Mattawan, Ontario
Mattawan | |
|---|---|
Municipality (single-tier) | |
| Municipality of Mattawan | |
The Otto Holden Generating Station and dam across the Ottawa River. | |
| Coordinates: 46°20′N 78°50′W / 46.333°N 78.833°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| District | Nipissing |
| Settled | 1850s |
| Incorporated | early 1880s |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Peter Murphy |
| Area | |
| • Land | 200.12 km2 (77.27 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 153 |
| • Density | 0.8/km2 (2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| Postal code | P0H 1V0 |
| Area code(s) | 705, 249 |
| Website | mattawan |
Mattawan is a municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario. Located in the Nipissing District, the municipality had a population of 153 in the 2021 Canadian census.
The municipality has no named communities within its boundaries; all addresses within the municipality are rural routes assigned to the neighbouring town of Mattawa.
Its main access road is Highway 533, with Highway 656 as a short branch leading to the Otto Holden Generating Station on the Ottawa River.
In 2007, Mattawan, along with the town of Mattawa and the townships of Papineau-Cameron, Bonfield and Calvin cooperated to create a newly branded Mattawa Voyageur Country tourist region in order to promote the area.