# Tehkummah

Tehkummah is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located on Manitoulin Island.

## Communities

The best known community in the township is South Baymouth (45°33′41″N 82°0′36″W﻿ / ﻿45.56139°N 82.01000°W﻿ / 45.56139; -82.01000),, the northern docking point of the MS Chi-Cheemaun passenger-car ferry which traverses the Main Channel of Georgian Bay to the community of Tobermory on the Bruce Peninsula. At the dock, the provincial Highway 6, whose southern segment ends at Tobermory, resumes and continues northward to its terminus at Highway 17 north of Espanola.
The administrative centre of the township is the community of Tehkummah (45°39′18″N 82°0′56″W﻿ / ﻿45.65500°N 82.01556°W﻿ / 45.65500; -82.01556).
The township also includes the ghost towns of Michael's Bay and Snowville.

## Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Tehkummah had a population of 450 living in 224 of its 368 total private dwellings, a change of 3.2% from its 2016 population of 436. With a land area of 131.7 km$^2$ (50.8 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.4/km$^2$ (8.8/sq mi) in 2021.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1881 | 506 | — |
| 1891 | 405 | −20.0% |
| 1901 | 521 | +28.6% |
| 1911 | 577 | +10.7% |
| 1921 | 560 | −2.9% |
| 1931 | 537 | −4.1% |
| 1941 | 556 | +3.5% |
| 1951 | 509 | −8.5% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1956 | 521 | +2.4% |
| 1961 | 473 | −9.2% |
| 1966 | 456 | −3.6% |
| 1971 | 453 | −0.7% |
| 1976 | 385 | −15.0% |
| 1981 | 370 | −3.9% |
| 1986 | 349 | −5.7% |
| 1991 | 389 | +11.5% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1996 | 371 | −4.6% |
| 2001 | 367 | −1.1% |
| 2006 | 382 | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 406 | +6.3% |
| 2016 | 436 | +7.4% |
| 2021 | 450 | +3.2% |
Population counts are not adjusted for boundary changes. Source: Statistics Canada :

## Climate

Climate data for South Baymouth (1981−2010) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 7.8 (46.0) | 8.0 (46.4) | 15.0 (59.0) | 24.5 (76.1) | 29.5 (85.1) | 30.0 (86.0) | 33.9 (93.0) | 32.5 (90.5) | 28.3 (82.9) | 23.9 (75.0) | 17.2 (63.0) | 14.0 (57.2) | 33.9 (93.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −3.2 (26.2) | −2.4 (27.7) | 1.5 (34.7) | 8.2 (46.8) | 14.6 (58.3) | 19.3 (66.7) | 23.3 (73.9) | 22.5 (72.5) | 17.4 (63.3) | 11.3 (52.3) | 5.3 (41.5) | −0.4 (31.3) | 9.8 (49.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −7.9 (17.8) | −7.2 (19.0) | −3.3 (26.1) | 3.8 (38.8) | 9.7 (49.5) | 14.2 (57.6) | 18.2 (64.8) | 17.9 (64.2) | 13.5 (56.3) | 7.7 (45.9) | 2.1 (35.8) | −4.2 (24.4) | 5.4 (41.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −12.5 (9.5) | −12 (10) | −8 (18) | −0.7 (30.7) | 4.8 (40.6) | 9.0 (48.2) | 13.1 (55.6) | 13.3 (55.9) | 9.5 (49.1) | 4.0 (39.2) | −1 (30) | −7.9 (17.8) | 1.0 (33.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −37 (−35) | −36.5 (−33.7) | −31.1 (−24.0) | −19.5 (−3.1) | −4.4 (24.1) | 0.0 (32.0) | 4.4 (39.9) | −0.6 (30.9) | −3.5 (25.7) | −8.3 (17.1) | −19 (−2) | −33 (−27) | −37 (−35) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 78.1 (3.07) | 49.8 (1.96) | 63.9 (2.52) | 69.2 (2.72) | 71.6 (2.82) | 58.6 (2.31) | 50.9 (2.00) | 74.2 (2.92) | 95.2 (3.75) | 112.0 (4.41) | 92.2 (3.63) | 94.0 (3.70) | 909.6 (35.81) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 13.1 (0.52) | 6.5 (0.26) | 38.0 (1.50) | 57.9 (2.28) | 71.6 (2.82) | 58.6 (2.31) | 50.9 (2.00) | 74.2 (2.92) | 95.2 (3.75) | 111.9 (4.41) | 73.6 (2.90) | 29.6 (1.17) | 681.1 (26.81) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 65.0 (25.6) | 43.3 (17.0) | 25.9 (10.2) | 11.3 (4.4) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.08 (0.03) | 18.5 (7.3) | 64.5 (25.4) | 228.4 (89.9) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 15.9 | 11.2 | 10.5 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 7.9 | 10.6 | 12.9 | 14.9 | 14.1 | 17.4 | 148.9 |
| Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 2.7 | 1.9 | 5.6 | 10.2 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 7.9 | 10.6 | 12.9 | 14.9 | 10.6 | 5.9 | 104.5 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm) | 13.5 | 9.7 | 5.6 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.08 | 3.8 | 12.8 | 48.1 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 74.3 | 97.5 | 162.8 | 190.8 | 242.9 | 264.6 | 307.1 | 256.2 | 187.8 | 127.9 | 70.4 | 57.5 | 2,039.8 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 26.2 | 33.4 | 44.2 | 47.1 | 52.6 | 56.4 | 64.7 | 58.6 | 49.8 | 37.6 | 24.6 | 21.1 | 43.0 |
| Source: Environment Canada ||||||||||||||