Burpee and Mills is a
township
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in the
Canadian province
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of
Ontario
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.
Located in the
Manitoulin District
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It comprises Manitoulin Island primarily, as well as a ...
, the township had a population of 382 in the
2021 Canadian census
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. Industries include
tourism
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,
agriculture
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,
aquaculture
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, and logging. It was formed on January 1, 1998, through the annexation of the
unorganized geographic township of Mills by Burpee Township.
It is named after
Isaac Burpee and
David Mills.
Communities
The township comprises the communities of Burpee, Elizabeth Bay, Evansville and Poplar.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Burpee and Mills 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.
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See also
*List of townships in Ontario
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References
External links
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Municipalities in Manitoulin District
Single-tier municipalities in Ontario
Township municipalities in Ontario
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