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.

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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
• Land	16,986.20 km2 (6,558.41 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	84,716
• Density	5.0/km2 (13/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal code FSA	P0A, P0B, P1A-P1C, P2B
Area code	705
Seat	North Bay

In 2021, the population was 84,716. The land area is 16,986.20 square kilometres (6,558.41 sq mi); the population density was 5.0 per square kilometre (13/sq mi), making it one of the most densely populated districts in northern Ontario.

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 (Local services boards in this unorganized areas include Redbridge, Thorne, and Tilden Lake)
• South Part

First Nation reserves

• Bear Island 1
• Nipissing 10

Demographics

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Nipissing District had a population of 84,716 living in 37,252 of its 41,974 total private dwellings, a change of 1.9% from its 2016 population of 83,150. With a land area of 16,986.2 km² (6,558.4 sq mi), it had a population density of 5.0/km² (12.9/sq mi) in 2021.

Canada census – Nipissing District community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	84,716 (+1.9% from 2016)	83,150 (-1.9% from 2011)	84,736 (0.1% from 2006)
Land area	16,986.20 km2 (6,558.41 sq mi)	17,103.78 km2 (6,603.81 sq mi)	17,103.52 km2 (6,603.71 sq mi)
Population density	5.0/km2 (13/sq mi)	4.9/km2 (13/sq mi)	5.0/km2 (13/sq mi)
Median age	46.8 (M: 45.6, F: 48)	45.9 (M: 44.9, F: 46.8)
Private dwellings	41,974 (total)  37,252 (occupied)	41,200 (total)  36,050 (occupied)	41,023 (total)
Median household income	$72,500	$60,303

Notes: Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves.
References: 2021 2016 2011 earlier

Historical census populations – Nipissing District

Year Pop. ±% 1921 34,541 —     1931 41,207 +19.3% 1941 43,315 +5.1% 1951 50,517 +16.6% 1956 60,452 +19.7% 1961 70,568 +16.7%	Year Pop. ±% 1966 73,533 +4.2% 1971 78,867 +7.3% 1976 81,739 +3.6% 1981 80,268 −1.8% 1986 79,004 −1.6% 1991 84,723 +7.2%	Year Pop. ±% 1996 84,832 +0.1% 2001 82,910 −2.3% 2006 84,688 +2.1% 2011 84,736 +0.1% 2016 83,150 −1.9% 2021 84,716 +1.9%
2011, 2006, and 2001 excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements. Population counts are not adjusted for boundary changes. Source: Statistics Canada

See also

• Census divisions of Ontario
• List of townships in Ontario
• List of secondary schools in Ontario#Nipissing District

External links

• Media related to Nipissing District, Ontario at Wikimedia Commons