Coleman | |
Official Name: | Township of Coleman |
Settlement Type: | Township municipality (single-tier) |
Motto: | Over 2 billion square feet of opportunity! |
Flag Size: | 120x100px |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Ontario |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Title2: | Incorporated |
Government Type: | Township |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Dan Cleroux |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Area Land Km2: | 178.89 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 595 |
Population Density Km2: | 3.3 |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Postal Code: | P0J 1C0 |
Coleman is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is situated in the Timiskaming District of Northeastern Ontario. The township had a population of 595 in the Canada 2016 Census.[2] [3] [4] [5]
It is located along Highway 11 and 11-B.
The community was first formed around 1906. The township is named after geologist A. P. Coleman, who did extensive work in the region in the late 1800s. Coleman also mapped the Sudbury Basin, leading to important nickel discoveries, and proved conclusively that the area had been repeatedly glaciated. The township celebrated its first 100 years in 2006.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Coleman had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 177.95km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[6]
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