Nipissing District is a
district
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in
Northeastern Ontario
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Northeastern Ontario consists of the districts of Algoma, Sudbury, Cochrane, Timisk ...
in the
Canadian province
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of
Ontario
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. 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 one of the most densely populated districts in northern Ontario.
History
The
Sudbury District was created in 1894 from townships of eastern
Algoma District and west Nipissing District. The
Timiskaming District was created in 1912 from parts of Algoma, Nipissing, and Sudbury Districts.
Subdivisions
City:
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North Bay
Towns:
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Mattawa
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Temagami
Temagami, formerly spelled Timagami, is a municipality in northeastern Ontario, Canada, in the Nipissing District with Lake Temagami at its heart.
The Temagami region is known as ''n'Daki Menan'', the homeland of the area's First Nations com ...
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West Nipissing
In addition, the eastern part of the town of
Kearney is within Nipissing District, but the entire town is enumerated with the
Parry Sound District.
Townships:
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Bonfield
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Calvin
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Chisholm
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East Ferris
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Mattawan
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Papineau-Cameron
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South Algonquin
Unorganized areas:
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North Part (Local services boards in this unorganized areas include
Redbridge,
Thorne, and
Tilden Lake)
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South Part
First Nation reserves
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Bear Island 1
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Nipissing 10
Demographics
As a
census division
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in the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, the Nipissing District 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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Census divisions of Ontario
The Province of Ontario has 51 first-level administrative divisions, which collectively cover the whole province. With two exceptions, their areas match the 49 census divisions Statistics Canada has for Ontario.
The Province has four types of ...
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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 secondary schools in Ontario#Nipissing District
References
External links
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{{Subdivisions of Ontario