The 1866 Civil Rights Act. The Civil Rights Act of 1866 granted citizenship and the same rights enjoyed by white citizens to all male persons in the United States without distinction of race or color, or previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude..
In western Canada, the Dominion Land Survey adopted a similar format for survey townships, which do not form administrative units. These townships also have the area of 36 square miles (six miles by six miles).
As of the census of 2000, there were 5,723 people, 1,738 households, and 1,485 families residing in the township. The population density was 232.6 people per square mile (89.8/kmÂ²). There were 1,795 housing units at an average density of 73.0/sq mi (28.2/kmÂ²).