Punnichy

Punnichy incorporated as a village on October 22, 1909. == Demographics ==

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Punnichy 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. In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Punnichy recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016. ==Education==

Punnichy has an elementary school, high school, and a Carlton Trail Regional College centre. Punnichy Community High School is unique within the Horizon School Division, in that it is run on the quadmester system, with four terms in a school year. The students take four classes in the first quadamester, two each morning, and another two each afternoon. The first quadmester lasts 90 school days and the remaining 3 each last about 35 days. In the last 3 quadmesters, students take one class all morning and another all afternoon. A satellite facility of Punnichy high school is the George Gordon Computer Education Centre in the community centre on Gordon First Nation. The facility assists First Nations students to return to school or pick up extra classes to move into post-secondary or job training. The program is "at your own pace" and is similar to "store front" programs in urban centres. Gordon's Indian Residential School, located in Punnichy and which closed its doors in 1996, was one of the last federally-funded residential school in [Canada. == Notable people ==

• Nolan Yonkman, a defenceman for the Florida Panthers, was born in Punnichy • Jim Sinclair, Indigenous political leader • Jeffery Straker, singer == See also ==