West Nipissing, Ontario
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| West Nipissing, Ontario | |
| Country | Canada |
|---|---|
| Province | Ontario |
| District | Nipissing District |
| Established | 1999 |
| Government | |
| - Mayor | Joanne Savage |
| - Governing Body | West Nipissing Town Council |
| - MPs | Ray Bonin (LPC) |
| - MPPs | Shelley Martel (NDP) |
| Area | |
| - Municipality | 1,989.57 km² (768.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| - Municipality | 13,410 |
| - Density | 6.7/km² (17.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| - Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Postal Code | P0H, P2B |
| Website: Municipality of West Nipissing | |
The Municipality of West Nipissing is a municipality in northeastern Ontario, Canada on Lake Nipissing in the District of Nipissing. It was formed on January 1, 1999 with the amalgamation of seventeen and a half former towns, villages, townships and unorganized communities. It is the most bilingual community in Ontario with 73.4% of its population fluent in both English and French. You can find out more about the community through the websites listed below.
- Cache Bay
- Crystal Falls
- Field
- Lavigne
- North Monetville
- River Valley
- Sturgeon Falls
- Verner
The region is served primarily by broadcast stations from North Bay and Greater Sudbury. One commercial radio station, CFSF, and a non-profit community station, CFDN, broadcast from Sturgeon Falls, as does a retransmitter of the SRC television affiliate CBLFT.
| North: Unorganized Northern Nipissing | ||
| West: St. Charles, Markstay-Warren, French River, Unorganized Northern Sudbury |
West Nipissing | East: Nipissing 10 |
| South: Nipissing 10 |