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 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. Mother tongue: 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 See also List of townships in Ontario References External links Municipalities in Parry Sound District Single-tier municipalities in Ontario Township municipalities in Ontario