{{Use Canadian English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Unorganized North East Parry Sound District | official_name = Parry Sound, Unorganized, North East Part | native_name = | native_name_lang = <!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "fr" for French. If more than one, use {{lang}} instead --> | settlement_type = Unorganized area | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Canada Southern Ontario | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_label = Unorg. NE Parry Sound | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Unorganized North East Parry Sound in Ontario | coordinates = {{coord|45|55|N|79|18|W|region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = <ref name="CGNDB">{{cite cgndb|id= FBWPB|title= Laurier |access-date=2013-02-25}}</ref> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{CAN}} | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = {{ON}} | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Parry Sound | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | seat_type = | seat = | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = Metric<!-- or US or UK --> <!-- ALL fields with measurements have automatic unit conversion --> <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> | area_footnotes = <ref name=SCref21/> | area_urban_footnotes = <!-- <ref> </ref> --> | area_rural_footnotes = <!-- <ref> </ref> --> | area_metro_footnotes = <!-- <ref> </ref> --> | area_magnitude = <!-- <ref> </ref> --> | area_note = | area_water_percent = | area_rank = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank2_title = <!-- square kilometers --> | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = 183.04 | area_water_km2 = | area_blank1_km2 = | area_blank2_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_total = 179 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_density_km2 = 1.0 | population_demonym = | population_footnotes = <ref name=SCref21>{{SCref |year=2021 |unit=csd |code={{#property:P3012}} |access-date=2025-12-25}}</ref> | timezone1 = Eastern Time Zone | utc_offset1 = -5 | timezone1_DST = EDT | utc_offset1_DST = -4 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | iso_code = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | footnotes = }}

'''Unorganized North East Parry Sound District''' is an unorganized area in Parry Sound District in Central Ontario, Canada.<ref name="CGNDB" /><ref name="OntHistoricMining">{{cite web|url= http://www.geologyontario.mndmf.gov.on.ca/website/historic_claim_maps/L/Laurier.pdf |format= PDF|title= Laurier|work= Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps|publisher= Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry|access-date= 2013-03-04}}</ref> It is contiguous with the geographic township of Laurier<ref>{{cite map|url= http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=6575|title= Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #4|year= 2006|series= Restructuring Maps of Ontario|publisher= Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing|access-date= 2013-03-04|archive-date= 2014-04-10|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140410163016/http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=6575|url-status= dead}}</ref> and served by the local services board of '''Laurier'''<ref>[http://www.canlii.org/en/on/laws/regu/rro-1990-reg-737/latest/rro-1990-reg-737.html#BK6 Local Services Boards, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 737]. Canadian Legal Information Institute.</ref> The area, part of the Almaguin Highlands region, had a population of 179 in the 2021 Canadian census, and a land area of 183.04 square kilometres.

==Etymology== The geographic township of Laurier in Parry Sound District was named in 1878 for Wilfrid (later Sir Wilfrid) Laurier (1841–1919), then minister of inland revenue in Alexander Mackenzie's government and later Prime Minister of Canada, 1896–1911.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rayburn|first=Alan|author-link=Alan Rayburn|title=Place Names of Ontario|year=1997|publisher=University of Toronto Press|location=Toronto|isbn=0-8020-7207-0|oclc= 36342881|page=190}}</ref>

==Demographics== {{Canada census |2021_population=179 | 2021_pop_delta=-4.3 | 2021_land_area=183.04 | 2021_pop_density=1.0 |2021_median_age=50.8 | 2021_median_age_m=53.6 | 2021_median_age_f=49.2 |2021_total_pvt_dwell=81 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=73 | 2021_mean_hh_income=&nbsp;n/a |2021_geocode=2021A00053549095 |2021_access_date=2025-12-25

|2016_population=187 | 2016_pop_delta=-15.8 | 2016_land_area=183.29 | 2016_pop_density=1.0 |2016_median_age=53.3 | 2016_median_age_m=53.1 | 2016_median_age_f=53.7 |2016_total_pvt_dwell=102 |2016_occ_pvt_dwell=82 | 2016_mean_hh_income=67,584 | 2016_access_date=2025-12-25 |notes= }}

{{Historical populations |title = {{Nowrap|Historical census populations –}} Parry Sound, Unorganized, North East Part, Unorganized |align = none |cols = 2 |footnote = 2011 Population figure based on revised count. |source = Statistics Canada<ref name=SCref21/><ref name="Statscan2011">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3549095&Geo2=CD&Code2=3549&Data=Count&SearchText=parry%20sound&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |title=Parry Sound, Unorganized, North East Part, Ontario, 2011 Census Profile |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |publisher=Government of Canada - Statistics Canada}}</ref> | 1976 |142 | 1981 |166 | 1986 |161 | 1991 |184 | 1996 |189 | 2001 |185 | 2006 |236 | 2011 |222 | 2016 |187 | 2021 |179 }}

==Transportation== The Canadian National Railway transcontinental main line and Ontario Highway 11 travel a roughly parallel course from the middle of the western edge to the centre of the northern edge of the township.

==References== {{reflist}} {{refbegin}} Other map sources: *{{cite map|url= http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/traveller/map/images/pdf/southont/sheets/Map8.pdf|format= PDF|title= Map 8|series= Official road map of Ontario|publisher= Ministry of Transportation of Ontario|scale= 1 : 700,000|date= 2012-01-01|access-date= 2013-03-04}} {{refend}}

==External links== *[http://www.almaguinhighlands.com/almaguin/communities.html Almaguin Highlands Communities], Almaguin Highlands Regional Portal

{{Geographic location | Centre = Unorganized North East Parry Sound | North = Powassan | Northeast = | East = Unorganized South Nipissing | Southeast = | South = Joly | Southwest = | West = Machar, South River | Northwest = Nipissing }} {{Parry Sound District}}

Category:Local services boards in Ontario Parry Sound North East Category:Geography of Parry Sound District