Timiskaming is a

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and

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in the

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. The district was created in 1912 from parts of Algoma, Nipissing, and

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districts. In 1921,

Cochrane District Cochrane District is a district and Census divisions of Canada, census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1921 from parts of Timiskaming District, Timiskami ...

was created from parts of this district and parts of

Thunder Bay District Thunder Bay District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. The district seat is Thunder Bay. In 2016, the population was 146,048. The land area is ; the population density was . Most of ...

. The division had a population of 32,251 in the

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. The land area is ; the population density was . It is just west of the similarly named Témiscamingue county in

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, which is also informally called a region, but is administratively part of a greater region named

Abitibi-Témiscamingue Abitibi-Témiscamingue () is an List of regions of Quebec, administrative region located in western Québec, Canada, along the border with Ontario. It became part of the province in 1898. It has a land area of and its population was 146,717 peo ...

. 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.

Subdivisions

City

Temiskaming Shores Temiskaming Shores is a city in the Timiskaming District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It was created by the amalgamation of the town of New Liskeard, the town of Haileybury, and the township of Dymond in 2004. The city had a total population ...

(Haileybury, New Liskeard, Dymond Township, North Cobalt)

Towns

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Englehart Englehart (Canada 2016 Census population 1,479) is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, located on the Blanche River in the Timiskaming District. Kap-Kig-Iwan Provincial Park is located near the town of Englehart. History The Town ...

Kirkland Lake Kirkland Lake is a town and municipality in Timiskaming District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. The 2016 population, according to Statistics Canada, was 7,981. The community name was based on a nearby lake which in turn was named after Winnifre ...

(Chaput Hughes,

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) * Latchford

Townships

Armstrong Armstrong may refer to: Places * Armstrong Creek (disambiguation), various places Antarctica * Armstrong Reef, Biscoe Islands Argentina * Armstrong, Santa Fe Australia * Armstrong, Victoria Canada * Armstrong, British Columbia * Armstrong ...

(Earlton) *

Brethour Brethour is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Timiskaming District. The township had a population of 97 in the 2016 Canadian Census. History Brethour Township was surveyed in 1887. It was then later officially ...

* Casey (Belle Vallée) *

Chamberlain Chamberlain may refer to: Profession *Chamberlain (office), the officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign or other noble figure People *Chamberlain (surname) **Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1855–1927), German-British philosop ...

Charlton and Dack Charlton and Dack is a municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Timiskaming District. Its population in 2016 was 686. The municipality was incorporated on January 1, 2003 by amalgamating the former village of Charlto ...

* Coleman *

Evanturel Évanturel (2016 population 449) is a township in Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada. It almost completely surrounds the town of Englehart. The main settlement in Évanturel is the community of Heaslip. It was named after François-Eugène ...

Gauthier Gauthier () is a French name of Germanic origin, corresponding to the English given name Walter (name), Walter. People with the given name *Gauthier de Costes, seigneur de la Calprenède *Gauthier de Brienne, Counts Walter III of Brienne, Walter IV ...

(Dobie) *

Harley Harley may refer to: People * Harley (given name) * Harley (surname) Places * Harley, Ontario, a township in Canada * Harley, Brant County, Ontario, Canada * Harley, Shropshire, England * Harley, South Yorkshire, England * Harley Street, in Londo ...

Harris Harris may refer to: Places Canada * Harris, Ontario * Northland Pyrite Mine (also known as Harris Mine) * Harris, Saskatchewan * Rural Municipality of Harris No. 316, Saskatchewan Scotland * Harris, Outer Hebrides (sometimes called the Isle o ...

* Hilliard (Hilliardton) *

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James James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguat ...

(Elk Lake) *

Kerns Kerns may refer to: * Plural of Kern * Kerns (surname) * Kerns, Ontario, Canada * Kerns, Portland, Oregon, United States * Kerns, Switzerland, a village and municipality See also * * Kernstown, Virginia, United States ** Battle of Kernsto ...

* Larder Lake *

Matachewan Matachewan is a township in Timiskaming, Northeastern Ontario, Canada, located at the end of Ontario Highway 66 along the Montreal River. The name is derived from the Cree word for "meeting of the currents". The town's main economy is based o ...

* McGarry (Kearns, Virginiatown)

Village

Thornloe Thornloe is a village in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Timiskaming District. The village had a population of 112 in the Canada 2016 Census. Thornloe Cheese Factory Thornloe is situated within a fertile farm region in the Te ...

First Nations reserve

* Matachewan 72

Unorganized areas

* Timiskaming, Unorganized, East Part * Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part (

Gowganda Gowganda is a Dispersed Rural Community and unincorporated place in geographic Nicol Township, Timiskaming District, in northeastern Ontario, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend ...

, Kenabeek, King Kirkland, Marshall's Corners, Marter, Sesekinika, Tarzwell, Tomstown) The following local services boards serve inhabitants of these unincorporated areas: * Kenogami * King-Lebel * Maisonville * Savard

Geographical townships

*Alma *Argyle *

* Arnold *Auld *Baden *Banks *Bannockburn *Barber *Barr *Bartlett *Bayly *Beauchamp *Bernhardt *Blain * Bompas *Boston *

*Brewster *Brigstocke *Bryce *Bucke *Burt *Cairo *Cane * Casey *Catharine *

*Charters *Childerhose *Chown *Cleaver *Cole * Coleman *Corkill *Corley *Dack *Dane *Davidson *Donovan *Doon *Douglas *Doyle *Dufferin *Dunmore *Dymond *Eby *

*Fallon *Farr *Fasken *Firstbrook *Flavelle *Fripp *Gamble *

*Geikie *Gillies Limit *Grenfell *Gross *

*Haultain *Hearst *Henwood *Hillary * Hilliard *Hincks *Holmes *

*Ingram *

* Katrine *

*Kimberley *Kittson *Klock *Knight *Lawson *Lebel *Leckie *Lee *Leith *Leo *Leonard *Lorrain *Lundy *Maisonville *Marquis * Marter *McArthur *McElroy *McFadden * McGarry *McGiffin *McKeown *McNeil *McVittie *Medina *Michie *Mickle *Midlothian *Milner *Montrose *Morel *Morrisette *Mulligan *Musgrove *Nicol *Nordica *North Williams *Ossian *Otto *Pacaud *Pense *Pharand *Powell *Rankin *Rattray *Ray *Raymond *Reynolds *Roadhouse *Robertson *Robillard *Rorke *Savard *Sharpe *Sheba *Shillington *Skead *Smyth *South Lorrain *Speight *Teck *

Terry Terry is a unisex given name, derived from French Thierry and Theodoric. It can also be used as a diminutive nickname for the names Teresa or Theresa (feminine) or Terence (given name), Terence or Terrier (masculine). People Male * Terry Albrit ...

*Trethewey *Truax *Tudhope *Tyrrell *Van Hise *van Nostrand *Wallis *Whitson *Willet *Willison *Yarrow

Demographics

As a

in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, 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.

Politics

The district seat is in

. Along with portions of the neighbouring district, Cochrane, Timiskaming is represented in the

Legislative Assembly of Ontario The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (OLA, french: Assemblée législative de l'Ontario) is the legislative chamber of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its elected members are known as Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs). Bills passed by ...

John Vanthof John Vanthof (born ) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who was elected in 2011. He represents the riding of Timiskaming—Cochrane. On August 23, 2018 he was named one of ...

. In the

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, the district is divided between

Nipissing—Timiskaming Nipissing—Timiskaming is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. The riding was formed by the amalgamation of the former Nipissing riding with the southeastern p ...

, represented by

Anthony Rota Anthony Michael Gerard Rota (born May 15, 1961) is a Canadian politician who is the 37th and current speaker of the House of Commons of Canada since 2019. A member of the Liberal Party, he currently serves as the member of Parliament (MP) for ...

, in the south, and

Timmins—James Bay Timmins—James Bay (french: Timmins—Baie James) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997. Its population in 2011 was 83,104. The district includes the extreme ...

, represented by

Charlie Angus Charles Joseph Angus (born November 14, 1962) is a Canadian author, journalist, broadcaster, musician and politician. A member of the New Democratic Party (NDP), Angus has been the federal Member of Parliament for the riding of Timmins—Jame ...

, in the north. A very small portion of the district also belongs to the riding of

Nickel Belt Nickel Belt is one of two federal electoral districts serving the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. It has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1953. Geography It consists of: * the part of the Territorial District ...

References

External links

Tembrella.com
* ttp://www.timbirds.info/area_map.htm Map of historic geographic townships in Timiskaming Districtbr>Timiskaming Community Health Network
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