Lac Brochet 197A () is a

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of the Northlands Denesuline First Nation, located in the

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northern Manitoba Northern Manitoba (also known as NorMan or Nor-Man) is a geographic and cultural region of the Canadian province of Manitoba. Manitoba originally encompassed only a small square around the Red River Colony, but it was extended north to the 60th ...

, Canada. It is situated on the north shore of Lac Brochet, located northwest of the city of Thompson. The reserve contains the

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of Lac Brochet (), which is the

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of the Northlands Denesuline First Nation. There are no permanent roads connecting Lac Brochet with other parts of Manitoba (there are some that are passable only during the winter). Many residents travel using the Lac Brochet Airport located near town. Petit Casimir Memorial School is the K-12 school in the community.

Northlands Denesuline First Nation

The Lac Brochet community is the administrative centre of the Northlands Denesuline First Nation. As of September 2021, the total membership of Northland Denesuline First Nation was 1,153 with 975 members living on-reserve and 173 members living off-reserve. The First Nation is governed by a

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and six councillors and is affiliated with the

Keewatin Tribal Council Keewatin Tribal Council is a tribal council representing 11 First Nations government (Canada), First Nation band governments in Northern Manitoba. Its head offices are located in Thompson, Manitoba, with a secondary office in Winnipeg. Members ...

. The Keewatin Tribal Council with its head office in Thompson represents eleven

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in Northern Manitoba.

Demographics

In the

2016 Canadian Census The 2016 Canadian census was an enumeration of Canadian residents, which counted a population of 35,151,728, a change from its 2011 population of 33,476,688. The census, conducted by Statistics Canada, was Canada's seventh quinquennial census. ...

530 residents of Lac Brochet chose

as their

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and 5 chose

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as their first language. English was spoken by most of the population.

References

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