The Nation, Ontario

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The Nation
La Nation
Municipality (lower-tier)
The Nation Municipality
Municipalité de La Nation
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St. Isidore
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The Nation
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The Nation
Coordinates: 45°21′00″N75°02′00″W / 45.35°N 75.0333°W / 45.35; -75.0333
CountryCanada
Province Ontario
County Prescott and Russell
Incorporated1998
Government
 • TypeTownship
 • MayorFrancis Brière
 • Federal riding Glengarry—Prescott—Russell
 • Prov. riding Glengarry—Prescott—Russell
Area
[1]
 • Total658.32 km2 (254.18 sq mi)
Population
 (2016) [1]
 • Total12,808
 • Density19.5/km2 (51/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−05:00 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code
K0A, K0B
Area code 613
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The Nation (La Nation in French) is a municipality in Eastern Ontario, located within Canada's National Capital Region, in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell. Formed in 1998, the municipality consists of the former townships of Caledonia, Cambridge and South Plantagenet, as well as the Village of St. Isidore.

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The municipality is crossed by the South Nation River after which the municipality was named.

Communities

The township comprises the communities of Benoit, Bradley Creek, Caledonia Springs, Fenaghvale, Forest Park, Fournier, Franklins Corners, Gagnon, Johnsons Ferry, Lalonde, Limoges, Longtinville, Martels Corners, Mayerville, Parkers Corners, Proulx, Riceville, Routhier, Sandown, Skye, St. Albert, St. Amour, St. Bernardin, Ste-Rose-de-Prescott, St. Isidore and Velfranc. The township administrative offices are located north of Casselman on Route 500, with a satellite office in Fournier.

The ghost town of Lemieux, abandoned in the early 1990s, is also located within the municipality.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, The Nation had a population of 13,350 living in 5,104 of its 5,259 total private dwellings, a change of 4.2% from its 2016 population of 12,808. With a land area of 658.93 km2 (254.41 sq mi), it had a population density of 20.3/km2 (52.5/sq mi) in 2021. [2]

Canada census – The Nation, Ontario community profile
2016 2011
Population12,808 (+9.8% from 2011)11,668 (+9.4% from 2006)
Land area658.32 km2 (254.18 sq mi)658.03 km2 (254.07 sq mi)
Population density19.5/km2 (51/sq mi)17.7/km2 (46/sq mi)
Median age39.0 (M: 38.8, F: 39.3)38.8 (M: 38.6, F: 38.9)
Private dwellings4,917 (total) 4,432 (total) 
Median household income$87,531$83,564
Notes: Includes corrections and updates
References: 2016 [3] 2011 [4] earlier [5] [6]
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Memorial and graveyard in Lemieux
Historical census populations – The Nation, Ontario
YearPop.±%
1986 8,850—    
1991 9,727+9.9%
1996 10,478+7.7%
2001 10,599+1.2%
YearPop.±%
2006 11,078+4.5%
2011 11,668+5.3%
2016 12,808+9.8%
Population amounts prior to 1998 are total of Caledonia TP, South Plantagenet TP, Cambridge TP, and St. Isidore VL.
Source: Statistics Canada

The Nation also contains one of the larger concentrations of Francophones in Ontario. According to the 2016 Canadian Census, 64.7% of the population have French as their first language, while 31.7% have English as their first language.

Attractions

The Nation Municipality is home to Calypso Water Park near Limoges and the Alfred Bog. The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has designated the Alfred Bog as "a provincially significant wetland and an Area of Natural and Scientific Interest." Species of interest include the palm warbler, northern pitcher-plant, pink lady's slipper, cottongrass, bog elfin and bog copper butterflies, and ebony boghaunter dragonfly. It also hosts one of the most southerly herds of moose. The bog is open to the public with a 272 m (892 ft) boardwalk for nature walks. [7]

The Prescott and Russell Recreational Trail goes through the township.

The Larose Forest is also partially located in this municipality.

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "Census Profile, 2016 Census: The Nation". Statistics Canada. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  3. ↑ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
  4. ↑ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
  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. ↑ The Alfred Bog, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
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