Timiskaming District

Timiskaming District
—  District  —
Location of Timiskaming District in Ontario
Coordinates: 47°50′N 80°30′W / 47.833°N 80.5°W / 47.833; -80.5Coordinates: 47°50′N 80°30′W / 47.833°N 80.5°W / 47.833; -80.5
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Northeastern Ontario
Created	1912
Government
– MPs	Charlie Angus, Claude Gravelle, Jay Aspin
– MPPs	France Gélinas, David Ramsay
Area[1]
– Total	13,279.88 km2 (5,127.4 sq mi)
Population (2006)[1]
– Total	33,283
– Density	2.5/km2 (6.5/sq mi)
	Canada 2006 Census
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
Postal code FSA	P0J, P0K, P2N
Area code(s)	705
Seat	Temiskaming Shores

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 33,283 in the Canada 2006 Census.^[1] The land area is 13,280 km (8,251.8 mi); the population density was 2.5 people/km (1.5 people/mi).

History

The Coureur de bois explored and traded fur in what is now the Timiskaming District, in the 17th century.^[2]

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 David Ramsay. 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.

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

• Thornloe

First Nations reserve

• Matachewan 72

Unorganized areas

• Timiskaming, Unorganized, East Part, Ontario
• Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part, Ontario (Kenabeek, King Kirkland, Tarzwell, Tomstown)

Geographical townships

Alma Argyle Armstrong Arnold Auld Baden Banks Bannockburn Barber Barr Bartlett Bayly Beauchamp Bernhardt Blain Bompas Boston Brethour Brewster Brigstocke Bryce Bucke Burt Cairo Cane Casey Catharine Chamberlain Charters Childerhose Chown Cleaver Cole Coleman Corkill Corley Dack Dane Davidson Donovan Doon Douglas Doyle Dufferin Dunmore Dymond Eby Evanturel Fallon Farr Fasken Firstbrook Flavelle Fripp Gamble Gauthier Geikie Gillies Limit Grenfell Gross Harley Harris Haultain Hearst Henwood Hillary Hilliard Hincks Holmes Hudson Ingram James

Katrine Kerns Kimberley Kittson Klock Knight Lawson Lebel Leckie Lee Leith Leo Leonard Lorrain Lundy Maisonville Marquis Marter McArthur McElroy McFadden McGarry McGiffin McKeown McNeil McVittie Medina Michie Mickle Midlothian Milner Montrose Morel Morrisette Mulligan Musgrove Nicol Nordica North Williams Ossian Otto Pacaud Pense Pharand Powell Rankin Rattray Ray Raymond Reynolds Roadhouse Robertson Robillard Rorke Savard Sharpe Sheba Shillington Skead Smyth South Lorrain Speight Teck Terry Trethewey Truax Tudhope Tyrrell Van Hise van Nostrand Wallis Whitson Willet Willison Yarrow

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Statcan 2006 Census Profile - Timiskaming District
2. ^ "Official Plan". Town of Kirkland Lake. http://www.discoverkl.ca/assets/ReportsAndForms/Reports/Official%20Plan.pdf. Retrieved 2011-10-21. 

External links

• Tembrella.com
• Ontario Highway 11 Homepage - Timiskaming District (community profiles)
• Map of historic geographic townships in Timiskaming District
• Timiskaming Community Health Network