Ryerson
Township (single-tier)
Township of Ryerson
Ryerson
Coordinates: 45°35′13″N 79°30′40″W / 45.58694°N 79.51111°W / 45.58694; -79.51111
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Parry Sound
Settled	1870s
Incorporated	1880
Government
• Type	Township
• Reeve	George Sterling
• Federal riding	Parry Sound-Muskoka
• Prov. riding	Parry Sound—Muskoka
Area [1]
• Land	185.93 km2 (71.79 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	745
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal Code	P0A
Area code(s)	705, 249
Website	ryersontownship.ca

Ryerson is an incorporated township in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It had a population of 745 in the 2021 Canadian census. It was named after Egerton Ryerson, the Chief Superintendent of Education for Ontario from 1844 to 1876.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Ryerson had a population of 745 living in 344 of its 555 total private dwellings, a change of 15% from its 2016 population of 648. With a land area of 185.93 km² (71.79 sq mi), it had a population density of 4.0/km² (10.4/sq mi) in 2021.^[5]

Mother tongue:^[6]

• English as first language: 94.9%
• French as first language: 1.5%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 3.6%

Communities

• Doe Lake
• Midlothian
• Rockwynn
• Starratt
• Wisemans Corners