Opasatika is a township in the

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of Ontario, located in the Cochrane District on the Opasatika River, a tributary of the Missinaibi River. Its name is of First Nation origin, meaning "river lined with poplars". The main communities in the township are Opasatika and Lowther, both located along Highway 11 between Mattice and

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. The ghost town of Reesor Siding, site of the 1963 Reesor Siding incident, is at the western edge of the township. The former Canadian Forces Station Lowther was located in the municipality.

Demographics

In the

2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...

conducted by

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, Opasatika had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Population:Statistics Canada:

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census * Population in 2016: 226 * Population in 2011: 214 * Population in 2006: 280 * Population in 2001: 325 * Population in 1996: 349 * Population in 1991: 388 Mother tongue: * English as first language: 12.5% * French as first language: 83.9% * English and French as first language: 0% * Other as first language: 3.6%

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* Municipalities in Cochrane District Single-tier municipalities in Ontario Township municipalities in Ontario {{NorthernOntario-geo-stub

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