Casselman, Ontario Explained

Casselman
Official Name:Village of Casselman
Municipalité de Casselman
Settlement Type:Village (lower-tier)
Flag Size:120x100px
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Coordinates:45.3083°N -75.0833°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Prescott and Russell
Established Title:Settled
Established Date:1844
Established Title2:Incorporated
Government Type:Mayor
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Genevieve Lajoie
Leader Title1:MPs
Leader Name1:Francis Drouin
Area Land Km2:5.12
Population Total:3,960
Population As Of:2021
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Density Km2:771.9
Postal Code Type:Postal Code
Postal Code:K0A 1M0
Area Code:613
Website:www.casselman.ca
Leader Title2:MPPs
Leader Name2:Stéphane Sarrazin
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:−5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:−4

Casselman is a village in eastern Ontario, Canada, in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell. Situated on the South Nation River about 55km (34miles) southeast of downtown Ottawa, along the Trans-Canada Highway 417. It is served by a station on the Montreal-Ottawa Via Rail train, twice a day in each direction.

Casselman is surrounded on all sides by The Nation since Casselman citizens refused to join the fusion of municipalities.

The village was named after Martin Casselman who built a sawmill near the site of the current town in 1844. Its post office was established in 1857.[2] The village installed modern water and sewer services that became operational in 1977.

Casselman hosted L'écho d'un peuple, at Ferme Drouin, one of the biggest shows ever presented in Ontario, until the organization ran into financial trouble in 2008.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Casselman had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 5.13km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]

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See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census: Casselman, Village . Statistics Canada . July 1, 2019.
  2. Book: Hamilton, William. The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names. Macmillan. 1978. 0-7715-9754-1. Toronto. 140.
  3. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario . . February 9, 2022 . March 30, 2022.