Temiskaming ShoresOntario
10,144 people call this town in Ontario home. Its census division is Timiskaming.
Is Temiskaming Shores a good place to live?
Temiskaming Shores’s overall grade of C puts it better than 31% of Canadian towns, #679 of 858 in Ontario. Its weakest is safety (C). Homes are dear (C). Fewer journeys need a car (A−). Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for schools, B for jobs & income and B for hazard risk.
This town's rent is the 2021 census rent scaled to 2025 by its province's ratio of surveyed to census rents: no rental survey covers it, so its Cost Grade is less sure. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.
What makes Temiskaming Shores stand out
The 2 things Temiskaming Shores does most differently from other towns.
How Temiskaming Shores grades
Each subject compares Temiskaming Shores with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
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The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Temiskaming Shores.
Winter nights bite in Temiskaming Shores: January lows of −21.4°C, colder than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns
The warmest afternoons come in July, at around 24.8°C in Temiskaming Shores. There are 195 days of frost in a typical year, above both Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159). Frost usually lifts by 27 May and returns around 20 September: 115 days without it. For the wettest month, look to September: 88 mm on average.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Temiskaming Shores | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| January night low | −21.4°C | −9.1°C | −13.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 195 | 139 | 159 |
| July afternoon high | 24.8°C | 26.7°C | 25.5°C |
| Precipitation a year | 740 mm | 902 mm | 883 mm |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Earlton)
Temiskaming Shores earns a C for safety
Police recorded 18.2 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both Ontario’s towns (10.5) and Canadian towns (12). Its violent severity index came to 97, higher than both Ontario’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86).
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Temiskaming Shores | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 18.2 | 10.5 | 12 |
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 97 | 76 | 86 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
Owners in Temiskaming Shores value their homes at only 3.5 times what a household earns; the typical Canadian town is at 4.7
17% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Owners make up 72% of households.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Temiskaming Shores | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value, 2021 | $250,000 | $695,000 | $406,000 |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 17% | 22% | 18% |
| Rent as a share of income | 19% | 22% | 20% |
| Households owning their home | 72% | 76% | 74% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Values come from owners at the 2021 census and incomes from 2020, so they predate the later rise in rates.
Lives run shorter around Temiskaming Shores: 77.0 years, 4.5 below the typical Canadian town’s region
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 54%, ahead of the 51% for Ontario. 15% of adults smoke, daily or now and then, higher than both Ontario’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%). Closer to home, a hospital sits 4.5 km from the average resident of Temiskaming Shores, about the norm of 3.7 km. For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the Timiskaming Health Unit, Temiskaming Shores included.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Temiskaming Shores | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy at birth | 77.0 | 82.8 | 81.5 |
| Smokers | 15% | 10% | 12% |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| Very good or excellent health | 54% | 51% | 52% |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
Wildfire low, radon 7.8%: how Temiskaming Shores stands on hazards
Fire seldom reaches Temiskaming Shores: since 1986, 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.002% a year). No one has filed a flood map for Temiskaming Shores on the national inventory.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Temiskaming Shores | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 7.8% | 4% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.036 | $0.043 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
Temiskaming Shores has 5 French-language schools among its 10
Results have eased at 3 of 8 schools over three years. Families can pick among four systems here: English or French, public or Catholic. Catholic schools make up 6 of 10, above the 34% in Ontario. Its elementary schools are small, 210 students on average, against 365 in Ontario.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Liskeard Public School Fourth fifth in OntarioLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | Elementary · Grades JK–6 | 460 | English public |
| Timiskaming District Secondary School Bottom fifth in OntarioLargest secondary schoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Secondary · Grades 9–12 | 585 | English public |
| École catholique Saint-Michel FrenchTeaches in FrenchElementary · Grades JK–6 | Elementary · Grades JK–6 | 345 | French Catholic |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Temiskaming Shores | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nearest secondary school | 4.8 km | 1.2 km | 1.2 km |
| School boards | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Nearest elementary school | 3.4 km | 0.5 km | 0.5 km |
Provincial school lists and results, 2024-25
Commuters in Temiskaming Shores have a short way to work, 20 min on average, less than in both Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns
90% of commuters drove, about level with both Ontario’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Temiskaming Shores | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 20 min | 29 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 90% | 88% | 89% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Counted in May 2021, under pandemic rules: fewer commutes and more people between jobs than in a normal year.
Expect November days around 2°C in Temiskaming Shores, nights around −6°C
Into December, the normals move to −5°C and −15°C. Expect about 57 mm of rain and snow over November. Over the year, July is warmest at 25°C by day and January coldest at −21°C by night. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Temiskaming Shores forecast, on the Weather page.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −7°C | −19°C | 116 mm |
| Spring | 8°C | −4°C | 167 mm |
| Summer | 24°C | 11°C | 234 mm |
| Autumn | 10°C | 0°C | 222 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Earlton); the forecast is on the Weather page
Pauline Rochefort (Liberal Party of Canada) represents Temiskaming Shores in Ottawa as MP for Nipissing—Timiskaming
The October 2022 vote made Jeff Laferriere mayor of Temiskaming Shores, heading 7 seats.
| Turnout | Temiskaming Shores | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal election, 2022 | 41% | 31% | 31% |
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
Temiskaming Shores has no public library of its own; the nearest is Bibliothèque de Notre-Dame-du-Nord, 19 km away
The population Temiskaming Shores public library serves is 9,634.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
More of Temiskaming Shores’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 9.2%
3.6% of residents came to Canada as immigrants, below both Ontario’s towns (7.6%) and Canadian towns (6.4%). Visible minorities make up 3.1% of the population, below both Ontario’s towns (26%) and Canadian towns (15%).
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
52.4% of Temiskaming Shores’ residents are women
Women numbered 5,045 and men 4,585 in 2021, next to a 50.9% share of women for Canada.
| Temiskaming Shores | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 57% | 65% | 64% |
| 65+ | 28% | 19% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 23% | 15% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 49% | 56% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Ontario and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Protected land is scarce around Temiskaming Shores: 0.4% within 10 km
3 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Bass Lake Beach. W.J.B. Greenwood Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 11 km. 2.7 km out lies the largest, Blanche River Conservation Reserve, at 5,561 ha.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Temiskaming Shores | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 0.4% | 2.3% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
39% of Temiskaming Shores’s homes were built before 1961
Just beyond the boundary, the registers place 2 more.
| Heritage | Temiskaming Shores | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 39% | 22% | 18% |
Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period
Haileybury Heritage Museum and 5 more in and around Temiskaming Shores
Sights in Temiskaming Shores and close by, ordered by how widely each is known.
MuseumCobalt Mining Museum1.3 km outside town, to the southPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (1)
- Cobalt Mining Museum: Jean-Paul Lefaivre, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Everything we know about Temiskaming Shores
Famous people from Temiskaming Shores
35 notable people were born in Temiskaming Shores.
Photo credits
Corey Perry: mark6mauno, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Gus Mortson: Unknown author, Public domain · Kent Douglas: Ralston-Purina Company, Public domain · Marc Lamothe: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0 · Justin Brazeau: Jenn G from Seattle, WA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Leo Labine: C56quad, CC BY-SA 4.0
Temiskaming Shores’ neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temiskaming Shores | 10,144 | — | C | C | C | C+ |
| Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues Quebec | 1,197 | 14 | — | A | C | B− |
| Notre-Dame-du-Nord Quebec | 1,081 | 19 | — | C+ | C | B− |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Temiskaming Shores
Do people in Temiskaming Shores speak French?
Many do: 41% are bilingual in English and French (Canadian towns’ median: 8%), and 2.1% speak French only.
Who are the people of Temiskaming Shores?
At the 2021 census, 4% were immigrants and 3% belonged to a visible minority (Canadian towns’ median: 15%). 9% identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
Is Temiskaming Shores a young town or an old one?
48.4 is the median age, 45.2 the median among Canadian towns; 28% of residents are 65 or over and 15% under 15.
What kind of homes are in Temiskaming Shores?
78% of homes are single-detached houses, against 64% for the median of Canadian towns, and 1% are in apartment buildings of five storeys or more. A household averages 2.2 people; 33% are one person living alone.
About Temiskaming Shores
Town in Ontario
Statistics Canada treats Temiskaming Shores as a single census subdivision in Ontario, and TownRatings keeps to that line.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 10,144 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Ontario
- Census division
- Timiskaming
- Census subdivision
- 3554020
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).