{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Central Manitoulin | official_name = Municipality of Central Manitoulin | settlement_type = Township (single-tier) | nickname = | motto = | image_skyline = PROV BAY BY HELICOPTER.jpg | image_caption = Aerial view of Central Manitoulin with Providence Bay Beach in the foreground. | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = CAN ON Manitoulin#Ontario | pushpin_label_position = | coordinates = {{coord|45|43|N|82|12|W|region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Canada | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Ontario | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Manitoulin | established_title = Settled | established_date = | established_title2 = Incorporated | established_date2 = May 1, 1998 | government_type = | leader_title = Reeve | leader_name = Richard Stephens | leader_title1 = Federal riding | leader_name1 = Sudbury East—Manitoulin—Nickel Belt | leader_title2 = Prov. riding | leader_name2 = Algoma—Manitoulin | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = 427.61 | area_water_km2 = | area_footnotes = <ref name="SCref21"/> | population_as_of = 2021 | population_footnotes = <ref name="SCref21"/> | population_total = 2235 | population_density_km2 = 5.2 | timezone = EST | utc_offset = -5 | timezone_DST = EDT | utc_offset_DST = -4 | postal_code_type = Postal Code FSA | postal_code = P0P | area_code = 705 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | website = {{Official URL}} | footnotes = }} '''Central Manitoulin''' is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located on Manitoulin Island and in Manitoulin District.
The Township of Central Manitoulin was formed on May 1, 1998, through the annexation of the unorganized geographic township of Sandfield by Carnarvon Township.<ref name=restruct>{{cite web |title=Municipal restructuring activity summary table - Dataset - Ontario Data Catalogue |url=https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/municipal-restructuring-activity-summary-table |website=data.ontario.ca |publisher=Government of Ontario |access-date=20 February 2025}}</ref> Carnarvon Township was incorporated in 1871, and named after Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pearen |first1=Shelley J. |title=Exploring Manitoulin |date=2001 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |location=Toronto, Ont |isbn=9780802084613 |edition=3rd}}</ref>
==Geography== Treasure Island, the largest island in a lake on an island in a lake, is located in Central Manitoulin, in Lake Mindemoya. The largest lake in a lake, Lake Manitou, is also mainly located in Central Manitoulin.{{cn|date=February 2025}}
===Communities=== The primary community and administrative centre of the township is Mindemoya. Smaller communities include Big Lake, Britainville, Dryden's Corner, Gibraltar, Grimsthorpe, Long Bay, Monument Corner, Old Spring Bay, Perivale, Providence Bay, Sandfield, and Spring Bay.
{| | thumb|none|265px|Mindemoya | thumb|none|210px|Providence Bay |}
== Demographics == In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Central Manitoulin had a population of {{val|2235|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|1050|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|1603|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:2235-2084}}|2084|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|2084|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|427.61|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|2235|427.61|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=SCref21/> {{Canada census |location = Central Manitoulin |2021_population=2,235 | 2021_pop_delta=+7.2 | 2021_land_area=427.61 | 2021_pop_density=5.2 |2021_median_age=58.4 | 2021_median_age_m=58.4 | 2021_median_age_f=58.8 |2021_total_pvt_dwell=1,603 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=1,050 |2021_mean_hh_income=70,000 |2021_geocode=2021A00053551006 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19 |2016_population=2,084| 2016_pop_delta=+6.4 | 2016_land_area=431.11 | 2016_pop_density=4.8 |2016_median_age=56.7 | 2016_median_age_m=56.9 | 2016_median_age_f=56.5 |2016_total_pvt_dwell=1,629 | 2016_mean_hh_income=59,328 | 2016_access_date=2019-06-20 |2011_population=1,958 | 2011_pop_delta=+0.7 | 2011_land_area=431.53 | 2011_pop_density=4.5 |2011_median_age= | 2011_median_age_m= | 2011_median_age_f= |2011_total_pvt_dwell=1,541 | 2011_mean_hh_income= | 2011_access_date=2012-02-22 |2006_population=1,944 | 2006_pop_delta=+1.9 | 2006_land_area=431.53 | 2006_pop_density=4.5 |2006_median_age=51.4 | 2006_median_age_m=51.6 | 2006_median_age_f=51.2 |2006_total_pvt_dwell=1,552 | 2006_mean_hh_income=47,148 | 2006_access_date=2012-02-22 |2001_population=1,907 | 2001_pop_delta=+6.3 | 2001_land_area=431.57 | 2001_pop_density=4.4 |2001_median_age=46.8 | 2001_median_age_m=47.0 | 2001_median_age_f=46.6 |2001_total_pvt_dwell=1,473 | 2001_mean_hh_income=33,377 | 2001_access_date=2012-02-22 }}
{{Historical populations |title = {{Nowrap|Historical census populations –}} Central Manitoulin |align=centre |width = 20em |footnote= |source = Statistics Canada<ref name="SCref21"/><ref>2001, 2006 census</ref><ref name="cp 2011"/> |2001| 1907 |2006| 1944 |2011| 1958 |2016| 2084 |2021| 2235 }}
Mother tongue (2021):<ref name=SCref21/> * English as first language: 91.2 % * French as first language: 4.3 % * English and French as first language: 0.2 % * Other as first language: 3.6 %
==Smallest jail==
Ontario has had a few historical claimants, by towns, for housing the province's smallest jail, the main three being: Tweed, Creemore and Coboconk. However, old jailhouses in Providence Bay, Port Dalhousie, Rodney, and ghost town Berens River have proven to be even smaller. The jailhouse in Providence Bay is now a cabin for tourists to stay at. It is at 56 Munro Street, Providence Bay, ON. 45 40<nowiki>' 14.72'' N x 82 16' 13.47''</nowiki> W
==See also== *List of townships in Ontario
==References== <references>
<ref name="cp 2011">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3551006&Geo2=CD&Code2=3551&Data=Count&SearchText=manitoulin&SearchType=Contains&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |title=Central Manitoulin census profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=2011 Census of population |accessdate=2012-02-22 |archive-date=2016-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923073408/http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3551006&Geo2=CD&Code2=3551&Data=Count&SearchText=manitoulin&SearchType=Contains&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name=SCref21>{{SCref |year=2021 |unit=csd |code={{#property:P3012}} |access-date=2025-02-20}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{official website|http://www.centralmanitoulin.ca}}
{{Geographic location | Centre = Central Manitoulin | North = Billings, M'Chigeeng 22 | Northeast = Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands | East = Assiginack | Southeast = Tehkummah | South = ''Lake Huron'' | Southwest = | West = Burpee and Mills | Northwest = Gordon/Barrie Island }}
{{Manitoulin District}}
Category:Municipalities in Manitoulin District Category:Single-tier municipalities in Ontario