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Hornepayne is a township of 980 people (Canada 2016 Census) in the Algoma District of Ontario, Canada. The town was established in 1915 as Fitzback when the Canadian Northern Railway's transcontinental line was built through the area. It was renamed Hornepayne in 1920 after British financier Robert Horne-Payne.

Demographics
Population:
 * Population in 2011: 1,050
 * Population in 2006: 1,209
 * Population in 2001: 1,362
 * Population in 1996: 1,480
 * Population in 1991: 1,610

Mother tongue: * English as first language: 78.3%
 * French as first language: 16.3%
 * English and French as first language: 0%
 * Other as first language: 5.4%

Economy
Hornepayne serves as a railway divisional point on the main Canadian National Railway line. The railway, along with the Hornepayne Lumber company (previously Haavalsrud's Timber Company), make up a large portion of Hornepayne's economy. Hunting- and fishing-related tourism in the area (particularly just north of the town in nearby Nagagamisis Provincial Park) is served by several small companies.

The township of Hornepayne has been the proposed site of a low level nuclear waste storage facility. The town's community liaison group chose to withdraw from this development in the early 1990s, but as of May 2010 the township is still being considered for nuclear waste management/storage.

Hornepayne Lumber
In 2013, the provincial government provided financial support for the commissioning of the Becker cogeneration plant next to the mill facilities. The Canadian Biomass Magazine reported "the 10-megawatt Becker Cogeneration Plant will use sawmill wood by-products to generate electricity for the provincial power grid and produce heat for nearby sawmill and kiln operations [and will] consume 175,000 to 200,000 tonnes of sawmill wood by-products annually." The plant was opened in February 2014.

In November 2015, the provincial government refused to buy sufficient power needed for the company to turn a profit. As such, both the mill and cogeneration plant were closed, laying off 146 workers.

In 2016, the idled mill and was sold to Hornepayne Lumber LP. They were reopened in January 2017.

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Transportation
Hornepayne was served by the Hornepayne Municipal Airport and the Hornepayne railway station which is a stop for Via Rail's transcontinental train The Canadian.

Popular culture

 * Retired ice hockey player Mike McEwen was born in Hornepayne.
 * Retired ice hockey player Goldie Goldthorpe (who served as the inspiration for Ogie Ogilthorpe in the 1977 film Slap Shot) was born in Hornepayne.
 * Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations for NHL Kris King, was raised in Hornepayne.
 * Gordon Lightfoot's song "On the High Seas" mentions Hornepayne with the following lyric "Was it up in Hornepayne, where the trains run on time?"
 * Hornepayne was featured on an episode of Survivorman with Les Stroud and a slew of NHL hockey players.