Timmins, Ontario
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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 municipality in land area until 1995, when the regional municipality of Wood Buffalo was created.
The city was founded by Noah Timmins 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, and Timmins is a regional government and commercial service centre for much of Northeastern Ontario.
Due to the large network of abandoned mining tunnels under the city, Timmins has had problems in recent years with sinkholes. This began to attract international attention in 2004, with a story on the topic airing on the American Fox News Channel. So far, the city has managed to avoid tragedy as nobody has died in a sinkhole incident.
The community is served by the Timmins Airport, which has scheduled service to Toronto and Sudbury, and acts as a mini hub for many small communities in the north-central part of the province.
The city's current mayor is Vic Power.
The city's slogan is "the city with a heart of gold".
Communities
- Dome
- Gold Centre
- Hoyle
- Porcupine
- Schumacher
- South Porcupine
- Timmins
Schools
Postsecondary education
The main postsecondary institution in Timmins is Northern College, a College of Applied Arts and Technology. The city also has satellite campuses of Collège Boréal and Laurentian University's Université de Hearst.High schools
- O'Gorman High School
- École Publique Renaissance
- École Secondaire Thériault
- Timmins High and Vocational School
- Roland Michener Secondary School
Media
TV
- Cable 3: Persona Inc. community channel
- Channel 3: CITO-TV, CTV
- Channel 6: CBLT-7, CBC (formerly CFCL)
- Channel 7: CICA-7, TVOntario
- Channel 9: CBLFT-3, SRC
- Channel 11: CHCH-7, CH
- Channel 13: CIII-13, Global
Radio
- 92.1 FM - CJQQ (Q92, active rock)
- 93.1 FM - CHMT (Moose FM, classic rock)
- 94.3 FM - CKTT (tourist information)
- 96.1 FM - CBCJ (CBC Radio One)
- 97.1 FM - CBON-25 (La Première Chaîne)
- 99.3 FM - CKGB (EZRock, adult contemporary)
- 101.5 FM - CHTI (tourist information)
- 102.3 FM - CHIM (Christian)
- 104.1 FM - CHYK (francophone hot adult contemporary)
Notable people from Timmins
Shania Twain is the most internationally famous native of Timmins. Other notable figures from the city include:
- Charlie Angus, musician and songwriter for the band Grievous Angels, now serving as the New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for Timmins—James Bay
- Bill Barilko, National Hockey League hockey player and Tragically Hip song subject ("Fifty Mission Cap", from 1992's Fully Completely)
- Paul Bellini, comedy writer and television actor
- Gilles Bisson, Ontario New Democratic Party Member of Provincial Parliament for Timmins—James Bay
- Stompin' Tom Connors, musician and songwriter was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, but lived and worked in the mines in Timmins long enough to get his big break singing at the Maple Leaf Hotel there in the 1960s.
- Les Costello, former NHL hockey player with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the golden era. Later became a Roman Catholic priest in Timmins while continuing to play hockey for the "Flying Fathers".
- Patrice Desbiens, French poet and percussionist
- Shean Donovan, NHL hockey player
- Frank Gehry, architect, spent adolescence in Timmins
- Robin David Michel Hall, soccer player
- J. Conrad Lavigne, broadcasting pioneer
- Jamie Lim, current president & CEO of the Ontario Forestry Industries Association; former Timmins mayor
- Bradley M. Lushman, mathematician (type theory)
- Frank Mahovlich, former NHL hockey player and now Canadian Senator
- Derek McGrath actor best known as the cherubic murderer "Andy-Andy" Schroeder on Cheers, and Dr. Benjamin Marion Jeffcoate on My Secret Identity
- Ian Orenstein lived in the Timmins area from 1967 to 1971. At one time, he was a paper boy for the Timmins Daily Press.
- Alan Pope, former Progressive Conservative MPP
- Jim Prentice, Conservative Party of Canada Member of Parliament from Calgary, Alberta
- Jody Racicot, actor
- Myron Scholes, award-winning economist
- Steve Sullivan, NHL player
- Philippe Tatartcheff, poet and songwriter for Kate and Anna McGarrigle
- Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, newspaper magnate, started his empire in the 1930's with the Timmins Daily Press
- Lola Lemire Tostevin, novelist and poet
See also: List of mayors of Timmins, Ontario.
Demographics
According to the 2001 Statistics Canada Census:- % Change (1996]-2001): -8.0
- Dwellings: 18,806
- Density (persons per sq. km.): 14.8
Racial composition
- 92.3% White
- 6.6% Aboriginal
- 0.4% Chinese
- 0.5% non-Chinese Asian
- Source: [Statistics Canada]
Religion
- 68.7% Catholic
- 20.2% Protestant
- 1.8% other Christian
- 0.8% other religions
- 8.5% no religion
| North: Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part | |||||
| West: Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part |
Timmins | East: Black River-Matheson | |||
| South: Timiskaming, Unorganized North West, Ontario |
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