Unorganized Rainy River District

Unorganized Rainy River District
Unorganized area
Rainy River, Unorganized
Quetico sunset
Coordinates: 48°45′N92°30′W / 48.750°N 92.500°W / 48.750; -92.500
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Rainy River
Government
• Fed. riding	Thunder Bay—Rainy River
• Prov. riding	Kenora—Rainy River Thunder Bay—Atikokan
Area [1]
• Land	12,163.33 km2 (4,696.29 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	1,423
• Density	0.1/km2 (0.26/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	807

Unorganized Rainy River District is an unorganized area in the Rainy River District of Ontario, Canada, comprising all communities in the district which are not part of incorporated municipalities. Quetico Provincial Park is located entirely within this area.

The area has gradually been reduced in size as portions of it were annexed by surrounding incorporated townships. For example, its area was 14,272.09 square kilometres (5,510.48 sq mi) in the 1981 census, but reduced to 12,163.33 square kilometres (4,696.29 sq mi) in the 2021 census. In 2004, the Township of Morley annexed the geographic townships of Sifton and Dewart, thereby splitting Unorganized Rainy River into two non-contiguous areas. ^[2]

The Township of Atikokan, as well as the Indian reserves of Rainy Lake 17A, 17B, 26A, Seine River 23A, and 23B, are enclaves within the unorganized area.

Communities include:

• Arbor Vitae
• Burditt Lake
• Calm Lake
• Flanders
• Crilly
• Gameland
• Glenorchy
• Government Landing
• Kawene
• Mine Centre
• Off Lake Corner
• Rocky Inlet
• Sapawe

Demographics

Canada census – Rainy River, Unorganized community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	1,423 (+3.1% from 2016)	1,385 (+19.5% from 2011)	1159 (-19.0% from 2006)
Land area	12,163.33 km2 (4,696.29 sq mi)	12,257.85 km2 (4,732.78 sq mi)	12,256.16 km2 (4,732.13 sq mi)
Population density	0.1/km2 (0.26/sq mi)	0.1/km2 (0.26/sq mi)	0.1/km2 (0.26/sq mi)
Median age	54.4 (M: 55.2, F: 53.6)	55.5 (M: 56.2, F: 54.8)
Private dwellings	1,662 (total)  572 (occupied)	2,048 (total)  593 (occupied)	1523 (total)
Median household income	$99,000	$81,664

References: 2021 ^[3] 2016 ^[4] 2011 ^[5]

Historical census populations – Rainy River, Unorganized
Year Pop. ±% 1976 1,530 —     1981 1,379 −9.9% 1986 1,561 +13.2% 1991 1,495 −4.2% 1996 1,580 +5.7%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 1,605 +1.6% 2006 1,431 −10.8% 2011 1,159 −19.0% 2016 1,385 +19.5% 2021 1,423 +2.7%
Population counts are not adjusted for boundary changes. Source: Statistics Canada [1] [6] [7]

See also

• List of townships in Ontario

References

1. "Unorganized Rainy River District (Code 3559090) Census Profile". 2021 census . Government of Canada - Statistics Canada . Retrieved 2026-01-21.
2. "The Full History". The Corporation of the Township of Morley. Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2011-05-04.
3. "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2026-01-21.
4. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2026-01-21.
5. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
6. "Rainy River, Unorganized census profile". 2011 Census of Population . Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
7. 1996, 2001, 2006 census

External links

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