Manitoulin District
Manitoulin District is a district in Northeastern Ontario within the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1888 from part of Algoma District. The district seat is Gore Bay.
It comprises Manitoulin Island and a number of small islands around it. Previously it included the municipality of Killarney on the mainland, until this was transferred to Sudbury District in the late 1990s.
In 2001, the population of Manitoulin District was 12,679; in 2006, it had risen to 13,090. The district's land area is 4,796 km² (1,851 mi²), implying a population density of 2.8 people/km² (7.2 people/mi²) [1].
Municipalities
| Gore Bay | town |
| Northeastern Manitoulin and The Islands | |
| Assiginack | township |
| Barrie Island | |
| Billings | municipality |
| Burpee and Mills | township |
| Central Manitoulin | |
| Cockburn Island | |
| Gordon | |
| Tehkummah | |
| Robinson | unorganized township |
| Dawson |
Demographics
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Indian reserves
Provincial highways
Manitoulin District is served by only one primary provincial highway, Highway 6. This highway enters the district at the ferry docks in South Baymouth, in the township of Tehkummah, where the Chi-Cheemaun ferry travels to and from Tobermory in the municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula, Ontario. It exits the district in the Whitefish River First Nation, just south of Whitefish Falls, Ontario, when it crosses into the Sudbury District.
A number of secondary provincial highways, the equivalent in a district to a county or municipal road in Southern Ontario, serve the communities of Manitoulin Island. These are:
| Highway | Extension |
|---|---|
| 540 | from the community of Little Current (Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands) to Meldrum Bay, the westernmost settlement on the island |
| 540A | connects Barrie Island to Highway 540 |
| 540B | connects Gore Bay to Highway 540 |
| 542 | extends from Highway 540 south of Gore Bay to Highway 6 near Tehkummah |
| 542A | connects the community of Tehkummah to Highway 542 |
| 551 | from M'Chigeeng (West Bay) to Providence Bay (Central Manitoulin) |
