Timiskaming District
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Timiskaming is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. The district was created in 1912 from parts of Algoma, Nipissing, and Sudbury districts. In 1921, Cochrane District was created from parts of this district and parts of Thunder Bay District.
The division had a population of 32,634 in the Canada 2011 Census. The land area is 13,299.92 square kilometres (5,135.13 sq mi); the population density was 2.5 per square kilometre (6.5/sq mi).[1]
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History
The Coureur de bois explored and traded fur in what is now the Timiskaming District, in the 17th century.[2]
Subdivisions
City
- Temiskaming Shores (Haileybury, New Liskeard, North Cobalt)
Towns
- Cobalt
- Englehart
- Kirkland Lake (Chaput Hughes)
- Latchford
Townships
- Armstrong (Earlton)
- Brethour
- Casey (Belle Vallée)
- Chamberlain
- Charlton and Dack
- Coleman
- Evanturel
- Gauthier
- Harley
- Harris
- Hilliard (Hilliardton)
- Hudson
- James (Elk Lake)
- Kerns
- Larder Lake
- Matachewan
- McGarry (Kearns, Virginiatown)
Village
First Nations reserve
Unorganized areas
- Timiskaming, Unorganized, East Part, Ontario
- Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part, Ontario (Kenabeek, King Kirkland, Marter, Tarzwell, Tomstown)
The following local services boards serve inhabitants of these unincorporated areas:
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Demographics
Politics
The district seat is in Temiskaming Shores.
Along with portions of the neighbouring district, Cochrane, Timiskaming is represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario by John Vanthof. In the House of Commons of Canada, the district is divided between Nipissing—Timiskaming, represented by Jay Aspin, in the south, and Timmins—James Bay, represented by Charlie Angus, in the north. A very small portion of the district also belongs to the riding of Nickel Belt.
See also
References
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- Tembrella.com
- Ontario Highway 11 Homepage - Timiskaming District (community profiles)
- Map of historic geographic townships in Timiskaming District
- Timiskaming Community Health Network
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