Nipissing District, Ontario
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Nipissing District, Ontario is a district
District
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 in Northeastern Ontario
Northeastern Ontario
Northeastern Ontario is the region within the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north and east of Lakes Superior and Huron.Northeastern Ontario consists of the districts of Algoma, Sudbury, Cochrane, Timiskaming, Nipissing and Manitoulin; and the single-tier municipality of Greater...

 in the Canadian province of Ontario
Ontario
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. It was created in 1858. The district seat is North Bay
North Bay, Ontario
North Bay is a city in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is the seat of Nipissing District, and takes its name from its position on the shore of Lake Nipissing.-History:...

.

In 2006, the population was 84,688. The land area is 17,065.07 km (10,603.74 mi); the population density was 5.0 people/km (8.0 people/mi), making it the most densely populated district in Northern Ontario.

Towns

  • 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...

  • Temagami
  • West Nipissing


In addition, part of the town of Kearney
Kearney, Ontario
Kearney is a town and municipality in the Parry Sound District of Ontario, Canada. With a landmass of 529 square kilometres and a year round population of 798 in the Canada 2006 Census, Kearney claims to be the "Biggest Little Town in Ontario."-History:...

 is sometimes considered part of Nipissing District, although Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada
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 does not consider it to be part of the census division.

Townships

  • 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...

  • 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....

  • Chisholm
    Chisholm, Ontario
    Chisholm is a township in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, located in the Nipissing District.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...

  • East Ferris
    East Ferris, Ontario
    East Ferris is a township in northeastern Ontario, Canada located between Trout Lake and Lake Nosbonsing in the District of Nipissing. West Ferris has long been annexed into the city of North Bay.-Communities:...

  • Mattawan
    Mattawan, Ontario
    Mattawan is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario. Located in the Nipissing District, the township had a population of 147 in the Canada 2006 Census....

  • 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....

  • South Algonquin

Unorganized areas

  • North Part
    Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part, Ontario
    Unorganized Nipissing North Part is an unorganized area in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It includes the unincorporated areas in northern Nipissing District north of the Mattawa River.-Communities:*Balsam Creek*Eldee*Redbridge*Songis*Thorne*Tilden Lake...

  • South Part
    Nipissing, Unorganized, South Part, Ontario
    Unorganized Nipissing South Part is an unorganized area in north-central Ontario, in the District of Nipissing. It makes up a large area and includes most of Algonquin Provincial Park.-Communities:*Acanthus*Achray*Brent*Canoe Lake*Coristine*Daventry...


First Nations

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  • Nipissing 10
    Nipissing 10, Ontario
    Nipissing 10 is a First Nations reserve in northeastern Ontario, Canada located on the north shores of Lake Nipissing in Nipissing District, serving as the land base for the Nipissing First Nation. The reserve is located west of North Bay and east of West Nipissing.The reserve comprises the...

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