Nipissing District Explained

Official Name:Nipissing District
Other Name:District de Nipissing
Settlement Type:District
Coordinates:46.3°N -79.45°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Northeastern Ontario
Established Title:Created
Established Date:1858
Leader Title:MPs
Leader Name:Anthony Rota, Cheryl Gallant, Marc Serré
Leader Title1:MPPs
Leader Name1:Vic Fedeli, John Vanthof, John Yakabuski
Area Land Km2:17103.52
Population Total:84716
Population As Of:2021
Population Density Km2:5
Postal Code Type:Postal code FSA
Postal Code:P0A, P0B, P1A-P1C, P2B
Area Code:705
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Blank Name:Seat
Blank Info:North Bay

Nipissing District is a district in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1858. The district seat is North Bay.

In 2016, the population was 83,150. The land area is ; the population density was, making it one of the most densely populated districts in northern Ontario.

History

The Sudbury District was created in 1894 from townships of eastern Algoma District and west Nipissing District. The Timiskaming District was created in 1912 from parts of Algoma, Nipissing, and Sudbury Districts.

Subdivisions

City

Towns

In addition, the eastern part of the town of Kearney is within Nipissing District, but the entire town is enumerated with the Parry Sound District.

Townships

Unorganized areas

Local services boards in these unorganized areas include:

First Nation reserves

Demographics

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Nipissing District had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 16986.2km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions . . February 9, 2022 . April 2, 2022.