Thunder Bay District is a

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and

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in Northwestern Ontario in the Canadian province of

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. The

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Thunder Bay Thunder Bay is a city in and the seat of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. It is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario and the second most populous (after Greater Sudbury) municipality in Northern Ontario; its populatio ...

. In 2016, the population was 146,048. The land area is ; the population density was . Most of the district (93.5%) is unincorporated and part of the Unorganized Thunder Bay District.

History

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

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. 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 River, created in 1885 *

Kenora Kenora (), previously named Rat Portage (french: Portage-aux-Rats), is a city situated on the Lake of the Woods in Ontario, Canada, close to the Manitoba boundary, and about east of Winnipeg by road. It is the seat of Kenora District. The hi ...

, created in 1907 from Rainy River District *

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, created in 1921

Subdivisions

Municipalities

* City of

* Municipality (town) of Greenstone * Town of

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* Township of Conmee * Township of Dorion * Township of

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* Township of Manitouwadge * Municipality (township) of

Neebing Neebing 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 Neebing comprises the former geograph ...

* Township of

Nipigon Nipigon () 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. Lake Nipigon is located approxima ...

* Township of O'Connor * Municipality (township) of

Oliver Paipoonge Oliver 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 Paipo ...

* Township of Red Rock * Township of Schreiber * Township of Shuniah * Township of Terrace Bay

First Nations and their Indian Reserves

* Animbiigoo Zaagi'igan Anishinaabek First Nation:

Lake Nipigon Lake Nipigon (; french: lac Nipigon; oj, Animbiigoo-zaaga'igan) is part of the Great Lakes drainage basin. It is the largest lake entirely within the boundaries of the Canadian province of Ontario. Etymology In the Jesuit Relations the lake is ...

Aroland First Nation Aroland First Nation ( 2016 Population 366) 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. Ar ...

: Aroland Settlement (Aroland 83) *

Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek First Nation The Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek (formerly known as Rocky Bay First Nation) is an Ojibway First Nation band government in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. Their territory is located on the Rocky Bay 1 reserve in Greenstone, Ontario, border ...

(Rocky Bay): Rocky Bay 1 * Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek First Nation (Sand Point) * Fort William First Nation: Fort William 52 * Ginoogaming First Nation: Ginoogaming (Long Lac 77) * Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek First Nation (Gull Bay): Gull River 55 *

Lac des Mille Lacs First Nation The Lac des Mille Lacs First Nation, also known as Nizaatikoong (from ''Ne-azaadiikaang'' meaning "At a Point of Land Abundant with Poplars"), is a Saulteaux Ojibwe First Nation band government. The nation owns two reserves in the Thunder Bay Dist ...

: Lac des Mille Lacs 22A1, Seine River 22A2 *

Long Lake 58 First Nation Long Lake 58 First Nation ( oj, Ginoogamaa-zaaga’igan 58) is an Anishinaabe (Ojibway) First Nation band government located in Northern Ontario, located approximately 40 km east of Geraldton, Ontario, Canada, on the northern shore of Lon ...

: Long Lake 58 *

Namaygoosisagagun First Nation Namaygoosisagagun First Nation is a non-status Ojibwa First Nation near Onamakawash Lake, on the northshore of Collins Lake, northwest of Lake Nipigon; the First Nation is applying for official band status and reserve lands through the Indian ...

(non-status) * Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg: Pic Mobert North,

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 (Pic Mobert), alongside Pic Mobert North Pic Mobert North is a First Nations reserve in Thunder Bay Dist ...

* Ojibway Nation of Saugeen First Nation (Savant Lake): Ojibway Nation of Saugeen * Ojibways of the Pic River First Nation: Pic River 50 *

Pays Plat First Nation Pays Plat First Nation is a small First Nation reserve community located near Rossport, Ontario, Canada, about northeast of Thunder Bay. The Pays Plat 51 Reserve is in the boundaries of the territory described in the Robinson-Superior Treat ...

: Pays Plat 51 *

Red Rock First Nation The Red Rock Indian Band (also known as Lake Helen Reserve) is an Ojibwe First Nation band government in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. Their territory is located on the Red Rock 53 (formerly Parmachene 53) and Lake Helen 53A Indian reserves in ...

(Lake Helen): Lake Helen 53A,

Red Rock 53 Red Rock 53 (formerly Parmachene 53) is a First Nations reserve in Thunder Bay District, Ontario. It is one of the reserves of the Red Rock Indian Band. References External links Canada Lands Survey System Ojibwe reserves in Ontario ...

* Seine River First Nation:

Seine River 23A Seine River 23A is a First Nations reserve in northwestern Ontario. It is one of three reserves of the Seine River First Nation Seine River First Nation ( oj, Jiima’aaganing), previously known as the Rivière la Seine Band, is an Ojibwe First ...

Seine River 23B Seine River 23B is a First Nations in Canada, First Nations Indian reserve, reserve in northwestern Ontario. It is one of three reserves of the Seine River First Nation. References

Ojibwe reserves in Ontario Communities in Rainy River ...

* Whitesand First Nation: Armstrong Settlement, Whitesand

Unorganized areas

* Thunder Bay, Unorganized (including the local services boards of Armstrong, East Gorham, Hurkett, Kaministiquia,

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Nolalu The Whitefish River Valley is located in the unorganized area of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, and is named for the Whitefish River that flows through it. The valley is home to several small communities that developed when land was opened for hom ...

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Savant Lake Savant Lake is an unincorporated place and community in Unorganized Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. History Town was originally named after a civil engineer in charge of building the railroad, Bucke. In 1928, another town ...

, Shebandowan, and Upsala)

Demographics

As a

in the

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conducted by Statistics Canada, the Thunder Bay District had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

References

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