Fauquier-Strickland

Fauquier-Strickland
Township (single-tier)
Township of Fauquier-Strickland
Motto: Ad augusta per angusta (Towards success by effort)
Fauquier-Strickland
Coordinates: 49°18′N 82°02′W / 49.300°N 82.033°W / 49.300; -82.033Coordinates: 49°18′N 82°02′W / 49.300°N 82.033°W / 49.300; -82.033
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Cochrane
Settled	1909
Incorporated	December 24, 1921
Government
• Type	Township
• Reeve	Madeleine Tremblay
• Governing Body	Fauquier-Strickland Township Council
• Federal riding	Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing
• Prov. riding	Timmins—James Bay
Area[1]
• Land	1,013.90 km2 (391.47 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	530
• Density	0.5/km2 (1/sq mi)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code	P0L 1G0
Area code(s)	705
Website	fauquierstrickland.com

Fauquier-Strickland is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Cochrane District. The three main communities in the township are Fauquier, Strickland, and Gregoires Mill. All are located along Highway 11 between Departure Lake and Moonbeam.

The township was first incorporated on December 24, 1921, as Shackleton and Machin, the names of the two former geographic townships that comprise its territory. It adopted its current name in 1984, renaming itself for its two largest communities.

Fauquier is located along the Groundhog River. The main community landmark is a roadside statue of a groundhog.

Reeves

• Pierre Guèvremont (1922–1929)
• J. Anaclet Habel (1930–1931)
• Ph. Filion (1932)
• Napoléon Gravel (1933–1945)
• J. Émile Jacques (1946–1948)
• Raoul Tremblay (1949–1955)
• J. Antoine Laferrière (1956–1964, 1969–1972)
• Edmond Gauthier (1965)
• Laurent Dufour (1966–1968)
• Raymond Grzela (1972–2003)
• Jacques Demers (2003–2006)
• Madeleine Tremblay (2006–present)

Demographics

Population:^[5]

• Population in 2011: 530
• Population in 2006: 568
• Population in 2001: 678
• Population in 1996: 684 (or 747 when adjusted to 2001 boundaries)
• Population in 1991: 746

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 17.5%
• French as first language: 78.1%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 4.4%

See also

• List of townships in Ontario
• List of francophone communities in Ontario

References

External links

• Township of Fauquier-Strickland

		Unorganized North Cochrane
	Moonbeam		Unorganized North Cochrane
		Fauquier-Strickland
		Unorganized North Cochrane

Cochrane District, Ontario City Timmins Towns Cochrane Hearst Iroquois Falls Kapuskasing Moosonee Smooth Rock Falls Townships Black River-Matheson Fauquier-Strickland Mattice-Val Côté Moonbeam Opasatika Val Rita-Harty First Nations Constance Lake Flying Post Fort Albany Kashechewan Marten Falls Moose Cree Taykwa Tagamou Wahgoshig Indian reserves Abitibi 70 Constance Lake 92 English River 66 Factory Island 1 Flying Post 73 Fort Albany 67 (part) Moose Factory 68 New Post 69 New Post 69A Indian settlements Fort Albany Unorganized territories North South East South West See also: Communities in Cochrane District Census divisions of Ontario