Nipissing District is a district in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1858. The district seat is North Bay.

In 2021, the population was 84,716. The land area is ; the population density was , making it one of the most densely populated districts in northern Ontario.

History The Sudbury District was created in 1894 from townships of eastern Algoma District and west Nipissing District. The Timiskaming District was created in 1912 from parts of Algoma, Nipissing, and Sudbury Districts.

Subdivisions

City: North Bay

Towns: Mattawa Temagami West Nipissing

In addition, the eastern part of the town of Kearney is within Nipissing District, but the entire town is enumerated with the Parry Sound District.

Townships: Bonfield Calvin Chisholm East Ferris Mattawan Papineau-Cameron South Algonquin

Unorganized areas: North Part (Local services boards in this unorganized areas include Redbridge, Thorne, and Tilden Lake) South Part

First Nation reserves

Bear Island 1 Nipissing 10

Demographics As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Nipissing District had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

See also Census divisions of Ontario List of townships in Ontario List of secondary schools in Ontario#Nipissing District

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