Cochrane District is a
district
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and
census division
Census divisions, in Canada and the United States, are areas delineated for the purposes of statistical analysis and presentation; they have no government in and of themselves. The census divisions of Canada are second-level census geographic uni ...
in
Northeastern Ontario
Northeastern Ontario is a secondary region of Northern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario, which lies north of Lake Huron and east of Lake Superior.
Northeastern Ontario consists of the districts of Algoma, Sudbury, Cochrane, Timiskami ...
in the
Canadian province
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of
Ontario
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. It was created in 1921 from parts of
Timiskaming and
Thunder Bay
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districts.
In 2016, the population was 79,682.
The land area of this district is ,
making it slightly smaller than the US State of
Michigan
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and the second largest district in Ontario after
Kenora District
Kenora District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The district seat is the City of Kenora.
It is geographically the largest division in Ontario: at , it covers 38 percent of the province's area, making it larger ...
. The district seat is
Cochrane Cochrane may refer to:
Places Australia
*Cochrane railway station, Sydney, a railway station on the closed Ropes Creek railway line
Canada
* Cochrane, Alberta
* Cochrane Lake, Alberta
* Cochrane District, Ontario
** Cochrane, Ontario, a town wit ...
.
Bennet Lake Esker Kame Complex Conservation Reserve is located in Cochrane District.
Subdivisions
City
Towns
Townships
Cree Nation reserves
*Abitibi Indian Reserve No. 70 (
Wahgoshig First Nation)
*
Constance Lake 92 (
Constance Lake First Nation)
*
Factory Island 1 Factory Island 1 is a Cree First Nations reserve on Moose Factory Island in northern Ontario. It is one of two reserves for the Moose Cree First Nation.
Land use
The northern two-thirds of the island comprises this reserve or land north of Museum ...
(
Moose Cree First Nation)
*Flying Post 73 (
Flying Post First Nation
Flying Post First Nation is an Ojibway and Cree First Nation band government in Nipigon, Ontario. It has a reserve called Flying Post 73.
History
Reserves were first established between the government and First Nations in Northern Ontario throug ...
)
*Fort Albany 67 (
Fort Albany First Nation
Fort Albany First Nation ( cr, ᐲᐦᑖᐯᒄ ᐃᓕᓕᐗᒃ pîhtâpek ililiwak, "lagoon Cree") is a Cree First Nation in Cochrane District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, within the territory covered by Treaty 9. Situated on the southern sh ...
)
*
Moose Factory 68
Moose Factory 68 is a First Nations reserve on the Moose River in Cochrane District, Ontario. It is one of two reserves of the Moose Cree First Nation
The Moose Cree First Nation (formerly known as Moose Factory Band of Indians) ( cr, ᒨᓱ� ...
(
Moose Cree First Nation)
*
New Post 69 (
Taykwa Tagamou Nation)
*
New Post 69A
New Post 69A is a First Nations reserve in Cochrane District, Ontario. It is one of two reserves for the Taykwa Tagamou Nation Taykwa Tagamou Nation ( cr, ᑕᐟᑾ ᑕᑲᒪᐤ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ tatkwa takamaw ininiwak, formerly known as New Post ...
(
Taykwa Tagamou Nation)
Unorganized areas
*
North Part (includes the local services boards of
Hallébourg,
Jogues,
Lac-Sainte-Thérèse, and
Moose Factory
Moose Factory is a community in the Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Moose Factory Island, near the mouth of the Moose River, which is at the southern end of James Bay. It was the first English-speaking settlement in lands no ...
)
*
South East Part
*
South West Part
Geographic Townships
''This list is incomplete.''
*
Ben Nevis
*
Gardiner
Demographics
As a
census division
Census divisions, in Canada and the United States, are areas delineated for the purposes of statistical analysis and presentation; they have no government in and of themselves. The census divisions of Canada are second-level census geographic uni ...
in the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultu ...
, 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 , it had a population density of in 2021.
See also
*
List of townships in Ontario
This is a list of townships in the Canadian province of Ontario. Townships are listed by census division.
Northern Ontario Northeastern Ontario Algoma District
Historical/Geographic Townships
*Abbott
*Aberdeen Additional
*Abigo
*Abotossa ...
*
List of secondary schools in Ontario#Cochrane District
References
{{Subdivisions of Ontario