Timiskaming is a

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and

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in Northeastern Ontario in the

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. 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. It is just west of the similarly named Témiscamingue county in

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, which is also informally called a region, but is administratively part of a greater region named Abitibi-Témiscamingue. Temiskaming District is home to several provincial parks.

History

The ''coureurs de bois'' explored and traded fur in what is now the Timiskaming District, in the 17th century.

Subdivisions

City: * Temiskaming Shores (Haileybury, New Liskeard, Dymond Township, North Cobalt) Towns: *

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* Englehart *

Kirkland Lake Kirkland Lake is a town and municipality in Timiskaming District, Ontario, Timiskaming District of Northeastern Ontario. The 2021 population, according to Statistics Canada, was 7,750. The community name was based on a nearby lake which in turn ...

(Chaput Hughes,

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) * Latchford Townships: * Armstrong (Earlton) * Brethour * Casey (Belle Vallée) * Chamberlain * Charlton and Dack * Coleman * Evanturel * Gauthier (Dobie) * Harley * Harris * Hilliard (Hilliardton) * Hudson * James (Elk Lake) * Kerns * Larder Lake * Matachewan * McGarry (Kearns, Virginiatown) Village: *

Thornloe Thornloe is a village in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Timiskaming District. The village had a population of 92 in the 2021 Canadian Census. Thornloe Cheese Factory Since 1940 Thornloe Cheese had produced a respected bra ...

Unorganized areas: * Timiskaming, Unorganized, East Part * Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part ( Gowganda, Kenabeek, King Kirkland, Marshall's Corners, Marter, Sesekinika, Tarzwell, Tomstown) The following local services boards serve inhabitants of these unincorporated areas: * Kenogami * King-Lebel * Maisonville * Savard

First Nations reserve

* Matachewan 72

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

Demographics

As a

in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, the Timiskaming District had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of −2.6% from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Politics

The district seat is in Temiskaming Shores. Along with portions of the neighbouring district, Cochrane, Timiskaming is represented in the

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by John Vanthof. In the

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, the district is divided between Nipissing—Timiskaming, represented by Anthony Rota, in the south, and Timmins-James Bay, represented by Gaétan Malette, in the north. A very small portion of the district also belongs to the riding of Nickel Belt.

References

External links

Tembrella.com
* ttp://www.timbirds.info/area_map.htm Map of historic geographic townships in Timiskaming Districtbr>Timiskaming Community Health Network
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