Timmins, Ontario
Timmins, with a population of 43,686 (2001), is a city in northeastern Ontario, Canada on the Mattagami River. At 2,961.52 square kilometres, Timmins was Canada's largest city in land area until 2001, when the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario was created.
The city was founded in 1912 after three gold mines were discovered in the area. Mining, of gold and other metals such as silver, zinc, copper, and nickel, is the dominant industry in the area. Forestry is also important to the local economy.
Timmins natives include well-known country singer Shania Twain (b. 1965), NHL hockey player Steve Sullivan, and the not-so-well-known-but-well-meaning Raymond Yee, Ph.D. (b. 1967), technology architect of the Interactive University Project at UC Berkeley.
According to the 2001 Statistics Canada Census:
- % Change (1996-2001): -8.0
- Dwellings: 18,806
- Density (persons per sq. km.): 14.8
Communities
Official City of Timmins Website: http://www.city.timmins.on.ca/
Referenced By
2003 Ontario municipal elections | Baron Black of Crossharbour | Cochrane, Ontario | Communities of the Province of Ontario, Canada | Conrad Black | Conrad M. Black | Franco-Ontarian | Franco-Ontarien | Franco-Ontariens | Frank Mahovlich | Greater Sudbury, Ontario | List of Airports:Y | List of Canadian Members of Parliment | List of airports: Y | List of communities in Ontario | List of the 100 largest cities in Canada | List of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in Canada | Lord Black of Crossharbour | MCTV | Members of the Canadian House of Commons | Myron S. Scholes | Myron Scholes | Northern College of Applied Arts and Technology | Northern Ontario | Peter Gzowski | Regional Municipality of Sudbury | Shaina Twain | Shania Twain | Sudbury, Ontario | Sudbury Regional Municipality, Ontario | Timmins, Ontario
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