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McGarry is a
townshipThe term township generally means the district or area associated with a town. However in some systems no town needs to be involved. The specific use of the term to describe political subdivisions has varied by country, usually to describe a local rural or semi-rural government within the county...
in the Canadian province of
OntarioOntario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, located within the
Timiskaming DistrictTimiskaming is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. The district was created in 1912 from parts of Algoma, Nipissing, and Sudbury districts. In 1921, Cochrane District was created from parts of this district and parts of Thunder Bay...
.
The township includes the communities of Virginiatown and Kearns. It is situated on the border with Quebec, along
Highway 66King's Highway 66, commonly referred to as Highway 66, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario.Located in the Timiskaming District, the highway begins at Matachewan near a junction with Highway 65. It extends eastward for to the Quebec border just east of...
between Kirkland Lake and Rouyn-Noranda.
Demographics
Population:
- Population in 2006: 674 (2001 to 2006 population change: -14.4 %)
- Population in 2001: 787
- Population in 1996: 1015
- Population in 1991: 1139
Private dwellings, excluding seasonal cottages: 325 (total: 429)
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 30.5 %
- French as first language: 63 %
- English and French as first language: 1.5 %
- Other as first language: 5 %
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