Cochrane District

Last updated

Cochrane District
District de Cochrane
Moose Factory Centennial Park.JPG
Moose Factory
Map of Ontario COCHRANE.svg
Location of Cochrane District in Ontario in Red
Coordinates: 50°30′N83°00′W / 50.500°N 83.000°W / 50.500; -83.000
CountryCanada
Province Ontario
Region Northeastern Ontario
Created1921
Seat Cochrane
Area
[1]
  Land139,784.03 km2 (53,970.92 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [1]
  Total
77,963
  Density0.6/km2 (2/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−05:00 (EST)
  Summer (DST) UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Area code 705

Cochrane District is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1921 from parts of Timiskaming and Thunder Bay districts.

Contents

In 2021, the district's population was 77,963, with a land area of 141,268.51 km2 (54,544.08 sq mi), [1] making it slightly smaller than the US state of Michigan and the second largest district in Ontario after Kenora District. The district seat is Cochrane.

Bennet Lake Esker Kame Complex Conservation Reserve is located in Cochrane District.

Subdivisions

City:

Towns:

Townships:

Unorganized areas:

First Nations

Cree Nation reserves:

Demographics

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Cochrane District had a population of 77,963 living in 33,772 of its 37,667 total private dwellings, a change of −2.2% from its 2016 population of 79,682. With a land area of 139,784.03 km2 (53,970.92 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.6/km2 (1.4/sq mi) in 2021. [1]

Canada census – Cochrane District community profile
2021 2016 2011
Population77,963 (-2.2% from 2016)79,682 (−1.8% from 2011)81,122 (−1.7% from 2006)
Land area139,784.03 km2 (53,970.92 sq mi)141,268.51 km2 (54,544.08 sq mi)141,270.41 km2 (54,544.81 sq mi)
Population density0.6/km2 (1.6/sq mi)0.6/km2 (1.6/sq mi)0.6/km2 (1.6/sq mi)
Median age43.6 (M: 42.8, F: 44.4)43.3 (M: 42., F: 43.9)
Private dwellings37,667 (total)  33,772 (occupied)37,974 (total) 37,242 (total) 
Median household income$78,500
Notes: Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves.
References: 2021 [2] 2016 [3] 2011 [4] earlier [5] [6]
Historical census populations – Cochrane District
YearPop.±%
1921 26,293    
1931 58,033+120.7%
1941 80,730+39.1%
1951 83,850+3.9%
1956 86,768+3.5%
1961 95,666+10.3%
YearPop.±%
1966 97,334+1.7%
1971 95,836−1.5%
1976 96,881+1.1%
1981 96,875−0.0%
1986 93,712−3.3%
1991 93,917+0.2%
YearPop.±%
1996 93,240−0.7%
2001 85,247−8.6%
2006 82,503−3.2%
2011 81,122−1.7%
2016 79,682−1.8%
2021 77,963−2.2%
2001 and 2006 Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves. Population counts are not adjusted for boundary changes.
Source: Statistics Canada [1] [7]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cree</span> First Nations peoples in Canada and northern United States

The Cree or nehinaw are a North American Indigenous people. They live primarily in Canada, where they form one of the country's largest First Nations. More than 350,000 Canadians are Cree or have Cree ancestry. The major proportion of Cree in Canada live north and west of Lake Superior, in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and the Northwest Territories. About 27,000 live in Quebec.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Moosonee</span> Town in Ontario, Canada

Moosonee is a town in northern Ontario, Canada, on the Moose River approximately 19 km (12 mi) south of James Bay. It is considered to be "the Gateway to the Arctic" and has Ontario's only saltwater port. Nearby on Moose Factory Island is the community of Moose Factory to which it is connected by water taxi in the summer and ice road in the winter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Timiskaming District</span> District in Ontario, Canada

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kenora District</span> District in Ontario, Canada

Kenora District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The district seat is the City of Kenora.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hearst, Ontario</span> Town in Ontario, Canada

Hearst is a town in the district of Cochrane, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the Mattawishkwia River in Northern Ontario, approximately 92 kilometres (57 mi) west of Kapuskasing, approximately 520 kilometres (320 mi) east of Thunder Bay along Highway 11. At Hearst, Highway 583 extends northward to Lac-Sainte-Thérèse and southward to Jogues, Coppell and Mead.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Moose Factory</span> Place in Ontario, Canada

Moose Factory is a community in the Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Moose Factory Island, near the mouth of the Moose River, which is at the southern end of James Bay. It was the first English-speaking settlement in lands now making up Ontario and the second Hudson's Bay Company post to be set up in North America after Fort Rupert. On the mainland, across the Moose River, is the nearby community of Moosonee, which is accessible by water taxi in the summer, ice road in the winter, and chartered helicopter in the off-season.

First Nations in Ontario constitute many nations. Common First Nations ethnicities in the province include the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, and the Cree. In southern portions of this province, there are reserves of the Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Seneca and Tuscarora.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Flying Dust First Nation</span> Cree First Nations, Saskatchewan, Canada

The Flying Dust First Nation is a Cree First Nation band government located adjacent to the city of Meadow Lake in Saskatchewan, Canada. Highway 55 goes through the band's reserve community.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Moose Lake, Manitoba</span> Place in Manitoba, Canada

Moose Lake is a small community in Manitoba, Canada. It is located on the eastern edge of the Saskatchewan River Delta on the western shore of South Moose Lake about 74 km southeast of The Pas. Adjacent to the non-treaty community is a First Nations reserve, home to the Mosakahiken Cree Nation.

Patuanak is a community in northern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is the administrative headquarters of the Dene First Nations reserve near Churchill River and the north end of Lac Île-à-la-Crosse. In Dene, it sounds similar to Boni Cheri (Bëghą́nı̨ch’ërë).

<i>Treaty 9</i> Treaty between First Nations and Canadian Crown

Treaty No. 9 is a numbered treaty first signed in 1905–1906 between Anishinaabe and Omushkegowuk Cree communities and the Canadian Crown, which includes both the government of Canada and the government of the province of Ontario. It is commonly known as the "James Bay Treaty," since the eastern edge of the treaty territory is the shore of James Bay in Northern Ontario.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mattice-Val Côté</span> Township in Ontario, Canada

Mattice-Val Côté is an incorporated township in Cochrane District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is located approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of Hearst and 70 kilometres (43 mi) west of Kapuskasing on Ontario Highway 11.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Val Rita-Harty</span> Township municipality in Ontario, Canada

Val Rita-Harty is a township municipality in Cochrane District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada.

Moose Factory 68 is a First Nations reserve on the Moose River in Cochrane District, Ontario. It is one of two reserves of the Moose Cree First Nation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nishnawbe Aski Nation</span>

Nishnawbe Aski Nation is a political organization representing 51 First Nation communities across Treaty 9 and Treaty 5 areas of Northern Ontario, Canada. Re-organized to its present form in 1981, NAN's original objective was "to represent the social and economic aspirations of our people at all levels of government in Canada and Ontario until such time as real effective action is taken to remedy our problems."

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wahgoshig First Nation</span> Ethnic group

Apitipi Anicinapek Nation, formerly known as Wahgoshig First Nation, is an Algonquin Anicinape community, located near Matheson in Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. In January 2008, the First Nation had 270 people registered with the nation, of which their on-reserve population was 121.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Constance Lake First Nation</span> Oji-Cree First Nations band government

Constance Lake First Nation is an Oji-Cree First Nations band government located on the shores of Constance Lake near Hearst, Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is directly north of the community of Calstock along a continuation of Ontario Highway 663. Constance Lake First Nation is home to close to 1605 members of Cree and Ojibway with approximately 820 living on reserve. The reserves, Constance Lake 92 and English River 66, total 7,686 acres (3,110 ha) in size.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mushkegowuk Council</span>

Mushkegowuk Council, or officially as the Mushkegowuk Tribal Council, is a non-profit regional chiefs' council representing Cree First Nations in northern Ontario, Canada. The council, located in Moose Factory, Ontario provides advisory services and program delivery to its eight member nations.

Pagwa River is an unincorporated community in geographic Bicknell Township in Cochrane District, northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is located on and named after the Pagwachuan River, a tributary of the Kenogami River. Its name, an abbreviated form of Pagwachuan, is an indigenous term meaning "shallow".

New Post 69A is a First Nations reserve in Cochrane District, Ontario. It is one of two reserves for the Taykwa Tagamou Nation.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Cochrane, District (DIS) Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  2. "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
  3. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
  4. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
  5. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
  6. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
  7. "1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical)". Catalogue 92-702 Vol I, part 1 (Bulletin 1.1-2). Statistics Canada: 76, 139. July 1973.