Cochrane, Ontario, Canada is a northern Ontario town situated on Highway 11. Highway 11 is the major highway in the area and is part of the Trans-Canada Highway system. The town's population is made up of approximately half anglophone and half francophone residents. Cochrane is located east of Kapuskasing, northeast of Timmins, south of Moosonee, and north of Iroquois Falls. It is about a 1 hour drive from Timmins, the major city of the region. Cochrane was founded as a railway town. It is the seat of Cochrane District.
