Rainy River District is a

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and

census division Census divisions, in Canada and the United States, are areas delineated for the purposes of statistical analysis and presentation; they have no government in and of themselves. The census divisions of Canada are second-level census geographic uni ...

Northwestern Ontario Northwestern Ontario is a secondary region of Northern Ontario in 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 th ...

in the

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. It was created in 1885. It is the only division in Ontario that lies completely in the

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, except for the township of

Atikokan Atikokan (, Ojibwe for ' caribou bones') is a town in the Rainy River District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The population was 2,642 as of the 2021 census. The town is one of the main entry points into Quetico Provincial Park and promotes ...

(including Sapawe and Kawene to the east) observing Eastern Standard Time year-round. Its seat is

Fort Frances Fort Frances is a town in, and the seat of, Rainy River District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The population as of the 2016 census was 7,739. Fort Frances is a popular fishing destination. It hosts the annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Cham ...

. It is known for its fishing and its location on the US border opposite

International Falls, Minnesota International Falls (sometimes referred to as I-Falls) is a city in and the county seat of Koochiching County, Minnesota. The population was 5,802 at the time of the 2020 census. International Falls is located on the Rainy River directly acro ...

, and

Baudette, Minnesota Baudette is a city in, and the county seat of, Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,106, and in 2018 the population was estimated at 1,003. Baudette is known as the Walleye Capital of t ...

. In 2016, the population was 20,110. The land area is ; the population density was .

Subdivisions

Municipalities

Unorganized area

* Rainy River, Unorganized (served by the Eva Marion Lake local services board)

First Nations reserves

Agency 1 Agency 1 is a First Nations reserve in the Canadian province of Ontario in the northwest The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose ...

Assabaska Assabaska is a Saulteaux First Nation reserve in northwestern Ontario on Lake of the Woods. It is shared between the Big Grassy First Nation and the Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation. The Assabaska reserve was created in 1999 as a part of a lan ...

* Big Grassy River 35G *

Big Island 31D Big Island 31D is a First Nations reserve on Big Island in Lake of the Woods, northwestern Ontario. It is one of the reserves of the Anishnaabeg of Naongashiing The Anishnaabeg of Naongashiing (Big Island) is a First Nations in Canada, First Nat ...

Big Island 31E Big Island 31E is a First Nations reserve on Big Island in Lake of the Woods, northwestern Ontario. It is one of the reserves of the Anishnaabeg of Naongashiing The Anishnaabeg of Naongashiing (Big Island) is a First Nations in Canada, First Nat ...

Big Island 31F Big Island 31F is a First Nations reserve on Big Island in Lake of the Woods, northwestern Ontario. It is one of the reserves of the Anishnaabeg of Naongashiing The Anishnaabeg of Naongashiing (Big Island) is a First Nations in Canada, First Nat ...

* Big Island 37 *

Big Island Mainland 93 Big Island Mainland 93 is a First Nations reserve of the Anishnaabeg of Naongashiing The Anishnaabeg of Naongashiing (Big Island) is a First Nation band government in Ontario. They are a member of the Anishinabeg of Kabapikotawangag Resource Cou ...

* Couchiching 16A *

Lake of the Woods 31H Lake of the Woods 31H is a First Nations reserve on Big Island in Lake of the Woods, northwestern Ontario. It is one of the reserves of the Anishnaabeg of Naongashiing The Anishnaabeg of Naongashiing (Big Island) is a First Nations in Canada, Fi ...

* Lake of the Woods 34 *

Long Sault 12 Long Sault 12 is a First Nations reserve in northwestern Ontario. It is one of the reserves of the Rainy River First Nations Rainy River First Nations ( oj, Manitoo-baawidigoong)Grand Council Treaty #3. “Pazaga'owin Reclaiming Our Wings: Tran ...

Manitou Rapids 11 Manitou Rapids 11 is a First Nations reserve Reserve or reserves may refer to: Places * Reserve, Kansas, a US city * Reserve, Louisiana, a census-designated place in St. John the Baptist Parish * Reserve, Montana, a census-designated place i ...

Naongashing 31A Naongashing 31A is a First Nations reserve on Lake of the Woods, northwestern Ontario. It is one of the reserves of the Anishnaabeg of Naongashiing The Anishnaabeg of Naongashiing (Big Island) is a First Nations in Canada, First Nation band gove ...

* Neguaguon Lake 25D * Rainy Lake 17A *

Rainy Lake 17B Rainy Lake 17B is a First Nations reserve in Rainy River District, Ontario. It is one of the reserves of the Naicatchewenin First Nation The Naicatchewenin First Nation, also known as the Anishinaabeg of Nagaajiwanaang and formerly known as Nort ...

Rainy Lake 18C Rainy Lake 18C is a First Nations reserve on Rainy Lake in Rainy River District, Ontario. It is the main reserve of the Mitaanjigamiing First Nation ''Mitaanjigamiing'' First Nation, formerly known as Stanjikoming First Nation, is an Ojibwe Fir ...

* Rainy Lake 26A *

Sabaskong Bay 35C Sabaskong Bay 35C is a First Nations reserve on Lake of the Woods in northwestern Ontario. It is one of the reserves of the Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation is an Ojibwe or Ontario Saulteaux First Nation ...

Saug-a-Gaw-Sing 1 Saug-a-Gaw-Sing 1 is a First Nations reserve on Lake of the Woods in northwestern Ontario. It is the main reserve of the Anishnaabeg of Naongashiing The Anishnaabeg of Naongashiing (Big Island) is a First Nations in Canada, First Nation band gov ...

* Seine River 23A * Seine River 23B

Demographics

As a

in the

2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...

conducted by Statistics Canada, the Rainy River District had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of −3.3% from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Sunset quetico 7-24-05

Culture

As of 2013, the Rainy River District School Board has partnered with the

Seven Generations Education Institute Seven Generations Education Institute is an Aboriginal-owned and controlled post-secondary institution co-founded by the ten bands in the Rainy Lake Tribal area in 1985. The ten bands are: Big Grassy, Big Island, Couchiching, Lac La Croix, N ...

, the

Ministry of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...

, and local First Nations communities in development of new technologies and programs for revitalization of the

Ojibwe language Ojibwe , also known as Ojibwa , Ojibway, Otchipwe,R. R. Bishop Baraga, 1878''A Theoretical and Practical Grammar of the Otchipwe Language''/ref> Ojibwemowin, or Anishinaabemowin, is an indigenous language of North America of the Algonquian la ...

External links

Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board

References

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