Timiskaming District

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Timiskaming District
District de Timiskaming
District
Map of Ontario TIMISKAMING.svg
Location of Timiskaming District in Ontario
Coordinates: 47°48′N80°18′W / 47.8°N 80.3°W / 47.8; -80.3
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Region Northeastern Ontario
Created1912 (1912)
Government
 •  MPs Charlie Angus, Marc Serré, Anthony Rota
 •  MPPs France Gélinas, John Vanthof, Guy Bourgouin
Area
[1]
 • Land13,247.40 km2 (5,114.85 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [1]
 • Total
31,424
 • Density2.4/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

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.

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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

City:

Towns:

Townships:

Village:

Unorganized areas:

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]

Canada census – Timiskaming District community profile
2021 2016 2011
Population31,424 (-2.6% from 2016)32,251 (−1.2% from 2011)32,634 (−1.9% from 2006)
Land area13,247.40 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 density2.4/km2 (6.2/sq mi)2.4/km2 (6.2/sq mi)2.5/km2 (6.5/sq mi)
Median age47.6 (M: 46.8, F: 48.8)47.2 (M: 46.2, F: 48.0)46.6 (M: 45.9, F: 47.2)
Private dwellings16,290 (total)  14,132 (occupied)16,862 (total)  14,395 (occupied)16,330 (total) 
Median household income$70,500$59,630
References: 2021 [3] 2016 [4] 2011 [5] earlier [6] [7]
Historical census populations – Timiskaming District
YearPop.±%
1921 26,657—    
1931 37,043+39.0%
1941 50,604+36.6%
1951 50,016−1.2%
1956 50,264+0.5%
1961 50,971+1.4%
YearPop.±%
1966 47,154−7.5%
1971 46,485−1.4%
1976 43,704−6.0%
1981 41,288−5.5%
1986 40,307−2.4%
1991 38,983−3.3%
YearPop.±%
1996 37,807−3.0%
2001 34,442−8.9%
2006 33,283−3.4%
2011 32,634−1.9%
2016 32,251−1.2%
2021 31,424−2.6%
Population counts are not adjusted for boundary changes.
Source: Statistics Canada [1] [8]

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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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Temiskaming Shores</span> City in Ontario, Canada

Temiskaming Shores is a city in the Timiskaming District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It was created by the amalgamation of the town of New Liskeard, the town of Haileybury, and the township of Dymond in 2004. The city had a total population of 9,634 in the Canada 2021 Census. Temiskaming Shores is Ontario's second-smallest city, in terms of population, after Dryden. Haileybury is the seat of Timiskaming District.

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

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

Hudson is a township municipality incorporating the congruent geographic township in Timiskaming District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. Hudson is located directly west of the city of Temiskaming Shores and has only one named settlement, the community of Hillview.

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

Brethour is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Timiskaming District.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charlton and Dack</span> Municipality in Ontario, Canada

Charlton and Dack is a municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Timiskaming District. Its population in 2016 was 686.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">King-Lebel</span> Designated place in Ontario, Canada

King-Lebel is a designated place in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Timiskaming District. The community, located between the town of Kirkland Lake and the municipal township of Gauthier, consists of the unincorporated township of Lebel, whose primary settlement is the community of King Kirkland.

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Unorganized East Timiskaming District is an unorganized area in the Canadian province of Ontario, comprising the unincorporated portions of the Timiskaming District lying east of the municipal boundaries of Kirkland Lake and north of the municipal boundaries of Gauthier, Larder Lake and McGarry.

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The Blanche River is a river in the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin in Timiskaming District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. The river is a tributary of Lake Timiskaming and its name is from the French for the colour "white".

Elections were held in the organized municipalities in the Timiskaming District of Ontario on October 24, 2022 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Timiskaming, District (DIS) Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  2. ↑ "Official Plan" (PDF). Town of Kirkland Lake. Retrieved 2011-10-21.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  4. ↑ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
  5. ↑ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
  6. ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
  7. ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
  8. ↑ "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.
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