Cartier

It is a community in the Canadian region of Ontario, situated in the Sudbury District roughly 20 kilometers 12 mi north of the northwestern city breaking points of Greater Sudbury along Highway 144. In 1885 the group was known as Archer.

In 1888 it was formally named Cartier after the township, which was named to respect Sir George-Étienne Cartier 1814– 1873, joint head of the region of Canada with Sir John A. Macdonald from 1857 to 1862. The township was named by surveyor H. B. Proudfoot. An assigned place controlled by a nearby administrations board, Cartier had a populace of 302 in the Canada 2006 Census.