# Strong, Ontario

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**Strong** is a [township](/source/Township_(Canada)) in the [Canadian](/source/Canada) province of [Ontario](/source/Ontario), as well as the name of a community within the township. Located in the [Almaguin Highlands](/source/Almaguin_Highlands) region of [Parry Sound District](/source/Parry_Sound_District), the township surrounds but does not include the village of [Sundridge](/source/Sundridge,_Ontario).

The township includes the communities of Hartfell, Kennedys, Lake Bernard, Pevensey, Stirling Falls, and Strong. It is home to [Lake Bernard](/source/Lake_Bernard).

Strong Township is accessible via [Highway 11](/source/Ontario_Highway_11) and [Highway 124](/source/Ontario_Highway_124). It is bisected by the [CN railway](/source/Canadian_National_Railway).[1]

## History

Settlement of the township began after [The Free Grants and Homestead Act](/source/Homestead_Acts#Canada) of 1868, with the first settlers arriving in 1876. The Township of Strong was incorporated the following year.[1]

In 1885, the [Northern and Pacific Junction Railway](/source/Northern_and_Pacific_Junction_Railway) (now CN) was built through the township. In 1889, the village of Sundridge split off from the township to form a separate village municipality.[2]

## Demographics

In the [2021 Census of Population](/source/2021_Canadian_census) conducted by [Statistics Canada](/source/Statistics_Canada), Strong had a population of 1,566 living in 660 of its 953 total private dwellings, a change of 8.83% from its 2016 population of 1,439. With a land area of 158.88 km2 (61.34 sq mi), it had a population density of in 2021.[3]

Historical census populations – Strong, Ontario Year Pop. ±% 1881 1,744 — 1891 1,500 −14.0% 1901 768 −48.8% 1911 659 −14.2% 1921 632 −4.1% 1931 665 +5.2% 1941 688 +3.5% 1951 676 −1.7% 1956 709 +4.9% 1961 733 +3.4% 1966 846 +15.4% 1971 972 +14.9% 1976 1,244 +28.0% 1981 1,278 +2.7% 1986 1,250 −2.2% 1991 1,377 +10.2% 1996 1,393 +1.2% 2001 1,369 −1.7% 2006 1,327 −3.1% 2011 1,341 +1.1% 2016 1,439 +7.3% 2021 1,566 +8.8%

Population counts are not adjusted for boundary changes.

Mother tongue (2021):[3]

- English as first language: 95.8%
- French as first language: 0.6%
- English and French as first languages: 0%
- Other as first language: 3.5%

## See also

- [List of townships in Ontario](/source/List_of_townships_in_Ontario)

## References

1. ["Community Profile"](https://www.strongtownship.com/business-and-development/community-profile/). *www.strongtownship.com*. Township of Strong. 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.

1. ["History and Heritage"](https://www.sundridge.ca/history-and-heritage). *www.sundridge.ca*. Village of Sundridge. 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.

## Further reading

- Patricia Lee, Alice May Robins (ed.), *The Lake in the Hills, Strong Township and Sundridge 1875-1925*. White Mountain Publications. ISBN 0-88954-327-5

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.strongtownship.com)

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