Johnson is a

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in the Canadian province of

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, located within the

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. The township had a population of 751 in the

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, up from 750 in the 2011 census.

Communities

Desbarats, the main community in the township, is located on Highway 17, east of Sault Ste. Marie. Located in Desbarats is Central Algoma Secondary School, a high school of 250+ students which serves a catchment area extending from Echo Bay to

Thessalon Thessalon is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, located at the junction of Highway 17 and Highway 129 on the north shore of Lake Huron. It is surrounded by, but not part of, the municipality of Huron Shores, and is part of Algoma Di ...

. In 2013 a grade 7 and 8 program was put into place in CASS.

West of Desbarats on Highway 17 is Ripple Rock, a unique rock cut that was uncovered with the blasting of the rock cuts through northern Ontario for the creation of the

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. The ripples in the rock were created two billion years ago by waves in a shallow body of water. It was buried and through pressure it became sandstone. Puddingstone Road in Johnson Township was named for a type of puddingstone locally known as '' Jasper conglomerate'' and often found in the area as well as at nearby St. Joseph Island. Puddingstone is a mixture of different sized grains and pebbles held together by finer sand. The type found in this area is St. Joseph Island Puddingstone, which contains red and brown pieces of

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. Since the early 2000s, about 20

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families from

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moved to the Desbarats area. Along with other local farmers, they sell their produce at the Desbarats Farmers' Market on Friday evenings and Saturday mornings.

Demographics

In the

2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...

conducted by Statistics Canada, Johnson had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Population trend:Statistics Canada: 2011 1996, 2001, 2006 census * Population in 2016: 751 * Population in 2011: 750 * Population in 2006: 701 * Population in 2001: 658 * Population in 1996: 729 * Population in 1991: 685

Transportation

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provides intercity motor coach service to the main community of Desbarats as a stop along its Sault Ste. Marie–Sudbury–North Bay–Ottawa route, with one bus a day each headed eastbound and westbound from Sunday to Friday, with no service on Saturdays.

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* {{Algoma District Municipalities in Algoma District Single-tier municipalities in Ontario Township municipalities in Ontario

Communities

Demographics

Transportation

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