The town of Bruce Mines is wholly surrounded by, but politically independent of, the township; it was separated in 1903. However, the 2010 mayoral election in Bruce Mines was won by Gordon Post, a candidate who pledged to investigate the feasibility of reamalgamating the two municipalities.[9]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Plummer Additional had a population of 757 living in 328 of its 519 total private dwellings, a change of 14.7% from its 2016 population of 660. With a land area of 219.24km2 (84.65sqmi), it had a population density of 3.5/km2 (8.9/sqmi) in 2021.[1]
Canada census – Plummer Additional community profile
Historical census populations – Plummer Additional
Year
Pop.
±%
1911
267
—
1921
435
+62.9%
1931
434
−0.2%
1941
381
−12.2%
1951
364
−4.5%
1956
431
+18.4%
1961
446
+3.5%
Year
Pop.
±%
1966
389
−12.8%
1971
533
+37.0%
1976
583
+9.4%
1981
562
−3.6%
1986
585
+4.1%
1991
596
+1.9%
1996
693
+16.3%
Year
Pop.
±%
2001
671
−3.2%
2006
625
−6.9%
2011
650
+4.0%
2016
660
+1.5%
2021
757
+14.7%
Population counts are not adjusted for boundary changes. Source: Statistics Canada[1][13][14]
Transportation
The township is served by Highway 17 which traverses the south in an east–west orientation, and Highway 638, which travels the middle of the township in a north–south orientation.
