Chisholm (
Canada 2016 Census
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population 1,291) is a township in
Northeastern Ontario
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Northeastern Ontario consists of the districts of Algoma, Sudbury, Cochrane, Timisk ...
,
Canada
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, located in the
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.
In 2021, the population was 84,716. The land area is ; the population density was , making it o ...
.
Maps show the township as comprising the communities of Alderdale, Booth's Landing, Chiswick, Fossmill, Grahamvale and Wasing, however, these communities are now little more than slightly denser areas of housing, or completely abandoned in the case of Fossmill. The township administrative offices are located in Chiswick. Alderdale, Fossmill, Grahamvale, and Wasing were all once stops or
milepoints along the
Canadian National Railway
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CN is Canada's largest railway, in terms of both revenue a ...
Alderdale Subdivision.
Rail service declined in the mid-20th century and was eliminated altogether in 1996.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Chisholm 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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List of townships in Ontario
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Northern Ontario Northeastern Ontario Algoma D ...
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List of francophone communities in Ontario
This is a list of francophone communities in Ontario. Municipalities with a high percentage of French-speakers in the Canadian province of Ontario are listed.
The provincial average of Ontarians whose mother tongue is French is 3.3%, with a to ...
References
External links
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Municipalities in Nipissing District
Single-tier municipalities in Ontario
Township municipalities in Ontario
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