Gordon/Barrie Island

The Municipality of Gordon/Barrie Island is a township in Manitoulin District in north central Ontario, Canada. It was formed on January 1, 2009, upon the amalgamation of the townships of Gordon and Barrie Island.

The township consists of the communities of Advance, Foxey, Ice Lake, Tobacco Lake and Barrie Island. Gordon/Barrie Island also contains three lakes: Nameless Lake, Tobacco Lake and Ice Lake.

Barrie Island
Barrie Island ( 45.91667°N, -82.66667°W ) is about 8 km wide, 13 km long, and has a surface area of 79 km2. It is connected to Manitoulin by Highway 540A, which crosses the water via a causeway at the narrowest part of the strait.

The island has a significant summer recreational population.

John Gordon Lane was born on Barrie Island, the Member of Provincial Parliament for Algoma—Manitoulin from 1971 to 1987.



Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Gordon/Barrie Island had a population of $613$ living in $294$ of its $621$ total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of $490$. With a land area of 263.44 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

Population trend:
 * Population in 2011: 526
 * Gordon Township: 491
 * Barrie Island Township: 35
 * Population in 2006:
 * Gordon Township: 412
 * Barrie Island Township: 47
 * Population in 2001:
 * Gordon Township: 473
 * Barrie Island Township: 50
 * Population in 1996:
 * Gordon Township: 470 (adjusted for 2001 boundaries)
 * Barrie Island Township: 60
 * Population in 1991:
 * Barrie Island Township: 75