McKellar is a township and

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in Parry Sound District,

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. The 2021 population was 1,419. McKellar is named for Archibald McKellar (1816-1894), a member of the legislative assemblies for the

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(1857-1867) and Ontario (1867-1875).

Communities

McKellar is also the primary and largest community within the township, located along Provincial Highway 124. It was originally known as Armstrong's Rapids, but the name McKellar was given when the post office opened in the community in 1870. Broadbent is named for American Steel Millionaire, Samuel Broadbent (1845-1923) who financed the building for the Trans-Canadian Railway. Hurdville is named for Canadian Financier William Faulkner Hurdville (1838-1910), who also helped finance the Trans-Canadian Railway. Other population centres within the township are: * Broadbent * Hurdville

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, McKellar 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. Mother tongue: * English as first language: 92.6% * French as first language: 1.9% * English and French as first language: 0% * Other as first language: 5.5% McKellar ON 2

Notable people

* Edward Harold Toye (1884-1974), executive secretary of the Religion-Labor Foundation

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* {{Parry Sound District 1873 establishments in Ontario Municipalities in Parry Sound District Single-tier municipalities in Ontario Township municipalities in Ontario Magnetawan River Populated places established in 1873

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