La Vallee, Ontario
Township in Ontario, Canada
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
La Vallee is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Rainy River District.
La Vallee | |
|---|---|
| Township of La Vallee | |
Municipal office in Devlin | |
  La Vallee Location within Ontario | |
| Coordinates: 48°37′N 93°39′W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| District | Rainy River |
| Government | |
| • Reeve | Lucille MacDonald |
| • Fed. riding | Thunder Bay—Rainy River |
| • Prov. riding | Kenora—Rainy River |
| Area | |
| • Land | 237.12 km2 (91.55 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 788 |
| • Density | 3.3/km2 (8.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Postal Code | P0W 1C0 |
| Area code | 807 |
| Website | lavallee |
Geography
La Vallee Township stretches for 9.7 kilometres (6 mi) along the north side of the Rainy River, with a depth of 15 miles (24 km), and consists of the geographic townships of Devlin, Burriss and Woodyatt.
The township includes the communities of:
- Big Fork (48°31′18″N 93°40′20″W)[2]
- Box Alder (48°33′44″N 93°40′26″W)[3]
- Burriss (48°40′43″N 93°40′20″W)[4]
- Devlin (48°37′07″N 93°40′19″W)[5]
- Lake Wasaw (48°43′19″N 93°38′53″W)[6]
- La Vallee (48°36′55″N 93°37′47″W)[7]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, La Vallee had a population of 788 living in 319 of its 379 total private dwellings, a change of −16% from its 2016 population of 938. With a land area of 237.12 km2 (91.55 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.3/km2 (8.6/sq mi) in 2021.[1] The township's population of 938 in 2016 was down 5.1% from 2011.
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 788 (-16.0% from 2016) | 938 (-5.1% from 2011) | 988 (-7.4% from 2006) |
| Land area | 237.12 km2 (91.55 sq mi) | 237.84 km2 (91.83 sq mi) | 237.50 km2 (91.70 sq mi) |
| Population density | 3.3/km2 (8.5/sq mi) | 3.9/km2 (10/sq mi) | 4.2/km2 (11/sq mi) |
| Median age | 44.8 (M: 44.0, F: 45.2) | 43.6 (M: 43.7, F: 43.1) | 40.9 (M: 40.4, F: 41.4) |
| Private dwellings | 379 (total) 319 (occupied) | 395 (total) | 383 (total) |
| Median household income | $99,000 | $82,176 |
Historical census populations – La Vallee Township | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada[1][11][12][13][14] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
