Laird, Ontario

See also: Laird (disambiguation)

Laird
Township (single-tier)
Township of Laird
Highway 17 through Laird Township
Laird
Coordinates: 46°23′N 84°04′W / 46.383°N 84.067°W / 46.383; -84.067Coordinates: 46°23′N 84°04′W / 46.383°N 84.067°W / 46.383; -84.067
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Algoma
Settled	1874
Incorporated	1891
Government
• Mayor	Richard Beitz
• Federal riding	Sault Ste. Marie
• Prov. riding	Algoma—Manitoulin
Area^[1]
• Land	102.43 km² (39.55 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	1,057
• Density	10.3/km² (27/sq mi)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Postal Code	P0S
Area code(s)	705 and 249
Website	www.lairdtownship.ca

Laird is a township and village in the Algoma District in Northern Ontario, Canada. The township had a population of 1,057 in the Canada 2011 Census, down from 1078 in the 2006 census.

Communities

The township includes the named communities of Laird and Neebish. It also includes a portion of Bar River, a small hamlet straddling the boundary between the townships of Laird and Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional.

Demographics

Canada census – Laird, Ontario community profile

	2011	2006	2001

Population: Land area: Population density: Median age: Total private dwellings: Median household income:	1057 (-1.9% from 2006) 102.43 km² (39.55 sq mi) 10.3/km² (27/sq mi) 610	1078 (5.6% from 2001) 101.77 km² (39.29 sq mi) 10.6/km² (27/sq mi) 46.4 (M: 47.2, F: 46.1) 640 $69,862	1021 (-4.8% from 1996) 102.02 km² (39.39 sq mi) 10.0/km² (26/sq mi) 41.1 (M: 42.0, F: 40.5) 509 $50,794

References: 2011^[2] 2006^[3] 2001^[4]

Population trend:^[5]

Population in 2011: 1057
Population in 2006: 1078
Population in 2001: 1021
Population in 1996: 1073
Population in 1991: 997

Transportation

Highway 17 passes through the township. Tarbutt Township is a neighbour of Laird and is separated by a low-grade dirt road called "Townline Road" which spurs into a road to Pine Island.

References

1 2 "Laird census profile". 2011 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
↑ "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census

External links

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Township of Laird

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Tarbutt and Tarbutt Additional

Algoma District, Ontario

Cities	Elliot Lake Sault Ste. Marie

Towns	Blind River Bruce Mines Spanish Thessalon

Townships	Dubreuilville Hilton Hornepayne Huron Shores Jocelyn Johnson Laird Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional The North Shore Plummer Additional Prince St. Joseph Tarbutt and Tarbutt Additional Wawa White River

Villages	Hilton Beach

First Nations	Batchewana Garden River Hornepayne Michipicoten Missanabie Mississauga Sagamok Serpent River Thessalon

Indian reserves	Chapleau 61 Garden River 14 Goulais Bay 15A Goulais Bay 15C Gros Cap 49 Gros Cap Village 49A Missanabie 62 Mississagi River 8 Obadjiwan 15E Rankin Location 15D Sagamok Serpent River 7 Thessalon 12 Whitefish Island

Local services boards	Aweres Batchawana Bay Goulais and District Hawk Junction Missanabie Peace Tree Searchmont Wharncliffe and Kynoch

Unorganized areas	North South East

See also: Communities in Algoma District Census divisions of Ontario

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