Mattawan, Ontario
Municipality in Ontario, Canada
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Mattawan is a municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario. Located in the Nipissing District, the municipality had a population of 153 in the 2021 Canadian census.
Mattawan | |
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Municipality (single-tier) | |
| Municipality of Mattawan | |
The Otto Holden Generating Station and dam across the Ottawa River. | |
  Mattawan Location within Ontario | |
| Coordinates: 46°20′N 78°50′W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| District | Nipissing |
| Settled | 1850s |
| Incorporated | early 1880s |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Peter Murphy |
| Area | |
| • Land | 200.12 km2 (77.27 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 153 |
| • Density | 0.8/km2 (2.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| Postal code | P0H 1V0 |
| Area codes | 705, 249 |
| Website | mattawan |
The municipality has no named communities within its boundaries; all addresses within the municipality are rural routes assigned to the neighbouring town of Mattawa.
Its main access road is Highway 533, with Highway 656 as a short branch leading to the Otto Holden Generating Station on the Ottawa River.
In 2007, Mattawan, along with the town of Mattawa and the townships of Papineau-Cameron, Bonfield and Calvin cooperated to create a newly branded Mattawa Voyageur Country tourist region in order to promote the area.[2]
History
European settlement began in the 1850s, when loggers came to clear the land, followed by farmers. The township was incorporated in the early 1880s.[3]
In 1948, construction began on the Otto Holden Generating Station, leading to a temporary influx of immigrants.[3]
In 1975, the Mount Antoine ski hill opened, which closed in 2000 and reopened again in 2015.[4]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Mattawan had a population of 153 living in 71 of its 102 total private dwellings, a change of −5% from its 2016 population of 161. With a land area of 200.12 km2 (77.27 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.8/km2 (2.0/sq mi) in 2021.[1]
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 153 (-5.0% from 2016) | 161 (-0.6% from 2011) | 162 (+10.2% from 2006) |
| Land area | 200.12 km2 (77.27 sq mi) | 201.00 km2 (77.61 sq mi) | 200.96 km2 (77.59 sq mi) |
| Population density | 0.8/km2 (2.1/sq mi) | 0.8/km2 (2.1/sq mi) | 0.8/km2 (2.1/sq mi) |
| Median age | 53.2 (M: 53.2, F: 54.4) | 53.9 (M: 55.4, F: 53.5) | |
| Private dwellings | 102 (total) 71 (occupied) | 104 (total) | 99 (total) |
| Median household income | $ n/a | $77,312 |
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Mother tongue (2021):[1]
- English as first language: 67.7 %
- French as first language: 25.8 %
- English and French as first languages: 0 %
- Other as first language: 0 %
