Country Canada County Prescott and Russell Time zone EST (UTC-5) Local time Wednesday 5:47 AM | Province Ontario Incorporated 1998 Postal code K0A, K0B Population 11,668 (2011) | |
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The Nation (La Nation in French) is a municipality in eastern Ontario, located within Canada's National Capital Region, in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell. The municipality consists of the former geographic townships of Caledonia, Cambridge and South Plantagenet.
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Map of The Nation Municipality, ON, Canada
The municipality is crossed by the South Nation River that connects Larose Forest and Alfred Bog. The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources has designated the Alfred Bog as "a provincially significant wetland and an Area of Natural and Scientific Interest." Species of interest include the palm warbler, northern pitcher-plant, pink lady's slipper, cottongrass, bog elfin and bog copper butterflies, and ebony boghaunter dragonfly. It also hosts one of the most southerly herds of moose. The bog is open to the public with a 272 metres (892 ft) boardwalk for nature walks.
Communities
The township comprises the communities of Benoit, Bradley Creek, Caledonia Springs, Fenaghvale, Forest Park, Fournier, Franklins Corners, Gagnon, Johnsons Ferry, Lalonde, Limoges, Longtinville, Martels Corners, Mayerville, Parkers Corners, Proulx, Riceville, Routhier, Sandown, Skye, St. Albert, St. Amour, St. Bernardin, Ste-Rose-de-Prescott, St. Isidore and Velfranc.
The ghost town of Lemieux, abandoned in the early-1990s, is also located within the municipality.
Demographics
The Nation experienced significant growth between 2006 and 2011. According to the 2011 Statistics Canada census, The Nation's population is 11,668, a 9.4% increase from 10,643 in 2006. There are more than 4,400 dwellings in 658.03 km2 with the average population density per km2 being 17.7.
The Nation also contains one of the larger concentrations of the French in Ontario. According to the 2006 Statistics Canada census, 70% of the population have French as their first language, while 25% have English as their first language.