Chisholm
Township (single-tier)
Township of Chisholm
Chisholm
Coordinates: 46°06′N 79°14′W / 46.100°N 79.233°W / 46.100; -79.233
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Nipissing
Government
• Mayor	Gail Degagne
• MP	Anthony Rota
• MPP	Vic Fedeli
Area
• Total	206.73 km2 (79.82 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	1,291
• Density	6.2/km2 (16/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
Postal code	P0H 1Z0
Area code(s)	705, 249
Website	www.chisholm.ca

Chisholm (Canada 2016 Census population 1,291) is a township in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, located in the Nipissing District.

Maps show the township as comprising the communities of Alderdale, Booth's Landing, Chiswick, Fossmill, Grahamvale and Wasing, however, these communities are now little more than slightly denser areas of housing, or completely abandoned in the case of Fossmill.^[2] The township administrative offices are located in Chiswick. Alderdale, Fossmill, Grahamvale, and Wasing were all once stops or milepoints along the Canadian National Railway Alderdale Subdivision.^[3] Rail service declined in the mid-20th century and was eliminated altogether in 1996.^[4]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Chisholm had a population of 1,312 living in 508 of its 614 total private dwellings, a change of 1.6% from its 2016 population of 1,291. With a land area of 205.77 km² (79.45 sq mi), it had a population density of 6.4/km² (16.5/sq mi) in 2021.^[5]