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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Iroquois Falls
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The town centre lies 11 km east of [[Ontario Highway 11|Hwy 11]] on the banks of the [[Abitibi River]], west of [[Lake Abitibi]]. [[Timmins]], one of the largest cities in northern Ontario, is approximately {{convert|70|km|mi}} to the southwest. The following communities are also within the municipal boundaries: '''Monteith''', '''Nellie Lake''', and '''Porquis Junction'''.
Iroquois Falls' primary industry was a large mill producing newsprint and commercial printing papers. In December 2014, the owner, [[Resolute Forest Products]], announced its permanent closure.<ref name="MG">{{cite web | title = Resolute Forest to Shut Two Quebec Mills, One in Ontario |
==History==
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The paper mill, then called Abitibi-Price, merged with Stone-Consolidated, and then with Donohue Forest Products, and finally with Bowater to create Abitibi-Bowater. On 17 April 2009, Abitibi-Bowater sought bankruptcy protection, emerging from it as Resolute Forest Products.
A tragic event occurred in 1984 at the coffee shop at Joe's Texaco in nearby
==Geography==
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|Dec rain mm = 5.6
|year rain mm = 561.2
|snow colour = green
|Jan snow cm = 46.7
|Feb snow cm = 27.6
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|Dec rain days = 0.93
|year rain days = 97.9
|unit snow days = 0.2
|Jan snow days = 11.9
|Feb snow days = 8.6
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|Jun snow days = 0.04
|Jul snow days = 0.04
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.11
|Oct snow days = 2.6
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| title = Iroquois Falls, Ontario
| work = Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000
| date = 19 January 2011
| publisher = Environment Canada
| language = en, fr
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|percentages =
|footnote =
|1921|1,178
|1931|1,476
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In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Iroquois Falls had a population of {{val|4418|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|1977|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|2153|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:4418-4537}}|4537|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|4537|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|599.03|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|4418|599.03|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000235 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=
{{Canada census
|location = Iroquois Falls
|2021_population=4,418 | 2021_pop_delta=-2.6 | 2021_land_area=599.03 | 2021_pop_density=7.4
|2021_median_age=48.0 | 2021_median_age_m=45.2 | 2021_median_age_f=49.6
|2021_total_pvt_dwell=2,153 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=1,
|2021_geocode=2021A00053556031 | 2021_access_date= |2016_population=4,537 | 2016_pop_delta=-1.3 | 2016_land_area=600.01 | 2016_pop_density=7.6
|2016_median_age=49.6 | 2016_median_age_m=48.5 | 2016_median_age_f=51.0
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Resolute Forest Products announced the permanent closure of its mill in Iroquois Falls on 5 December 2014, eliminating 180 jobs. Mayor Michael Shea commented: "it's going to affect every village in Northern Ontario."<ref name="Labine"/>
In 2015, the Town of Iroquois Falls entered into an agreement with Resolute Forest Products, and Riverside Developments, regarding redeveloping the former mill site into a multi-use industrial facility, commercial-industrial park, or possibly a greenhouse complex.<ref>{{cite web | last = Ross | first = Ian | title = "New day" for idled Iroquois Falls paper mill | publisher = Northern Ontario Business | date = 25 January 2016 | url = https://www.northernontariobusiness.com/industry-news/forestry/new-day-for-idled-iroquois-falls-paper-mill-371746}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last = Hale | first = Alan S. | title = Iroquois Falls Releases Heavily Redacted Purchase Agreement for Mill Site Redevelopment | publisher = Timmins Press | date = 19 May 2016 | url = http://www.timminspress.com/2016/05/19/iroquois-falls-releases-heavily-redacted-purchase-agreement-for-mill-site-redevelopment | access-date = 31 October 2016 | archive-date = 1 November 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161101102043/http://www.timminspress.com/2016/05/19/iroquois-falls-releases-heavily-redacted-purchase-agreement-for-mill-site-redevelopment | url-status = dead }}</ref>
==Sports and recreation==
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===Jus Jordan Arena===
{{unreferenced section|date=September 2017}}
The Jus Jordan Arena arena and curling rinks were completed in 1955,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.iroquoisfalls.com/jus-jordan-arena-iroquois-falls-sports-complex | title=Jus Jordan Arena & Iroquois Falls Sports Complex }}</ref> entirely through the volunteer effort of townspeople.
There
The Iroquois Falls Curling Club is located at the arena.
The arena is currently home to the [[Cochrane Crunch|Iroquois Falls Storm]] and was formerly home to the [[Abitibi Eskimos]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hockeydb.com/stte/abitibi-eskimos-4570.html|title=Abitibi Eskimos hockey team [NOJHL] statistics and history at hockeydb.com|website=hockeydb.com|accessdate=14 April 2023}}</ref> [[Timmins Rock|Iroquois Falls Jr. Eskis]] and
===Annual events===
Each summer brings the "Search for Moby Pike" fishing derby on [[Lake Abitibi]].
'MusicMusicMusic'
raising funds for community charities.
The Porquis Blues Festival, later renamed the Porquis Music Festival, was an
==Education==
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not very far from the papermill.
There lives a girl I'm thinkin' of,
May, the millwright's daughter, the girl I really love.<ref>{{cite web | title = May, The Millwright's Daughter | publisher = Lyrics Feast | url = http://lyricsfeast.com/song-may-the-millwright-s-daughter-lyrics-stompin-tom-connors.html | access-date =
==See also==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
*{{official website|http://www.iroquoisfalls.com}}
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