Mattawan is a municipality in the Canadian provinceofOntario. Located in the Nipissing District, the municipality had a population of 161 in the Canada 2016 Census.
Mattawan
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Municipality (single-tier)
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| Municipality of Mattawan | |
The Otto Holden Generating Station and dam across the Ottawa River.
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  Mattawan
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| Coordinates: 46°20′N 78°50′W / 46.333°N 78.833°W / 46.333; -78.833 | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| District | Nipissing |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Peter Murphy |
| Area | |
| • Land | 201.00 km2 (77.61 sq mi) |
| Population
(2016)[2]
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| • Total | 161 |
| • Density | 0.8/km2 (2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| Postal code |
P0H 1V0
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| Area code(s) | 705, 249 |
| Website | Official website |
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.[3]
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.[4]
| 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 | $77,312 |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1991 | 127 | — |
| 1996 | 115 | −9.4% |
| 2001 | 114 | −0.9% |
| 2006 | 147 | +28.9% |
| 2011 | 162 | +10.2% |
| 2016 | 161 | −0.6% |
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