Perry
Township (single-tier)
Township of Perry
Emsdale
Perry
Coordinates: 45°30′N 79°17′W / 45.500°N 79.283°W / 45.500; -79.283
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Parry Sound
Settled	1873
Incorporated	1888
Government
• Type	Township
• Mayor	Norm Hofstetter
• Federal riding	Parry Sound-Muskoka
• Prov. riding	Parry Sound—Muskoka
Area [1]
• Land	186.34 km2 (71.95 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	2,650
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal Code	P0A 1J0
Area code(s)	705, 249
Website	www.townshipofperry.ca

Perry is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District.

The township had a population of 2,454 in the 2016 Canadian census.

Communities

• Clear Lake
• Emsdale
• Novar
• Scotia
• Swindon
• Walls

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Perry had a population of 2,650 living in 1,144 of its 1,710 total private dwellings, a change of 8% from its 2016 population of 2,454. With a land area of 186.34 km² (71.95 sq mi), it had a population density of 14.2/km² (36.8/sq mi) in 2021.^[5]

Mother tongue:^[6]

• English as first language: 91.8%
• French as first language: 1.0%
• English and French as first language: 0.5%
• Other as first language: 6.7%

Transportation

The communities of Emsdale and Novar are flag stops on Ontario Northland's intercity motor coach service along its Toronto–Barrie–Bracebridge–Huntsville–North Bay route.