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Unorganized South Nipissing District

Coordinates: 45°50′N 78°25′W / 45.833°N 78.417°W / 45.833; -78.417
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Unorganized South Nipissing District
Unorganized area
Nipissing, Unorganized, South Part
The Barron Canyon in Algonquin Park
The Barron Canyon in Algonquin Park
Location of Unorganized South Nipissing District
Coordinates: 45°50′N 78°25′W / 45.833°N 78.417°W / 45.833; -78.417
Country Canada
Province Ontario
DistrictNipissing
Government
 • Federal ridingNipissing—Timiskaming
 • Prov. ridingNipissing, Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke
Area
[1]
 • Land6,710.22 km2 (2,590.83 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total103
 • Density0.015/km2 (0.04/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code705

Unorganized South Nipissing District is an unorganized area in north-central Ontario, in the District of Nipissing. It is almost entirely within and includes most of Algonquin Provincial Park.

Localities

Localities located within the unorganized area are:

Communities

Townships

The following (geographic) townships are included:

  • Anglin
  • Ballantyne
  • Barron
  • Biggar
  • Bishop
  • Boulter
  • Bower
  • Boyd
  • Bronson
  • Butt
  • Canisbay
  • Clancy
  • Deacon
  • Devine
  • Dickson
  • Edgar
  • Finlayson
  • Fitzgerald
  • Freswick
  • Guthrie
  • Hunter
  • Lauder
  • Lister
  • Master
  • McCraney
  • McLaughlin
  • Niven
  • Osler
  • Paxton
  • Peck
  • Pentland
  • Preston
  • Sproule
  • Stratton
  • White
  • Wilkes

All, except Boulter, Lauder, and parts of Ballantyne, Boyd and Paxton are within Algonquin Provincial Park.

Demographics

Canada census – Nipissing, Unorganized, South Part community profile
2011
Population80 (% from 2006)
Land area6,710.88 km2 (2,591.09 sq mi)
Population density0.0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Median age
Private dwellings138 (total) 
Median household income
References: 2011[2] earlier[3][4]

Population trend:[5]

  • Population in 2011: 80
  • Population in 2006: 67
  • Population in 2001: 51
  • Population in 1996: 636 (or 77 when adjusted to 2001 boundaries)
  • Population in 1991: 628

Population distribution

Most of the population lives outside of Algonquin Park on the northern or northwestern fringes of the region. According to the 2016 Census, the blocks that encompass the Townships of Boulter, Lauder, Pentland and Boyd had a combined population of 57. The area around Loxton Lake in Ballantyne Township (Census Block 35480228012) had a population of 26. Census Block 35480228215 which covers parts of Bronson and Stratton Townships in the Northeast corner of Algonquin Park had a population of 5, while 15 people lived in Census Block 35480228146 which covers most of the western part of the region.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Nipissing, Unorganized, South Part census profile". 2016 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  2. ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  3. ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
  4. ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
  5. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census



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