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| leader_name = Peter Kelley <ref name=2018elec>{{cite web |url= https://muskokalakes.civicweb.net/document/114285 |title= Certificate of Election Results |publisher=Township of Muskoka Lakes |access-date=2018-12-05}}</ref>
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The '''Township of Muskoka Lakes''' is an area municipality of the [[District Municipality of Muskoka]], [[Ontario]], Canada. It has a year-round population of 6,588.<ref name=2016census/> Manchester United
The '''Township of Muskoka Lakes''' is a municipality of the [[District Municipality of Muskoka]], [[Ontario]], Canada. It has a year-round population of 7,652.<ref name="2021census" />


The municipal offices are located in [[Port Carling]].
The municipal offices are located in [[Port Carling]].
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The area now covered by the [[township (Canada)|township]] was opened for settlement and organized in 1870 into the following geographic (and sometime municipal) townships of Watt, Cardwell, Humphrey, Christie, Medora and Wood.
The area now covered by the [[township (Canada)|township]] was opened for settlement and organized in 1870 into the following geographic (and sometime municipal) townships of Watt, Cardwell, Humphrey, Christie, Medora and Wood.


In 1971, the current municipal structure took hold when Cardwell Township, Watt Township, Medora and Wood Townships, [[Bala, Ontario|Bala]], [[Port Carling, Ontario|Port Carling]], Windermere and part of Monck Township were merged.
In 1971, the current municipal structure took hold when Cardwell Township, Watt Township, Medora and Wood Townships, [[Bala, Ontario|Bala]], [[Port Carling, Ontario|Port Carling]], [[Windermere, Ontario|Windermere]] and part of Monck Township were merged.


== Local Government ==
== Government ==
Muskoka is governed by an elected Town Council consisting of a Mayor, District Councillors and [[Councillor|Councillors]] representing each of the town's three [[Ward (subnational entity)|wards]]. In addition, three Regional Councillors each represent a ward each. The Mayor and Councillors sit on the Muskoka County Council.
Muskoka is governed by an elected Town Council consisting of a Mayor, District Councillors and [[Councillor]]s representing each of the town's three [[Ward (subnational entity)|wards]]. In addition, three Regional Councillors each represent a ward each. The Mayor and Councillors sit on the Muskoka County Council.

The members of the elected council as of the 2018 municipal election are:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://muskokalakes.civicweb.net/document/114285|title=Certificate of Election Results|date=October 22, 2018|website=muskokalakes.civicweb.net|access-date=December 5, 2018}}</ref>

'''Mayor''': Phil Harding

'''District & Township Councillors''':

* Ward 1: Ruth-Ellen Nishikawa
* Ward 2: Allen Edwards
* Ward 3: Frank Jaglowitz

'''Township Councillors''':

* Ward 1: Donelda Hayes
* Ward 1: Glenn Zavitz
* Ward 2: Susan Mazan
* Ward 2: Gordon Roberts
* Ward 3: Barb Bridgeman
* Ward 3: Peter Kelley


==Geography==
==Geography==
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===Communities===
===Communities===
The township contains the communities of [[Bala, Ontario|Bala]], Bala Park, Bardsville, Barlochan, [[Beaumaris, Ontario|Beaumaris]], Baysville, Bear Cave, Beatrice, Bent River, Brackenrig, Cedar Village, Dee Bank, Dixon's Corners, Dudley, Duffy, Echo Beach, Ferndale, Foot's Bay, Glen Orchard, Gregory, Gull Rock, Hekkla, Inverness Lodge, Juddhaven, Mendora, Milford Bay, Minett, Morinus, Mortimers Point, Park Beach, [[Port Carling, Ontario|Port Carling]], Port Keewaydin, [[Port Sandfield, Ontario|Port Sandfield]], Raymond, Redwood, Roderick, Rossclair, Rosseau Falls, Rostrevor, Shannon Hall, Sunset Beach, Thorel House, Tomelin Bluffs, Torrance, Ufford, Ullswater, Valley Green Beach, Walkers Point, Willow Beach, Whiteside, Windermere, Woodington, Woodward Station and Ziska.
The township contains the communities of [[Bala, Ontario|Bala]], Bala Park, Bardsville, Barlochan, [[Beaumaris, Ontario|Beaumaris]], Baysville, Bear Cave, Beatrice, Bent River, Brackenrig, Cedar Village, Dee Bank, Dixon's Corners, Dudley, Duffy, Echo Beach, Ferndale, Foot's Bay, Glen Orchard, Gregory, Gull Rock, Hekkla, Inverness Lodge, Juddhaven, Mendora, Milford Bay, Minett, Morinus, Mortimers Point, Park Beach, [[Port Carling, Ontario|Port Carling]], Port Keewaydin, [[Port Sandfield, Ontario|Port Sandfield]], Raymond, Redwood, Roderick, Rossclair, Rosseau Falls, Rostrevor, Shannon Hall, Sunset Beach, Thorel House, Tomelin Bluffs, Torrance, Ufford, Ullswater, Valley Green Beach, Walkers Point, Willow Beach, Whiteside, [[Windermere, Ontario|Windermere]], Woodington, Woodward Station and Ziska.


===Climate===
===Climate===
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|source 1 = [[Environment Canada]]<ref>{{cite web
|source 1 = [[Environment Canada]]<ref>{{cite web
| publisher = [[Environment Canada]]
| publisher = [[Environment Canada]]
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20190725142720/http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?searchType=stnProv&lstProvince=ON&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=4410&dispBack=0
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190725142720/http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?searchType=stnProv&lstProvince=ON&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=4410&dispBack=0
| archivedate = July 25, 2019
| archive-date = July 25, 2019
| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?searchType=stnProv&lstProvince=ON&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=4410&dispBack=0
| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?searchType=stnProv&lstProvince=ON&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=4410&dispBack=0
| title = Beatrice 2, Ontario
| title = Beatrice 2, Ontario
| work = Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010
| work = Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010
| accessdate = July 25, 2019}}</ref>
| date=25 September 2013 | access-date = July 25, 2019}}</ref>
}}
}}


==Demographics==
== Demographics ==
In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Muskoka Lakes had a population of {{val|7652|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|3529|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|9443|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:7652-6588}}|6588|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|6588|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|774.46|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|7652|774.46|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000235 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=April 2, 2022}}</ref><ref name="2016census">{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3544053&Geo2=CD&Code2=3539&SearchText=muskoka&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 | title=2016 Canadian Census | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=2016 | access-date=February 26, 2018}}</ref>
{{Canada census
{{Canada census
|location = Muskoka Lakes
|2016_population=6588<ref name=2016census/> | 2016_pop_delta=-1.8 | 2016_land_area=794.26 | 2016_pop_density=8.3
|2021_population=7,652 | 2021_pop_delta=+16.2 | 2021_land_area=774.46 | 2021_pop_density=9.9
|2021_median_age=57.2 | 2021_median_age_m=56.8 | 2021_median_age_f=57.2
|2021_total_pvt_dwell=3,530 |2021_mean_hh_income= |2021_geocode=2021A00053544053 | 2021_access_date=2022-04-27
|2016_population=6588<ref name="2016census" /> | 2016_pop_delta=-1.8 | 2016_land_area=794.26 | 2016_pop_density=8.3
|2016_median_age=54.7 | 2016_median_age_m=54.3 | 2016_median_age_f=5.2
|2016_median_age=54.7 | 2016_median_age_m=54.3 | 2016_median_age_f=5.2
|2016_total_pvt_dwell=9343 | 2016_mean_hh_income= | 2016_access_date=2019-02-26
|2016_total_pvt_dwell=9343 | 2016_mean_hh_income= | 2016_access_date=2019-02-26
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|2001_total_pvt_dwell=9693 | 2001_mean_hh_income=43,341 | 2001_access_date=2012-03-07
|2001_total_pvt_dwell=9693 | 2001_mean_hh_income=43,341 | 2001_access_date=2012-03-07
}}
}}

'''Racial groups'''
*97.1% [[White people|White]]
*2.0% [[Aboriginal peoples in Canada|Aboriginal]]
*0.3% [[Chinese race|Chinese]]
*0.2% [[Black people|Black]]
*0.4% other

'''Religious groups'''
*58.8% [[Protestant]]
*17.4% [[Roman Catholic]]
*2.0% other Christian
*21.8% non-religion


==Economy==
==Economy==
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As the resource industries dried up, the area soon embraced [[tourism]] as its economic base because of its proximity to [[Toronto]] and the rest of [[Golden Horseshoe|Southern Ontario]]. For many Ontarians, this is the centre of [[cottage country]].
As the resource industries dried up, the area soon embraced [[tourism]] as its economic base because of its proximity to [[Toronto]] and the rest of [[Golden Horseshoe|Southern Ontario]]. For many Ontarians, this is the centre of [[cottage country]].


The [[Muskoka Lakes Township Public Libraries]] offer research, literature, and cultural resources to local residents.
The Muskoka Lakes Township Public Libraries offers research, literature, and cultural resources to local residents. The libraries consist of the Norma and Miller Alloway Muskoka Lakes Library main branch in the town of [[Port Carling]], and three small branches housed in the community centres of [[Bala, Ontario|Bala]], Milford Bay, and Walker's Point.


==Notable people from Muskoka==
==Notable people==


*[[James Bartleman]], politician and diplomat
*[[James Bartleman]], politician and diplomat
*[[Viola R. MacMillan]], prospector and miner
*[[Viola R. MacMillan]], prospector and miner
*[[John Wilson McConnell]], sugar refiner, newspaper publisher, humanitarian and philanthropist


==See also==
==See also==
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==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


* Tatley, Richard. Steamboating in Muskoka. Bracebridge, Ontario : Muskoka Litho, 1972.
* Tatley, Richard. Steamboating in Muskoka. Bracebridge, Ontario : Muskoka Litho, 1972.
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==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category}}
{{Commons category}}
*{{official website|http://www.muskokalakes.ca}}
*{{official|http://www.muskokalakes.ca}}


{{Geographic location
{{Geographic location
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{{Muskoka District}}
{{Muskoka District}}
{{Authority control}}


[[Category:Township municipalities in Ontario]]
[[Category:Township municipalities in Ontario]]

Latest revision as of 12:38, 26 December 2023

Not to be confused with Lake Muskoka.
"Gull Rock, Ontario" redirects here. For other meanings of Gull Rock, see Gull Rock (disambiguation).
"Willow Beach, Ontario" redirects here. For the community in York Region, see Georgina, Ontario.

Muskoka Lakes
Township (lower-tier)
Township of Muskoka Lakes
A typical lake scene in Muskoka Lakes
A typical lake scene in Muskoka Lakes
Muskoka Lakes is located in Southern Ontario
Muskoka Lakes
Muskoka Lakes
Coordinates: 45°07′N 79°35′W / 45.117°N 79.583°W / 45.117; -79.583
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Regional MunicipalityMuskoka
Established1971
Government
 • TypeTownship
 • MayorPeter Kelley [1]
 • Governing BodyMuskoka Lakes Township Council
 • MPScott Aitchison
 • MPPNorm Miller (OPC)
Area
[2]
 • Land794.26 km2 (306.67 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total7,652
 • Density8.3/km2 (21/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal code FSA
P0B
Area code(s)705, 249
Websitewww.muskokalakes.ca

The Township of Muskoka Lakes is a municipality of the District Municipality of Muskoka, Ontario, Canada. It has a year-round population of 7,652.[3]

The municipal offices are located in Port Carling.

History[edit]

The area now covered by the township was opened for settlement and organized in 1870 into the following geographic (and sometime municipal) townships of Watt, Cardwell, Humphrey, Christie, Medora and Wood.

In 1971, the current municipal structure took hold when Cardwell Township, Watt Township, Medora and Wood Townships, Bala, Port Carling, Windermere and part of Monck Township were merged.

Government[edit]

Muskoka is governed by an elected Town Council consisting of a Mayor, District Councillors and Councillors representing each of the town's three wards. In addition, three Regional Councillors each represent a ward each. The Mayor and Councillors sit on the Muskoka County Council.

Geography[edit]

Steamboat Bay in Port Carling.

The township is located on Canadian Shield and thus is marked with outcrops of igneous rock and evergreen trees. Although inland from both Lake Huron's Georgian Bay and Lake Simcoe, the township contains the Muskoka Lakes consisting of Lake Muskoka, Lake Rosseau and Lake Joseph, amongst many other smaller lakes.

Protected areas in Muskoka Lakes include Hardy Lake Provincial Park and Torrance Barrens Conservation Area.

Communities[edit]

The township contains the communities of Bala, Bala Park, Bardsville, Barlochan, Beaumaris, Baysville, Bear Cave, Beatrice, Bent River, Brackenrig, Cedar Village, Dee Bank, Dixon's Corners, Dudley, Duffy, Echo Beach, Ferndale, Foot's Bay, Glen Orchard, Gregory, Gull Rock, Hekkla, Inverness Lodge, Juddhaven, Mendora, Milford Bay, Minett, Morinus, Mortimers Point, Park Beach, Port Carling, Port Keewaydin, Port Sandfield, Raymond, Redwood, Roderick, Rossclair, Rosseau Falls, Rostrevor, Shannon Hall, Sunset Beach, Thorel House, Tomelin Bluffs, Torrance, Ufford, Ullswater, Valley Green Beach, Walkers Point, Willow Beach, Whiteside, Windermere, Woodington, Woodward Station and Ziska.

Climate[edit]

Climate data for Beatrice (1981−2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 11.0
(51.8) 		12.5
(54.5) 		21.0
(69.8) 		31.0
(87.8) 		32.0
(89.6) 		33.0
(91.4) 		33.0
(91.4) 		32.5
(90.5) 		31.5
(88.7) 		27.0
(80.6) 		19.0
(66.2) 		16.5
(61.7) 		33.0
(91.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −5.0
(23.0) 		−2.5
(27.5) 		2.4
(36.3) 		10.7
(51.3) 		18.1
(64.6) 		22.6
(72.7) 		24.9
(76.8) 		23.8
(74.8) 		19.3
(66.7) 		12.1
(53.8) 		4.7
(40.5) 		−1.5
(29.3) 		10.8
(51.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) −10.7
(12.7) 		−8.7
(16.3) 		−3.8
(25.2) 		4.4
(39.9) 		11.0
(51.8) 		15.8
(60.4) 		18.2
(64.8) 		17.3
(63.1) 		13.1
(55.6) 		6.8
(44.2) 		0.4
(32.7) 		−6.4
(20.5) 		4.8
(40.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −16.3
(2.7) 		−14.9
(5.2) 		−10.1
(13.8) 		−2.0
(28.4) 		3.9
(39.0) 		8.9
(48.0) 		11.4
(52.5) 		10.7
(51.3) 		6.8
(44.2) 		1.3
(34.3) 		−3.9
(25.0) 		−11.2
(11.8) 		−1.3
(29.7)
Record low °C (°F) −42.5
(−44.5) 		−38.0
(−36.4) 		−36.0
(−32.8) 		−21.0
(−5.8) 		−8.5
(16.7) 		−4.0
(24.8) 		−0.5
(31.1) 		−3.5
(25.7) 		−7.0
(19.4) 		−11.0
(12.2) 		−26.0
(−14.8) 		−41.5
(−42.7) 		−42.5
(−44.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 114.6
(4.51) 		82.5
(3.25) 		75.2
(2.96) 		76.8
(3.02) 		97.9
(3.85) 		87.7
(3.45) 		94.3
(3.71) 		87.7
(3.45) 		113.6
(4.47) 		118.4
(4.66) 		124.0
(4.88) 		125.0
(4.92) 		1,197.7
(47.15)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 28.3
(1.11) 		22.9
(0.90) 		39.6
(1.56) 		66.4
(2.61) 		97.7
(3.85) 		87.7
(3.45) 		94.3
(3.71) 		87.7
(3.45) 		113.6
(4.47) 		114.1
(4.49) 		87.3
(3.44) 		37.0
(1.46) 		876.7
(34.52)
Average snowfall cm (inches) 86.4
(34.0) 		59.6
(23.5) 		35.6
(14.0) 		10.4
(4.1) 		0.2
(0.1) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		4.3
(1.7) 		36.6
(14.4) 		88.0
(34.6) 		321.1
(126.4)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) 17.4 13.5 12.0 12.4 13.8 13.3 11.9 12.9 14.4 17.0 16.8 17.3 172.6
Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm) 3.6 3.4 5.9 10.7 13.8 13.3 11.9 12.9 14.4 16.4 11.9 5.4 123.4
Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm) 15.2 11.3 7.4 2.7 0.08 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 5.9 13.4 57.2
Source: Environment Canada[4]

Demographics[edit]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Muskoka Lakes had a population of 7,652 living in 3,529 of its 9,443 total private dwellings, a change of 16.2% from its 2016 population of 6,588. With a land area of 774.46 km2 (299.02 sq mi), it had a population density of 9.9/km2 (25.6/sq mi) in 2021.[3][5]

Canada census – Muskoka Lakes community profile
202120162011
Population7,652 (+16.2% from 2016)6588[5] (-1.8% from 2011)6707 (3.7% from 2006)
Land area774.46 km2 (299.02 sq mi)794.26 km2 (306.67 sq mi)794.48 km2 (306.75 sq mi)
Population density9.9/km2 (26/sq mi)8.3/km2 (21/sq mi)8.4/km2 (22/sq mi)
Median age57.2 (M: 56.8, F: 57.2)54.7 (M: 54.3, F: 5.2)
Private dwellings3,530 (total)  9343 (total)  9723 (total) 
Median household income
References: 2021[6] 2016[7] 2011[8] earlier[9][10]

Economy[edit]

Timber was initially the greatest economic attraction for the region. The soil is poor and rocky and consequently is not especially suited to agriculture.

As the resource industries dried up, the area soon embraced tourism as its economic base because of its proximity to Toronto and the rest of Southern Ontario. For many Ontarians, this is the centre of cottage country.

The Muskoka Lakes Township Public Libraries offers research, literature, and cultural resources to local residents. The libraries consist of the Norma and Miller Alloway Muskoka Lakes Library main branch in the town of Port Carling, and three small branches housed in the community centres of Bala, Milford Bay, and Walker's Point.

Notable people[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Certificate of Election Results". Township of Muskoka Lakes. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
  2. ^ "Muskoka Lakes census profile". 2011 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
  3. ^ a b c "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  4. ^ "Beatrice 2, Ontario". Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010. Environment Canada. 25 September 2013. Archived from the original on July 25, 2019. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  5. ^ a b "2016 Canadian Census". Statistics Canada. 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  6. ^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  7. ^ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-02-26.
  8. ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
  9. ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
  10. ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
  • Tatley, Richard. Steamboating in Muskoka. Bracebridge, Ontario : Muskoka Litho, 1972.

External links[edit]

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