Coleman, Ontario

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Coleman is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is situated in the Timiskaming District of Northeastern Ontario. The township had a population of 595 in the Canada 2016 Census. It is located along Highway 11 and 11-B.

History

The community was first formed around 1906. The township is named after geologist A. P. Coleman, who did extensive work in the region in the late 1800s. Coleman also mapped the Sudbury Basin, leading to important nickel discoveries, and proved conclusively that the area had been repeatedly glaciated. The township celebrated its first 100 years in 2006.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Coleman had a population of 517 living in 236 of its 295 total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of 595. With a land area of 177.95 km2, it had a population density of in 2021. Mother tongue (2006):

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