Tarbutt (formerly known as Tarbutt and Tarbutt Additional) is a

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in the

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province of

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, located within the

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. The township is about east of

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. Its population centres are Port Findlay and MacLennan. It is the only municipality along the North Channel of

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which includes no residential communities located directly along Highway 17; MacLennan is located north of the highway at the intersection of MacLennan Road and Government Road, while Port Findlay is located at the south end of MacLennan Road along the waterfront. In December 2016, the municipal council adopted a by-law to change the name of the township from The Corporation of the Township of Tarbutt & Tarbutt Additional to the Corporation of the Township of Tarbutt, effective in January 2017.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Tarbutt and Tarbutt Additional 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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* Municipalities in Algoma District Single-tier municipalities in Ontario Township municipalities in Ontario {{NorthernOntario-geo-stub Populated places on Lake Huron in Canada

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