Cochrane District Explained

Official Name:	Cochrane District
Other Name:	District de Cochrane
Settlement Type:	District
Coordinates:	50.5°N -83°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Canada
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Type2:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	Ontario
Subdivision Name2:	Northeastern Ontario
Established Title:	Created
Established Date:	1921
Seat Type:	Seat
Seat:	Cochrane
Area Land Km2:	141,268.51
Population Total:	79,682
Population As Of:	2016
Population Density Km2:	0.6
Postal Code Type:	Postal code span
Area Code:	705
Timezone:	EST
Utc Offset:	−05:00
Timezone Dst:	EDT
Utc Offset Dst:	−04:00

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.

In 2016, the population was 79,682.^[1] The land area of this district is 141268.51km2,^[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

Towns

Name of town	2016 population	Ref.
Kapuskasing	8,292	^[3]
Cochrane	5,321	^[4]
Hearst	5,070	^[5]
Iroquois Falls	4,537	^[6]
Moosonee	1,481	^[7]
Smooth Rock Falls	1,330	^[8]

Townships

Name of township	2016 population	Ref.
Black River-Matheson	2,410	^[9]
Fauquier-Strickland	530
Mattice-Val Côté	686
Moonbeam	1,231	^[10]
Opasatika	214
Val Rita-Harty	817

Cree Nation reserves

• Abitibi Indian Reserve No. 70 (Wahgoshig First Nation)
• Constance Lake 92 (Constance Lake First Nation)
• Factory Island 1 (Moose Cree First Nation)
• Flying Post 73 (Flying Post First Nation)
• Fort Albany 67 (Fort Albany First Nation)
• Moose Factory 68 (Moose Cree First Nation)
• New Post 69 (Taykwa Tagamou Nation)
• New Post 69A (Taykwa Tagamou Nation)

Unorganized areas

• North Part (includes the local services boards of Hallébourg, Jogues, Lac-Sainte-Thérèse, and Moose Factory)
• South East Part
• South West Part

Geographic Townships

This list is incomplete.

• Ben Nevis
• Gardiner

Demographics

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Cochrane District had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of −2.2% from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 139784.03km2, it had a population density of in 2021.^[11]

See also

• List of townships in Ontario
• List of secondary schools in Ontario#Cochrane District

Notes and References

1. Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census Cochrane, District [Census division], Ontario and Ontario [Province]]. Statistics Canada . 8 February 2017 . March 22, 2019.
2. Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census: Timmins, city [Census subdivision] ]. Statistics Canada . 8 February 2017 . February 14, 2019.
3. Web site: Kapuskasing census profile . Statistics Canada . . 8 February 2017 . February 14, 2019.
4. Web site: Cochrane census profile . Statistics Canada . . 2012-02-17.
5. Web site: Hearst census profile . Statistics Canada . . 2012-02-17.
6. Web site: Iroquois Falls census profile . Statistics Canada . . February 14, 2019 .
7. Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census: Moosonee, Town . 8 February 2017 . Statistics Canada . February 14, 2019.
8. Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census Smooth Rock Falls . Statistics Canada . February 14, 2019.
9. Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census Black River-Matheson, Township . 8 February 2017 . Statistics Canada . February 14, 2019.
10. Web site: Moonbeam census profile . Statistics Canada . . 2012-02-21 .
11. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions . . February 9, 2022 . April 2, 2022.