Onaping Falls
Onaping Falls | |
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Community | |
High Falls on the Onaping River as seen from the A.Y. Jackson Lookout | |
Location of Onaping Falls within Greater Sudbury. | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| City | Greater Sudbury |
| Ward | 3 |
| Incorporated | January 1, 1973 |
| Dissolved | December 31, 2000 |
| Government | |
| • Governing Body | Greater Sudbury City Council |
| • MPs | Jim Belanger (Conservative) |
| • MPPs | France Gélinas (NDP) |
| Population (2011)Statistics Canada | |
• Total | 4,874 |
| Population is for Census Tract 5800140.00 | |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Postal Code FSA | P0M |
| Area code | 705 |
| Website | Onaping Falls Community Action Network |
Onaping Falls (1996 census population 5,277) was a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, which existed from 1973 to 2000. It was created as part of the Regional Municipality of Sudbury, and took its name from the waterfalls (High Falls) on the Onaping River.
On January 1, 2001, the town and the Regional Municipality were dissolved and amalgamated into the city of Greater Sudbury. The town is now part of Ward 3 on Greater Sudbury City Council.
In the Canada 2011 Census, the main communities in Onaping Falls were listed for the first time as two of six distinct population centres (or urban areas) in Greater Sudbury: Dowling (population 1,690, density 475.0 km2) and Onaping-Levack (population 2,042, density 251.3 km2).