macdonald and Meredith township in 1899 to create the municipal township of Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional.
The township encompasses the unincorporated communities of Echo Bay, Bar River and Sylvan Valley.
Bar River is a smallhamlet straddling the boundary between the townships of Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional andLaird.
Echo Bay is located on the shores of the eponymous Echo Bay andLake George. The community is home to a bigloonie, similar to theBig Nickel inSudbury, around 260 kilometres (160 mi) eastward.Robert-Ralph Carmichael, one of the Canadian dollar coin's designers, lived near Echo Bay.
In the2021 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional had a population of1,513 living in603 of its803 total private dwellings, a change of −6% from its 2016 population of1,609. With a land area of 163.26 km2 (63.04 sq mi), it had a population density of9.3/km2 (24.0/sq mi) in 2021.[2]
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 1,513 (−6.0% from 2016) | 1,609 (9.9% from 2011) | 1,464 (−5.5% from 2006) |
| Land area | 163.26 km2 (63.04 sq mi) | 164.05 km2 (63.34 sq mi) | 163.52 km2 (63.14 sq mi) |
| Population density | 9.3/km2 (24/sq mi) | 9.8/km2 (25/sq mi) | 9.0/km2 (23/sq mi) |
| Median age | 45.6 (M: 44.8, F: 46.0) | 45.3 (M: 43.0, F: 46.2) | |
| Private dwellings | 803 (total) 603 (occupied) | 860 (total) | 797 (total) |
| Median household income | $97,000 | $74,496 |
Population trend:[6]