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Ryerson is an incorporated
township
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in the Almaguin Highlands
The Almaguin Highlands Region (colloquially known as Almaguin, also referred to as 'the Highlands') in Ontario, Canada, covers approximately comprising the eastern half of Parry Sound District. It is bounded by District Municipality of Muskoka, M ...
region of Parry Sound District
Parry Sound District is a census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its boundaries are District of Muskoka to the south, the Sudbury District to the north-northwest, the French River and Lake Nipissing in the north, Nipissing Distri ...
in northeastern Ontario
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, Canada. It had a population of 745 in the 2021 Canadian census
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. It was named after Egerton Ryerson
Adolphus Egerton Ryerson (24 March 1803 – 19 February 1882) was a Canadian educator, author, editor, and Methodist minister who was a prominent contributor to the design of the Canadian public school system. Ryerson is considered to be the fo ...
, the Chief Superintendent of Education for Ontario from 1844 to 1876.
Demographics
In the2021 Census of Population
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conducted by Statistics Canada
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, Ryerson 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: 94.9%
* French as first language: 1.5%
* English and French as first language: 0%
* Other as first language: 3.6%
Communities
* Doe Lake * Midlothian * Rockwynn * Starratt * Wisemans Corners
See also
*List of townships in Ontario
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Northern Ontario Northeastern Ontario Algoma D ...
References
*External links
* Municipalities in Parry Sound District Single-tier municipalities in Ontario Township municipalities in Ontario {{NorthernOntario-geo-stub Magnetawan River 1880 establishments in Ontario Populated places established in 1880