| The Nation | |
| Official Name: | The Nation Municipality Municipalité de La Nation |
| Other Name: | La Nation |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality (lower-tier) |
| Pushpin Map: | CAN ON Prescott and Russell#Canada Southern Ontario |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ontario |
| Subdivision Name2: | Prescott and Russell |
| Established Title: | Incorporated |
| Established Date: | 1998 |
| Government Type: | Township |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Francis Brière |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Glengarry—Prescott—Russell |
| Area Total Km2: | 658.32 |
| Population Total: | 12,808 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Density Km2: | 19.5 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | K0A, K0B |
| Area Code: | 613 |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Glengarry—Prescott—Russell |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −05:00 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −04:00 |
The Nation (La Nation in French) is a municipality in Eastern Ontario, located within Canada's National Capital Region, in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell. Formed in 1998, the municipality consists of the former townships of Caledonia, Cambridge and South Plantagenet, as well as the Village of St. Isidore.
The municipality is crossed by the South Nation River after which the municipality was named.
The township comprises the communities of Benoit, Bradley Creek, Caledonia Springs, Fenaghvale, Forest Park, Fournier, Franklins Corners, Gagnon, Johnsons Ferry, Lalonde, Limoges, Longtinville, Martels Corners, Mayerville, Parkers Corners, Proulx, Riceville, Routhier, Sandown, Skye, St. Albert, St. Amour, St. Bernardin, Ste-Rose-de-Prescott, St. Isidore and Velfranc. The township administrative offices are located north of Casselman on Route 500, with a satellite office in Fournier.
The ghost town of Lemieux, abandoned in the early 1990s, is also located within the municipality.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, The Nation had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 658.93km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
The Nation also contains one of the larger concentrations of Francophones in Ontario. According to the 2016 Canadian Census, 64.7% of the population have French as their first language, while 31.7% have English as their first language.
The Nation Municipality is home to Calypso Water Park near Limoges and the Alfred Bog. The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has designated the Alfred Bog as "a provincially significant wetland and an Area of Natural and Scientific Interest." Species of interest include the palm warbler, northern pitcher-plant, pink lady's slipper, cottongrass, bog elfin and bog copper butterflies, and ebony boghaunter dragonfly. It also hosts one of the most southerly herds of moose. The bog is open to the public with a 272m (892feet) boardwalk for nature walks.[3]
The Prescott and Russell Recreational Trail goes through the township.
The Larose Forest is also partially located in this municipality.