Mattawan is a municipality in the
Canadian province
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of
Ontario
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. Located in the
Nipissing District
Nipissing District is a district in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1858. The district seat is North Bay.
In 2021, the population was 84,716. The land area is ; the population density was , making it o ...
, the municipality had a population of 161 in the
Canada 2016 Census
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.
The municipality has no named communities within its boundaries; all addresses within the municipality are
rural route
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s assigned to the neighbouring town of
Mattawa.
Its main access road is
Highway 533, with
Highway 656 as a short branch leading to the
Otto Holden Generating Station on the
Ottawa River
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.
In 2007, Mattawan, along with the town of Mattawa and the townships of
Papineau-Cameron,
Bonfield and
Calvin cooperated to create a newly branded ''Mattawa Voyageur Country'' tourist region in order to promote the area.
[Adams, K]
"Mattawa sports a new look"
''Baytoday.ca'', July 17, 2007. Accessed March 28, 2008.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Mattawan 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.
See also
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List of townships in Ontario
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Northern Ontario Northeastern Ontario Algoma D ...
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List of francophone communities in Ontario
This is a list of francophone communities in Ontario. Municipalities with a high percentage of French-speakers in the Canadian province of Ontario are listed.
The provincial average of Ontarians whose mother tongue is French is 3.3%, with a to ...
References
External links
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Municipalities in Nipissing District
Single-tier municipalities in Ontario
Populated places on the Ottawa River
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