Timiskaming District Explained

Official Name:Timiskaming District
Other Name:District de Timiskaming
Settlement Type:District
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name1:Ontario
Subdivision Name2:Northeastern Ontario
Established Title:Created
Leader Title:MPs
Leader Name:Charlie Angus, Marc Serré, Anthony Rota
Leader Title1:MPPs
Leader Name1:France Gélinas, John Vanthof, Guy Bourgouin
Area Land Km2:13299.92
Population Total:32,251
Population As Of:2016
Population Density Km2:2.4
Postal Code Type:Postal code FSA
Postal Code:P0J, P0K, P2N
Area Codes:705, 249
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Blank Name:Seat
Blank Info: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.

The division had a population of 32,251 in the Canada 2016 Census. The land area is ; the population density was .

It is just west of the similarly named Témiscamingue county in Québec, 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.[1]

Subdivisions

City

Towns

Townships

Village

First Nations reserve

Unorganized areas

The following local services boards serve inhabitants of these unincorporated areas:

Geographical townships

Demographics

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Timiskaming District had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of −2.6% from its 2016 population of . With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Official Plan . Town of Kirkland Lake . 2011-10-21.
  2. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions . . February 9, 2022 . April 2, 2022 . April 5, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220405103518/https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000701 . live.