The Nation (''La Nation'' in
French) is a municipality in
Eastern Ontario, located within Canada's
National Capital Region, in the
United Counties of Prescott and Russell. The municipality was formed on January 1, 1998, through the amalgamation of the former townships of Caledonia, Cambridge, and South Plantagenet, as well as the Village of St. Isidore.
The municipality is crossed by the
South Nation River after which the municipality was named.
Communities
The township comprises the communities of Benoit, Bradley Creek,
Caledonia Springs, Fenaghvale, Forest Park, Fournier, Franklins Corners, Gagnon, Johnsons Ferry, Lalonde,
Limoges
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, Longtinville, Martels Corners, Mayerville, Parkers Corners, Proulx, Riceville, Routhier, Sandown, Skye, St. Albert, St. Amour, St. Bernardin, Ste-Rose-de-Prescott,
St. Isidore and Velfranc. The township administrative offices are located north of
Casselman on Route 500, with a satellite office in Fournier.
The
ghost town
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of
Lemieux, abandoned in the early 1990s, is also located within the municipality.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, The Nation 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.

The Nation also contains one of the larger concentrations of Francophones in Ontario. According to the
2021 Canadian Census
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, 64.2% of the population use French as their first language, while 34.3% use English as their first language.
Mother tongue (2021):
[
* English as first language: 29.8 %
* French as first language: 62.9 %
* English and French as first language: 3.7 %
* Other as first language: 3.2 %
]
Attractions
The Nation Municipality is home to Calypso Water Park near Limoges and the Alfred Bog. The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has designated the Alfred Bog as "a provincially significant wetland and an Area of Natural and Scientific Interest." Species of interest include the palm warbler, northern pitcher-plant, pink lady's slipper, cottongrass, bog elfin and bog copper butterflies, and ebony boghaunter dragonfly. It also hosts one of the most southerly herds of moose
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. The bog is open to the public with a boardwalk for nature walks.The Alfred Bog
, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
The
Prescott and Russell Recreational Trail goes through the township.
The
Larose Forest is also partially located in this municipality.
See also
*
Transit Eastern Ontario operated under the authority of ''The North Glengarry Prescott Russell (NGPR) Transport Board''
*
List of townships in Ontario
*
List of francophone communities in Ontario
References
External links
*
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Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario
Municipalities in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell