Timiskaming First Nation

This article is about the Indian reserve. For other topics, see Timiskaming.

Timiskaming First Nation
First Nations reserve
Timiskaming
Coordinates: 47°38′N 79°28′W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Regional county	None
Formed	1854
Government
• Chief	Vicky Chief
• Federal riding	Abitibi—Témiscamingue
• Prov. riding	Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue
Area
• Total	18.20 km2 (7.03 sq mi)
• Land	18.39 km2 (7.10 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	541
• Density	29.4/km2 (76/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal Code	J0Z 3B0
Area code	819
Website	[1]

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. 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 38,400 acres (15,500 ha), 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.

On October 23, 1999, the Quebec government officially recognized a name change from Timiscaming to Timiskaming. 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.

Canada census – Timiskaming First Nation community profile

	2011
Population	540 (6.9% from 2006)
Land area	18.19 km2 (7.02 sq mi)
Population density	29.7/km2 (77/sq mi)
Median age	28.8 (M: 28.8, F: 28.0)
Private dwellings	191 (total)
Median household income	$.N/A

Notes: 2011 data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons.
Population in 1996: 478 (+24.5% from 1991) - Population in 1991: 361
References: 2011 earlier

Language

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 87.5%
• French as first language: 8.7%
• English and French as first language: 1.9%
• Other as first language: 1.9%

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.

Education

There is one school on the reserve: Kiwetin School, providing pre-Kindergarten to grade 8. It had an enrolment of 65 students in 2008-2009.

See also

• List of anglophone communities in Quebec