WEST NIPISSING
is a town in north eastern Ontario, Canada, on Lake Nipissing in the Nipissing District.

It was formed on January 1, 1999, with the amalgamation of seventeen and a half former towns, villages, townships and unorganized communities.

It is the most bilingual community in Ontario, with 73.4% of its population fluent in both English and French.

The primary administrative and commercial centre of West Nipissing is the community of Sturgeon Falls, which is situated on the Sturgeon River, 5 km (3 miles) north of Lake Nipissing and 35 km (22 miles) west of North Bay on Highway 17, part of the Trans-Canada Highway.

Roughly half the entire population of West Nipissing lives in Sturgeon Falls.

Field is located on Highway 64, approximately 20 kilometres north of Sturgeon Falls.

In 1979, the Sturgeon River bursted its banks, flooding the town's centre. Many houses were demolished and rebuilt on higher ground nearby.

The Thistle Fire Tower has been dismantled and re-erected here as a tourist attraction.
Logging, farming and outdoor recreational activities are main village industries.