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Regional Snapshot
The Nipissing Region has 0.7% of Ontario’s population and is home to 3.6% of the province’s Francophones. Francophones make up one-quarter of the region’s population, while 38% claim knowledge of French. Nearly one inhabitant in ten in the region is Aboriginal.
The population in this region has an average income that is well below that of the provincial average and there is a similar difference bandween the average income of the region’s Francophones ($30,699) and the provincial Francophone average ($40,344).
Unemployment among the region’s Anglophones is 8.3% and 8.5% among Francophones, i.e. approximately 2 points higher than the provincial average.
The predominant industries in the region, in terms of workforce percentages, are different from those that dominate provincially. For example, the main industry in Ontario as a whole is manufacturing (14%) but the industry is not among the top five in the Nipissing region. Accommodation and food services (9%) and public administration (8%) head the list in the Nipissing Region while these are not among Ontario’s main industries over all.
The region’s most popular occupations are comparable to those for the province as a whole. Sales and service (28%), business, finance and administration (17%) and the trades, transport and equipment operation (17%) are the top three occupational groups in the region. These sectors also dominate provincially though in somewhat different proportions.
Statistics of the region
| Population (2006) |
Nipissing region |
Ontario |
| Total population |
79,725 |
11,354,360 |
| Francophone population 1 |
20,010 |
557,070 |
| % Francophone population |
25 % |
5 % |
| Population with knowledge of French 2 |
30,625 |
1,426,540 |
| Population with knowledge of French in % |
38 % |
13 % |
| Aboriginal population |
6,790 |
222,630 |
| % Aboriginal population |
9 % |
2 % |
1. Individuals whose first spoken official language is French or English and French.
2. French is considered as being used in the workplace when it is the language used most or one of the languages frequently used in the workplace.
| Workforce (2006) |
Nipissing region |
Ontario |
| Total workforce |
41,875 |
6,587,580 |
| Total Anglophone workforce |
31,935 |
6,205,070 |
| Total Francophone workforce |
9,945 |
322,275 |
| % Total Francophone workforce |
55 % |
65 % |
| Average employment income (2005) |
Nipissing region |
Ontario |
| Total population |
$ 31,143 |
$ 39,386 |
| Anglophone population |
$ 31,285 |
$ 39,529 |
| Francophone population |
$ 30,699 |
$ 40,344 |
| Index of average Francophone/Anglophone income |
0.98 |
1.02 |
| Unemployment 2006 (May) |
Nipissing region |
Ontario |
| Total number of unemployed |
3,485 |
423,330 |
| Number of unemployed Anglophones |
2,650 |
396,970 |
| Anglophone unemployment rate |
8.3 % |
6.4 % |
| Number of unemployed Francophones |
840 |
19,765 |
| Francophone unemployment rate |
8.5 % |
6.1 % |
| Index of Francophone/Anglophone unemployment rate |
1.02 |
0.95 |
Source: Custom tabulations, Census 2001 and 2006, Statistics Canada.
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Predominant industries (2006)
| Nipissing region |
in % of the workforce |
| Retail trade |
13 % |
| Health care and social assistance |
13 % |
| Accommodation and food services |
9 % |
| Educational Services |
8 % |
| Public administration |
8 % |
| Ontario |
in % of the workforce |
| Manufacturing |
14 % |
| Retail trade |
11 % |
| Health care and social assistance |
9 % |
| Professional, scientific and technical services |
7 % |
| Educational Services |
7 % |
Predominant occupations (2006)
| Nipissing region |
in % of the workforce |
| Sales and Service Occupations |
28 % |
| Business, Finance and Administration |
17 % |
| Trades, Transport and Equipment Operation |
17 % |
| Social Sciences, Teaching, Public Administration and Religion |
10 % |
| Management |
9 % |
| Ontario |
in % of the workforce |
| Sales and Service Occupations |
24 % |
| Business, Finance and Administration |
19 % |
| Trades, Transport and Equipment Operation |
14 % |
| Management |
10 % |
| Social Sciences, Teaching, Public Administration and Religion |
8 % |
Source: Custom Tabulations, 2001 and 2006 Census, Statistics Canada.
Population Structure
 Stats page : Population Structure
Socio-economic Indicators
Stats page : Socio-economic Indicators
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