Onaping - Levack, Ontario

Levack

Onaping - Levack is an unincorporated community in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. It is recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada, and consists of the adjacent communities of Onaping and Levack.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Onaping - Levack had a population of 1,941 living in 874 of its 912 total private dwellings, a change of −2.5% from its 2016 population of 1,990. With a land area of 8.27 km2 (3.19 sq mi), it had a population density of 234.7/km2 (607.9/sq mi) in 2021.[1]

Name origin

Onaping may be a corruption of the Anishinaabemowin word onamaning. Onaman means red ochre[2] and the locative suffix[3] "ing" transforms the word into "place of the red ochre". Onaping lies on the ridge of the Sudbury basin, an area rich in iron-bearing minerals[4]. Levack was named after Mary Levack Mowatt, the mother of Sir Oliver Mowatt, Ontario premier from 1872 to 1896[5].

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved January 12, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Onaman Collective". Retrieved July 8, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Nouns: Locatives". Anishinaabemowin Grammar. Retrieved July 8, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Discovery Site of Sudbury Mining Camp, Greater Sudbury" (PDF). Retrieved July 8, 2026.
  5. ↑ Gilhula, Vicki (April 8, 2022). "Then & Now: Strangely, many local place names honour men who never set foot in Sudbury". Sudbury.com. Retrieved July 8, 2026.

46°37′58″N 81°23′45″W / 46.632774°N 81.395880°W / 46.632774; -81.395880


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