Thunder Bay District | |
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Coordinates: 50°N088°W / 50°N 88°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Ontario |
Region | Northwestern Ontario |
Created | 1871 |
Government | |
• MPs | Carol Hughes (NDP) Patty Hajdu (Liberal) Don Rusnak (Liberal) |
• MPPs | Michael Gravelle (OLP) Michael Mantha (NDP) Judith Monteith-Farrell (NDP) |
Area | |
• Land | 103,719.51 km2 (40,046.33 sq mi) |
Elevation | 220 m (720 ft) |
Highest elevation | 640 m (2,100 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 183 m (600 ft) |
Population (2016) [3] | |
• Total | 146,048 |
• Density | 1.4/km2 (4/sq mi) |
Time zones | |
East of 90° west | UTC-05:00 (Eastern) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-04:00 (EDT) |
West of 90° west | UTC-06:00 (Central) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-05:00 (CDT) |
Postal code span | |
Area code | 807 |
Largest communities [4] | Thunder Bay (109,140) Oliver Paipoonge (5,757) Greenstone (4,906) |
Thunder Bay District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. The district seat is Thunder Bay.
In 2016, the population was 146,048. The land area is 103,719.51 square kilometres (40,046.33 sq mi); the population density was 1.4 per square kilometre (3.6/sq mi). [1] Most of the district (93.5%) is unincorporated and part of the Unorganized Thunder Bay District.
Thunder Bay District was created in 1871 by provincial statute from the western half of Algoma District, named after a large bay on the north shore of Lake Superior. Its northern and western boundaries were uncertain until Ontario's right to Northwestern Ontario was determined by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. [5] Until about 1902 it was often called Algoma West from the name of the provincial constituency established in 1885.
The following districts include areas that were formerly part of Thunder Bay District:
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1996 | 157,619 | — |
2001 | 150,860 | −4.3% |
2006 | 149,063 | −1.2% |
2011 | 146,057 | −2.0% |
2016 | 146,048 | −0.0% |
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As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Thunder Bay District had a population of 146,862 living in 64,601 of its 72,510 total private dwellings, a change of 0.6% from its 2016 population of 146,048. With a land area of 102,895.48 km2 (39,728.17 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.4/km2 (3.7/sq mi) in 2021. [7]
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Aroland First Nation is a Ojibwa, Oji-Cree and cree First Nation within the Nishnawbe Aski Nation Territory and a signatory to Treaty 9, located in the Thunder Bay District approximately 20 kilometres west of Nakina. Aroland First Nation, has Indian reserve status, though the settlement itself is not a reserve. The Aroland First Nation is also a member of the Matawa First Nations Tribal Council.
The Robinson Treaties are two treaties signed between the Ojibwa chiefs and the Crown in 1850 in the Province of Canada. The first treaty involved Ojibwa chiefs along the north shore of Lake Superior, and is known as the Robinson Superior Treaty. The second treaty, signed two days later, included Ojibwa chiefs from along the eastern and northern shores of Lake Huron, and is known as the Robinson Huron Treaty. The Wiikwemkoong First Nation did not sign either treaty, and their land is considered "unceded".
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Lac La Croix First Nation is a Saulteaux First Nation band government who reside in the Rainy River District of northwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Ontario-Minnesota border. It is approximately 200 km northwest of Thunder Bay, Ontario. As of January 2008, the First Nation had a registered population of 398 people, of which their on-Reserve population was 273.
Gull Bay First Nation or Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek is an Anishinaabe (Ojibway) First Nation band government located in Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is approximately 175 kilometres (109 mi) north of Thunder Bay, Ontario on Highway 527 on the western shore of Lake Nipigon. As of May 2010, the First Nation had a registered population of 1,149 people, including an on-Reserve population of 328.
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Nokiiwin Tribal Council is a non-profit Regional Chiefs' Council located in the Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada, serving five First Nations by providing advisory services and training which will enhance the overall management skills and opportunities of the area's First Nations.
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Pic Mobert North is a First Nations reserve in Thunder Bay District, Ontario. It is one of two reserves of the Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg, alongside Pic Mobert South.
Pic Mobert South is a First Nations reserve in Thunder Bay District, Ontario. It is one of two reserves of the Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg, alongside Pic Mobert North.