Mattawan is a township

Township (Canada)

The term township generally means the district or area associated with a town. However in some systems no town needs to be involved. The specific use of the term to describe political subdivisions has varied by country, usually to describe a local rural or semi-rural government within the county...

 in the Canadian

Canada

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 province of Ontario

Ontario

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. Located in the Nipissing District

Nipissing District, Ontario

Nipissing District, Ontario is a district in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1858. The district seat is North Bay.In 2006, the population was 84,688...

, the township had a population of 147 in the Canada 2006 Census

Canada 2006 Census

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The township has no named communities within its boundaries; all addresses within the township are rural routes assigned to the neighbouring town of Mattawa

Mattawa, Ontario

Mattawa is a town in northeastern Ontario, Canada, at the confluence of the Mattawa and Ottawa Rivers in Nipissing District. Mattawa means "Meeting of the Waters" in Ojibwa...

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Its main access road is Provincial Highway 533

Highway 533 (Ontario)

Secondary Highway 533, commonly referred to as Highway 533, is a provincially maintained secondary highway in the Canadian province of Ontario...

, with Highway 656 as a short branch leading to the Otto Holden Generating Station on the Ottawa River

Ottawa River

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In 2007, Mattawan, along with the town of Mattawa and the townships of Papineau-Cameron

Papineau-Cameron, Ontario

Papineau-Cameron is a municipal township in northeastern Ontario, Canada, in Nipissing District. The township is located on the south side of the Mattawa and Ottawa Rivers along Highway 17....

, Bonfield

Bonfield, Ontario

Bonfield is a township in northeastern Ontario, Canada, on the Mattawa River in Nipissing District.The township comprises the communities of Blanchard's Landing, Bonfield, Grand Desert, and Rutherglen...

 and Calvin

Calvin, Ontario

Calvin is a township in northeastern Ontario, Canada on the Mattawa River in Nipissing District. The township took its name from Delino Dexter Calvin, an Ontario lumber merchant and MPP based in Frontenac County....

 cooperated to create a newly-branded Mattawa Voyageur Country tourist region in order to promote the area.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2006 Census

Canada 2006 Census

The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 16, 2006. The next census following will be the 2011 Census. Canada's total population enumerated by the 2006 census was 31,612,897...

:

• Population: 147
• % Change (2001-2006): 28.9
• Dwellings: 120
• Area (km².): 199.52
• Density (persons per km².): 0.7
• Mother tongue:
  • English as first language: 90 %
  • French as first language: 10 %
  • English and French as first language: 0 %
  • Other as first language: 0 %

Population trend:

• Population in 2001: 114
• Population in 1996: 115
• Population in 1991: 127

External links

• Township of Mattawan