Fauquier-Strickland ( or ) is a
township municipality in
Cochrane District
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In 2016, the population was 79,682. The land area of th ...
in
Northeastern Ontario
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, Canada. The three main communities in the township are Fauquier, Strickland, and Gregoires Mill.
All are located along
Ontario Highway 11
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between the community of
Departure Lake to the east and the municipality of
Moonbeam to the west.
The municipality was incorporated on December 24, 1921, as Shackleton and Machin, the names of the two
geographic townships that then comprised its territory. It adopted its current name in 1984, renaming itself for its two largest communities. , it includes the two original geographic townships; to the south the eastern half of geographic Macvicar Township, the western half of geographic Carmichael Township, and all of geographic Stringer Township; to the east, the western portion of geographic Haggart Township; and to the north, all of geographic Beardmore Township. Ironically, geographic Fauquier Township is adjacent to the west and is part of the municipality of Moonbeam.
Fauquier is located along the
Groundhog River
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. The main community landmark is a roadside statue of a groundhog.
Reeves
* Pierre Guèvremont (1922–1929)
*
J. Anaclet Habel (1930–1931)
* Ph. Filion (1932)
* Napoléon Gravel (1933–1945)
* J. Émile Jacques (1946–1948)
* Raoul Tremblay (1949–1955)
* J. Antoine Laferrière (1956–1964, 1969–1972)
* Edmond Gauthier (1965)
* Laurent Dufour (1966–1968)
* Raymond Grzela (1972–2003)
* Jacques Demers (2003–2006)
* Madeleine Tremblay (2006–present)
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Fauquier-Strickland 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: ]1996
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, 2001
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, 2006
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census
* Population in 2016: 536
* Population in 2011: 530
* Population in 2006: 568
* Population in 2001: 678
* Population in 1996: 684 (or 747 when adjusted to 2001 boundaries)
* Population in 1991: 746
Mother tongue:
* English as first language: 25.23%
* French as first language: 71.96%
* English and French as first language: 0.95%
* English and Other as first language: 0.95
* Other as first language: 0.95%
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 francophone communities in ontario
This is a list of francophone communities in the Canadian province of Ontario. Municipalities with a high percentage of French-speakers in Ontario are listed.
The provincial average of Ontarians whose mother tongue is French is 4.1%, with a t ...
References
External links
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{{Cochrane District
Municipalities in Cochrane District
Single-tier municipalities in Ontario
Township municipalities in Ontario