Thunder Bay District, Ontario
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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 2006
, the population was 149,063. The land area is 103,706.27 km2 (40,041 sq mi); the population density was 1.4 people/km2 (3.7 people/sq mi). Most of the district (93.5%) is unincorporated and part of the Unorganized Thunder Bay District
.
. Its northern and western boundaries were uncertain until Ontario's right to Northwestern Ontario was determined by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
. 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:
Almost 80 per cent of the district's population lives in the city of Thunder Bay Census Metropolitan Area; no other community in the district exceeds 7,000 in population.
First Nations and their Indian Reserves
Unorganized areas
District
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and census division
Census division
Census division is an official term in Canada and the United States. The census divisions of Canada are second-level census geographic unit, below provinces and territories, and above "census subdivisions" and "dissemination areas". In provinces where they exist, the census division may correspond...
in Northwestern Ontario
Northwestern Ontario
Northwestern Ontario is the region within the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north and west of Lake Superior, and west of Hudson Bay and James Bay. It includes most of subarctic Ontario. Its western boundary is the Canadian province of Manitoba, which disputed Ontario's claim to the...
in the Canadian province of Ontario
Ontario
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. The district seat
County seat
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is Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay
-In Canada:Thunder Bay is the name of three places in the province of Ontario, Canada along Lake Superior:*Thunder Bay District, Ontario, a district in Northwestern Ontario*Thunder Bay, a city in Thunder Bay District*Thunder Bay, Unorganized, Ontario...
.
In 2006
Canada 2006 Census
The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 16, 2006. The next census following will be the 2011 Census. Canada's total population enumerated by the 2006 census was 31,612,897...
, the population was 149,063. The land area is 103,706.27 km2 (40,041 sq mi); the population density was 1.4 people/km2 (3.7 people/sq mi). Most of the district (93.5%) is unincorporated and part of the Unorganized Thunder Bay District
Thunder Bay, Unorganized, Ontario
Unorganized Thunder Bay is an unorganized area in northwestern Ontario, Canada in Thunder Bay District. It comprises all parts of the district that are not part of an incorporated municipality or a First Nations reserve....
.
History
Thunder Bay District was created in 1871 by provincial statute from the western half of Algoma DistrictAlgoma District, Ontario
Algoma District is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1858 comprising territory as far west as Minnesota...
. Its northern and western boundaries were uncertain until Ontario's right to Northwestern Ontario was determined by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is one of the highest courts in the United Kingdom. Established by the Judicial Committee Act 1833 to hear appeals formerly heard by the King in Council The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) is one of the highest courts in the United...
. 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:
- Rainy RiverRainy River District, OntarioRainy River District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1885. It is the only division in Ontario that lies completely in the Central time zone. Its seat is Fort Frances...
, created in 1885 - KenoraKenora District, OntarioKenora District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1907 from parts of Rainy River District. It is, geographically, the largest division in that province; at 407,192.66 km2 it comprises almost 38 percent of the province's land area...
, created in 1907 from Rainy River District - CochraneCochrane District, OntarioCochrane District, Ontario is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1921 from parts of Timiskaming and Thunder Bay districts....
, created in 1921
Demographics
- Canada 2006 CensusCanada 2006 CensusThe Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 16, 2006. The next census following will be the 2011 Census. Canada's total population enumerated by the 2006 census was 31,612,897...
: 149,063
Almost 80 per cent of the district's population lives in the city of Thunder Bay Census Metropolitan Area; no other community in the district exceeds 7,000 in population.
Census subdivisions
Municipalities:- City of Thunder BayThunder Bay-In Canada:Thunder Bay is the name of three places in the province of Ontario, Canada along Lake Superior:*Thunder Bay District, Ontario, a district in Northwestern Ontario*Thunder Bay, a city in Thunder Bay District*Thunder Bay, Unorganized, Ontario...
- Municipality (town) of GreenstoneGreenstone, OntarioGreenstone is an amalgamated town in the Canadian province of Ontario. The area of the town is , stretching along Highway 11 from Lake Nipigon to Longlac; it is one of the largest incorporated towns in Canada....
- Town of MarathonMarathon, OntarioMarathon is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Thunder Bay District, on the north shore of Lake Superior north of Pukaskwa National Park, in the heart of the Canadian Shield.- History :...
- Township of ConmeeConmee, OntarioPopulation trend:* Population in 2006: 740* Population in 2001: 748* Population in 1996: 729* Population in 1991: 651-References:...
- Township of DorionDorion, OntarioDorion is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Thunder Bay District. The township had a population of 379 in the Canada 2006 Census. Ouimet Canyon and the Dorion Bible Camp are located in the community.-Demographics:...
- Township of GilliesGillies, OntarioGillies is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Thunder Bay District.The township is part of the city of Thunder Bay's Census Metropolitan Area.-Demographics:Population trend:* Population in 2006: 544...
- Township of ManitouwadgeManitouwadge, OntarioManitouwadge is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located in the Thunder Bay District, at the north end of Highway 614, east of Thunder Bay and west of Sault Ste. Marie.-History:...
- Municipality (township) of NeebingNeebing, OntarioNeebing is a municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Thunder Bay District immediately south of the city of Thunder Bay. It is part of Thunder Bay's Census Metropolitan Area.-History:...
- Township of NipigonNipigon, OntarioNipigon is a township in Thunder Bay District, Northwestern Ontario, Canada, located along the west side of the Nipigon River and south of the small Lake Helen running between Lake Nipigon and Lake Superior...
- Township of O'ConnorO'Connor, OntarioO'Connor is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located west of the city of Thunder Bay. The municipality was formed on January 1, 1907...
- Municipality (township) of Oliver PaipoongeOliver Paipoonge, OntarioOliver Paipoonge is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located directly west of the city of Thunder Bay. The municipality was formed on January 1, 1998, with the amalgamation of the former Township of Oliver and Township of Paipoonge...
- Township of Red RockRed Rock, OntarioRed Rock is a township in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, located in the Thunder Bay District. The community of Red Rock is at the mouth of the Nipigon River where it drains into Nipigon Bay on the north shore of Lake Superior. The population as of 2006 is 1,063....
- Township of SchreiberSchreiber, OntarioSchreiber is a municipal township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located on the northernmost point of Lake Superior along Highway 17. The town, with a population of approximately 900 people, is almost completely located inside the geographic township of Priske, with a small western portion of...
- Township of ShuniahShuniah, OntarioShuniah is a municipal township bordering the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada on the east. Shuniah was incorporated by an act of the Ontario legislature in 1873, and at that time included much of present-day Thunder Bay and its predecessor and surrounding municipalities...
- Township of Terrace BayTerrace Bay, OntarioTerrace Bay is a township in Thunder Bay District in northern Ontario, Canada, located on the north shore of Lake Superior east of Thunder Bay along Highway 17...
First Nations and their Indian Reserves
- Animbiigoo Zaagi'igan Anishinaabek First Nation—Lake Nipigon Reserve, Ontario
- Aroland First NationAroland First NationAroland is an Ojibwa and Oji-Cree First Nation in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Thunder Bay District approximately 20 kilometres west of Nakina...
—Aroland Settlement (Aroland 83) - Biinjitiwabik Zaaging Anishnabek First NationBiinjitiwabik Zaaging Anishnabek First NationThe Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek is an Ojibway First Nation in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. Their territory is located on the Rocky Bay 1 Indian reserve in Greenstone, Ontario, near Macdiarmid...
(Rocky Bay)—Rocky Bay 1 - Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek First NationBingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek First NationThe Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek is an Ojibwa First Nation in Northwestern Ontario, Canada....
(Sand Point) - Fort William First NationFort William First NationFort William First Nation is an Ojibway First Nation south of and adjacent to Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. As of January 2008, the First Nation had a registered population of 1,798 people, of which their on-Reserve population was 832 people....
—Fort William 52 - Ginoogaming First NationGinoogaming First NationGinoogaming First Nation is a small Anishinaabe First Nation located in Northern Ontario, located approximately 40 km east of Geraldton, Ontario, Canada, on the northern shore of Long Lake, immediately south of Long Lake 58 First Nation and the community of Longlac, Ontario...
—Ginoogaming (Long Lac 77) - Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek First NationGull Bay First NationGull Bay First Nation or Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek is an Anishinaabe First Nation located in Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is approximately north of Thunder Bay, Ontario on Highway 527 on the south western shore of Lake Nipigon...
(Gull Bay)—Gull River 55 - Lac des Mille Lacs First Nation—Lac des Mille Lacs 22A1, Seine River 22A2
- Long Lake 58 First NationLong Lake 58 First NationLong Lake 58 First Nation is a small Anishinaabe First Nation located in Northern Ontario, located approximately 40 km east of Geraldton, Ontario, Canada, on the northern shore of Long Lake, immediately north of Ginoogaming First Nation and west of the community of Longlac, Ontario...
—Long Lake 58 - Namaygoosisagagun First Nation non-Status
- Ojibway Nation of Saugeen First NationOjibway Nation of Saugeen First NationOjibway Nation of Saugeen is an Ojibwa First Nation in the Canadian province of Ontario. The Nation is located in the Thunder Bay District, approximately 20 kilometres northwest of Savant Lake...
(Savant Lake)—Ojibway Nation of Saugeen - Ojibways of the Pic River First NationOjibways of the Pic River First NationOjibways of the Pic River First Nation is an Ojibwa First Nation band on the north shore of Lake Superior at the mouth of the Pic River. Pic River is not a signatory to the Robinson Superior treaty. The community is located on 316.6 ha Pic River 50 Indian reserve...
—Pic River 50Pic River 50, OntarioPic River 50 is an Indian reserve on the north shore of Lake Superior at the mouth of the Pic River, near Marathon, Ontario, Canada. The reserve is 316.6 ha within its exterior boundaries. The reserve contains the community of Heron Bay, Ontario. It serves as the land-base for the Ojibways of... - Pays Plat First NationPays Plat First NationPays Plat First Nation is a small reserve community located about 175 km Northeast of Thunder Bay, Ontario. The Pays Plat reserve is in the boundaries of the territory described the Robinson-Superior Treaty in 1850...
—Pays Plat 51 - Pic Mobert First NationPic Mobert First NationThe Pic Mobert First Nation is an Ojibwa First Nation in Northwestern Ontario, Canada.They have reserved for themselves two small Reserves: Pic Mobert North, which serves as their primary reserve, and the Pic Mobert South, both located east of Marathon, Ontario...
—Pic Mobert North, Pic Mobert South - Red Rock First Nation (Lake Helen)—Lake Helen 53A, Red Rock 53
- Seine River First NationSeine River First NationSeine River First Nation is an Ojibwe nation located roughly 300 km west of Thunder Bay, Ontario....
—Seine River 23A, Seine River 23B - Whitesand First NationWhitesand First NationThe Whitesand First Nation is an Ojibwa First Nation in Northern Ontario. They have reserved for themselves the Whitesand reserve. The community of Armstrong Settlement is their main community, located coterminously with Armstrong, Thunder Bay District, Ontario...
—Armstrong Settlement, Whitesand
Unorganized areas
- Thunder Bay, UnorganizedThunder Bay, Unorganized, OntarioUnorganized Thunder Bay is an unorganized area in northwestern Ontario, Canada in Thunder Bay District. It comprises all parts of the district that are not part of an incorporated municipality or a First Nations reserve....
See also
- List of Ontario Census Divisions