The Municipality of Morris-Turnberry is a
municipality
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in
Huron County, Ontario
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The populat ...
, Canada. It is located in the north portion of Huron County, near the Bruce County border, southeast of
Wingham.
It was formed as an amalgamation of the former Morris and Turnberry townships in 2001 in an Ontario-wide local government restructuring imposed by the government of that time. The two former townships now comprise the wards of the amalgamated municipality.
Morris-Turnberry's only significant settlement is Bluevale, located at the junction of Huron Roads 86 and 87 east of
Wingham. This is where
Elias Disney
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, father of
Walt Disney
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, was born in 1859.
Sunshine
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is also located here.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Morris-Turnberry had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Prior to amalgamation (2001):
* Population total in 1996: 3,504
** Morris (township): 1,732
** Turnberry (township): 1,772
* Population in 1991:
** Morris (township): 1,725
** Turnberry (township): 1,582
See also
*
List of townships in Ontario
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References
External links
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Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario
Municipalities in Huron County, Ontario
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