Mead is a siding along the Algoma Central Railway in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the unincorporated geographic township of Lowther in Cochrane District. Along with a few isolated farms, the only other building at Mead is a former forestry company, which is at the southern terminus of Highway 583. From 1973 to 1984, American lumber company, Newaygo Timber operated a mill here.
Mead is counted as part of Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part in Canadian census data.