Baldwin, Ontario

Baldwin
Township of Baldwin
McKerrow along Ontario Highway 17
Baldwin
Coordinates: 46°19′N 81°45′W / 46.317°N 81.750°W / 46.317; -81.750
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
DistrictSudbury
Incorporated1927
Government
 • ReeveVern Gorham
 • Federal ridingSudbury East—Manitoulin—Nickel Belt
 • Prov. ridingAlgoma—Manitoulin
Area
 • Land82.49 km2 (31.85 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
579
 • Density7/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal Code
P0P 1M0
Area codes705 and 249
Highways Highway 17 / TCH
 Highway 6
Websitebaldwin.ca

Baldwin is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario. Located in Sudbury District north of Espanola, the township's two main communities and population centres are McKerrow and Lorne. Baldwin had a population of 579 as of the 2021 Canadian census.

The junction of Ontario Highway 17 and Ontario Highway 6 is in Baldwin, just west of McKerrow.

An old abandoned fire tower still stands north of McKerrow on Agnew Lake.

The township is part of the federal riding of Sudbury East—Manitoulin—Nickel Belt (MP Jim Belanger) and the provincial riding of Algoma—Manitoulin (MPP Bill Rosenberg).