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.

Nipissing District District de Nipissing
District
Location of Nipissing District in Ontario
Coordinates: 46°18′00″N 79°27′00″W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Northeastern Ontario
Created	1858
Government
• MPs	Anthony Rota, Cheryl Gallant, Marc Serré
• MPPs	Vic Fedeli, John Vanthof, John Yakabuski
Area [1]
• Land	17,103.52 km^2 (6,603.71 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	83,150
• Density	4.9/km^2 (13/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal code FSA	P0A, P0B, P1A-P1C, P2B
Area code(s)	705
Seat	North Bay

In 2016, the population was 83,150. The land area is 17,103.52 square kilometres (6,603.71 sq mi); the population density was 4.9 per square kilometre (13/sq mi), making it one of the most densely populated districts in Northern Ontario.[1]

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

• North Bay

Towns

• Mattawa
• Temagami
• 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

• Bonfield
• Calvin
• Chisholm
• East Ferris
• Mattawan
• Papineau-Cameron
• South Algonquin

Unorganized areas

• North Part
• South Part

Local services boards in these unorganized areas include:

• Redbridge
• Thorne
• Tilden Lake

First Nation reserves

• Bear Island 1
• Nipissing 10

Demographics

Canada census – Nipissing District community profile
	2016	2011	2006
Population:	83,150 (-1.9% from 2011)	84,736 (0.1% from 2006)	84,688 (2.1% from 2001)
Land area:		17,103.52 km^2 (6,603.71 sq mi)	17,065.07 km^2 (6,588.86 sq mi)
Population density:		5.0/km^2 (13/sq mi)	5.0/km^2 (13/sq mi)
Median age:			42.2 (M: 41.3, F: 43.0)
Total private dwellings:	41,200	41,023	40,073
Median household income:
Notes: Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves. – References: 2016[2] 2011[1] 2006[3] earlier[4]

See also

• Census divisions of Ontario
• List of townships in Ontario

References

1. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
2. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 21, 2017.
3. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
4. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.