Timiskaming District
District in Ontario, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Timiskaming is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. The district was created in 1912 from parts of Algoma, Nipissing, and Sudbury districts. In 1921, Cochrane District was created from parts of this district and parts of Thunder Bay District.
Timiskaming District
District de Timiskaming | |
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 Location of Timiskaming District in Ontario | |
| Coordinates: 47.8°N 80.3°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| Region | Northeastern Ontario |
| Created | 1912 |
| Government | |
| • MPs | Charlie Angus, Marc Serré, Anthony Rota |
| • MPPs | France Gélinas, John Vanthof, Guy Bourgouin |
| Area | |
| • Land | 13,247.40 km2 (5,114.85 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 31,424 |
| • Density | 2.4/km2 (6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Postal code FSA | P0J, P0K, P2N |
| Area codes | 705, 249 |
| Seat | Temiskaming Shores |
It is just west of the similarly named Témiscamingue county in Quebec, which is also informally called a region, but is administratively part of a greater region named Abitibi-Témiscamingue.
Temiskaming District is home to several provincial parks.
History
The coureurs de bois explored and traded fur in what is now the Timiskaming District, in the 17th century.[2]
Subdivisions
Summarize
Perspective
City:
- Temiskaming Shores (Haileybury, New Liskeard, Dymond Township, North Cobalt)
Towns:
- Cobalt
- Englehart
- Kirkland Lake (Chaput Hughes, Swastika)
- Latchford
Townships:
- Armstrong (Earlton)
- Brethour
- Casey (Belle Vallée)
- Chamberlain
- Charlton and Dack
- Coleman
- Evanturel
- Gauthier (Dobie)
- Harley
- Harris
- Hilliard (Hilliardton)
- Hudson
- James (Elk Lake)
- Kerns
- Larder Lake
- Matachewan
- McGarry (Kearns, Virginiatown)
Village:
Unorganized areas:
- Timiskaming, Unorganized, East Part
- Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part (Gowganda, Kenabeek, King Kirkland, Marshall's Corners, Marter, Sesekinika, Tarzwell, Tomstown)
The following local services boards serve inhabitants of these unincorporated areas:
First Nations reserve
Geographical townships
- Alma
- Argyle
- Armstrong
- Arnold
- Auld
- Baden
- Banks
- Bannockburn
- Barber
- Barr
- Bartlett
- Bayly
- Beauchamp
- Bernhardt
- Blain
- Bompas
- Boston
- Brethour
- Brewster
- Brigstocke
- Bryce
- Bucke
- Burt
- Cairo
- Cane
- Casey
- Catharine
- Chamberlain
- Charters
- Childerhose
- Chown
- Cleaver
- Cole
- Coleman
- Corkill
- Corley
- Dack
- Dane
- Davidson
- Donovan
- Doon
- Douglas
- Doyle
- Dufferin
- Dunmore
- Dymond
- Eby
- Evanturel
- Fallon
- Farr
- Fasken
- Firstbrook
- Flavelle
- Fripp
- Gamble
- Gauthier
- Geikie
- Gillies Limit
- Grenfell
- Gross
- Harley
- Harris
- Haultain
- Hearst
- Henwood
- Hillary
- Hilliard
- Hincks
- Holmes
- Hudson
- Ingram
- James
- Katrine
- Kerns
- Kimberley
- Kittson
- Klock
- Knight
- Lawson
- Lebel
- Leckie
- Lee
- Leith
- Leo
- Leonard
- Lorrain
- Lundy
- Maisonville
- Marquis
- Marter
- McArthur
- McElroy
- McFadden
- McGarry
- McGiffin
- McKeown
- McNeil
- McVittie
- Medina
- Michie
- Mickle
- Midlothian
- Milner
- Montrose
- Morel
- Morrisette
- Mulligan
- Musgrove
- Nicol
- Nordica
- North Williams
- Ossian
- Otto
- Pacaud
- Pense
- Pharand
- Powell
- Rankin
- Rattray
- Ray
- Raymond
- Reynolds
- Roadhouse
- Robertson
- Robillard
- Rorke
- Savard
- Sharpe
- Sheba
- Shillington
- Skead
- Smyth
- South Lorrain
- Speight
- Teck
- Terry
- Trethewey
- Truax
- Tudhope
- Tyrrell
- Van Hise
- van Nostrand
- Wallis
- Whitson
- Willet
- Willison
- Yarrow
Demographics
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Timiskaming District had a population of 31,424 living in 14,132 of its 16,290 total private dwellings, a change of −2.6% from its 2016 population of 32,251. With a land area of 13,247.4 km2 (5,114.8 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.4/km2 (6.1/sq mi) in 2021.[1]
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 31,424 (-2.6% from 2016) | 32,251 (−1.2% from 2011) | 32,634 (−1.9% from 2006) |
| Land area | 13,247.40 km2 (5,114.85 sq mi) | 13,303.30 km2 (5,136.43 sq mi) | 13,299.92 km2 (5,135.13 sq mi) |
| Population density | 2.4/km2 (6.2/sq mi) | 2.4/km2 (6.2/sq mi) | 2.5/km2 (6.5/sq mi) |
| Median age | 47.6 (M: 46.8, F: 48.8) | 47.2 (M: 46.2, F: 48.0) | 46.6 (M: 45.9, F: 47.2) |
| Private dwellings | 16,290 (total) 14,132 (occupied) | 16,862 (total) 14,395 (occupied) | 16,330 (total) |
| Median household income | $70,500 | $59,630 |
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Politics
The district seat is in Temiskaming Shores.
Along with portions of the neighbouring district, Cochrane, Timiskaming is represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario by John Vanthof. In the House of Commons of Canada, the district is divided between Nipissing—Timiskaming, represented by Anthony Rota, in the south, and Timmins-James Bay, represented by Charlie Angus, in the north. A very small portion of the district also belongs to the riding of Nickel Belt.
See also
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External links
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