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 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 2021, the district's population was 77,963, with a land area of ,
making it slightly smaller than the US state of
Michigan
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and the second largest district in Ontario after
Kenora District. The district seat is
Cochrane.
Bennet Lake Esker Kame Complex Conservation Reserve is located in Cochrane District.
Subdivisions
City:
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Timmins
Towns:
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Cochrane
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Hearst
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Iroquois Falls
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Kapuskasing
Kapuskasing ( ) is a town on the Kapuskasing River in the Cochrane District of Northern Ontario, Canada, approximately east of Hearst, Ontario, Hearst and northwest of Timmins, Ontario, Timmins. The town was known as MacPherson until 1917.
...
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Moosonee
Moosonee () is a town in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, on the Moose River approximately south of James Bay. It is considered to be "the Gateway to the Arctic" and has Ontario's only saltwater port. Nearby, on Moose Factory Island, is the com ...
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Smooth Rock Falls
Townships:
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Black River-Matheson
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Fauquier-Strickland
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Mattice-Val Côté
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Moonbeam
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Opasatika
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Val Rita-Harty
Unorganized areas:
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North Part (includes the local services boards of
Hallébourg,
Jogues,
Lac-Sainte-Thérèse, and
Moose Factory)
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South East Part
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South West Part
First Nations
Cree Nation reserves:
*Abitibi Indian Reserve No. 70 (
Wahgoshig First Nation)
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Constance Lake 92 (
Constance Lake First Nation)
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Factory Island 1 (
Moose Cree First Nation)
*Flying Post 73 (
Flying Post First Nation)
*Fort Albany 67 (
Fort Albany First Nation)
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Moose Factory 68 (
Moose Cree First Nation)
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New Post 69 (
Taykwa Tagamou Nation)
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New Post 69A (
Taykwa Tagamou Nation)
Demographics
As a
census division
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in the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, 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
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List of townships in Ontario
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List of secondary schools in Ontario#Cochrane District
References
External links
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{{Subdivisions of Ontario