Timiskaming First Nation

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Timiskaming

| settlement_type = Indian reserve

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| image_skyline = Timiskaming FN.jpg

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| coordinates = {{coord|47|38|N|79|28|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Canada

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Quebec

| subdivision_type2 = Region

| subdivision_name2 = Abitibi-Témiscamingue

| subdivision_type3 = Regional county

| subdivision_name3 = None

| established_title = Settled

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| established_title1 = Formed

| established_date1 = 1854

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| leader_title = Chief

| leader_name = Vicky Chief

| leader_title1 = Federal riding

| leader_name1 = Abitibi—Témiscamingue

| leader_title2 = Prov. riding

| leader_name2 = Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue

| area_total_km2 = 18.20

| area_land_km2 = 18.39

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| area_footnotes = [https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/RVDetail.aspx?RESERVE_NUMBER=06092&lang=eng Reserve/Settlement/Village Detail]

| population_as_of = 2021

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| population_footnotes = {{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Timis&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1&DGUIDlist=2021A00052485806 | title=Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Timiskaming, Indian reserve (IRI) [Census subdivision], Quebec | date=9 February 2022 }}

| population_total = 541

| population_density_km2 = 29.4

| population_blank1_title = Pop (2016–21)

| population_blank1 = {{increase}} 0.4%

| timezone = EST

| utc_offset = −05:00

| timezone_DST = EDT

| utc_offset_DST = −04:00

| postal_code_type = Postal Code

| postal_code = J0Z 3B0

| area_code = 819

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| website = [http://www.atfn.ca]

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Timiskaming (former official designation Timiskaming 19) is a First Nations reserve in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada, just north of the head of Lake Timiskaming. It belongs to the Timiskaming First Nation, an Algonquin band.{{cite web |url=https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNMain.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=64&lang=eng |website=Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada |publisher=Government of Canada |title=Timiskaming First Nation |accessdate=2012-10-26 }} It is geographically within the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality but administratively not part of it.

History

In 1853, following the proposed distribution by Commissioner of Crown Lands, John Rolph, the Governor General in Council, Charles Monck, 4th Viscount Monck, assigned the Nipissing, Algonquin, and Ottawa Indians of the Timiscaming region a reserve of {{convert|38400|acre}}, located along the Ottawa River, and originally known as Temiscamingue Reserve. But piece-by-piece, the reserve was reduced in size when the Indians ceded lots back to the government in 1897, 1898, every year from 1905 to 1917, 1939, 1953, and 1955. But many of these surrenders are now being disputed.Natural Resources Canada - Legal Surveys Division, Historical Review - [http://clss.nrcan.gc.ca/data-donnees/publications/indlanhisque-hisfonterindque/timiskaming_ang.pdf Timiskaming land title history] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706182029/http://clss.nrcan.gc.ca/data-donnees/publications/indlanhisque-hisfonterindque/timiskaming_ang.pdf |date=2011-07-06 }}

On October 23, 1999, the Quebec government officially recognized a name change from Timiscaming to Timiskaming.{{cite web |url=http://stat.gouv.qc.ca/publications/referenc/pdf/mod99.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=stat.gouv.qc.ca |access-date=30 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061230033509/http://stat.gouv.qc.ca/publications/referenc/pdf/mod99.pdf |archive-date=30 December 2006 |url-status=dead}} On July 30, 2002, the Department of Indian Affairs recognized that the reserve's name was changed to Timiskaming.

Demographics

=Population=

As of May 2022, the registered population of the Timiskaming First Nation is 2,519 members, of whom 648 live on the Timiskaming reserve and 1,871 live off reserve.{{cite web | url=https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1634312499368/1634312554965 | title=Indigenous communities in Quebec | date=15 October 2021 }}

{{Canada census

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|2021_population=541 | 2021_pop_delta=0.4 | 2021_land_area=18.39 | 2021_pop_density=29.4

|2021_median_age=36.0 | 2021_median_age_m=35.2 | 2021_median_age_f=39.2

|2021_total_pvt_dwell=208 | 2021_mean_hh_income=52,400 | 2021_access_date=2024-12-24

|2016_population=539 | 2016_pop_delta=-0.2 | 2016_land_area=18.48 | 2016_pop_density=29.2

|2016_median_age=32.9 | 2016_median_age_m=32.6 | 2016_median_age_f=33.3

|2016_total_pvt_dwell=194 | 2016_mean_hh_income=41,472 | 2016_access_date=2024-12-24

|2011_population=540 | 2011_pop_delta=6.9 | 2011_land_area=18.19 | 2011_pop_density=29.7

|2011_median_age=28.8 | 2011_median_age_m=28.8 | 2011_median_age_f=28.0

|2011_total_pvt_dwell=191 | 2011_mean_hh_income=37,632 | 2011_access_date=2014-01-29

|2006_population=505 | 2006_pop_delta=-5.4 | 2006_land_area=18.19 | 2006_pop_density=27.8

|2006_median_age=33.5 | 2006_median_age_m=33.0 | 2006_median_age_f=34.1

|2006_total_pvt_dwell=193 | 2006_mean_hh_income=33,792 | 2006_access_date=2012-10-26

|2001_population=549 | 2001_pop_delta=+14.9 | 2001_land_area=18.82 | 2001_pop_density=29.2

|2001_median_age=44.8 | 2001_median_age_m=43.5 | 2001_median_age_f=46.4

|2001_total_pvt_dwell=167 | 2001_mean_hh_income=35,157 | 2001_access_date=2014-01-29

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=Language=

Mother tongue:

English as first language: 81.0%
French as first language: 13.3%
English and French as first language: 1.9%
Other as first language: 2.9%

Economy

The reserve's economy is tied to the adjacent town of Notre-Dame-du-Nord and mostly based on logging, farming, construction, and tourism. There are about 15 enterprises on the reserve. The Timiskaming First Nation administration employs about 70 persons.