North Bay is a city in
Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is the seat of
Nipissing District and takes its name from its position on the shore of
Lake Nipissing. It developed as a railroad centre and its airport was an important military location during the
Cold War
The Cold War was a period of global Geopolitics, geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which lasted from 1947 unt ...
.
History
The site of North Bay is part of a historic canoe route where
Samuel de Champlain
Samuel de Champlain (; 13 August 1574#Fichier]For a detailed analysis of his baptismal record, see #Ritch, RitchThe baptism act does not contain information about the age of Samuel, neither his birth date nor his place of birth. – 25 December ...
took a party up the
Ottawa River
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, through present-day Mattawa, on to Trout Lake and via the La Vase Creek to Lake Nipissing.
Apart from Indigenous people, voyageurs and surveyors, there was little activity in the Lake Nipissing area until the arrival of the
Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in 1882.
That was the point where the
Canada Central Railway (CCR) extension ended. The CCR was owned by
Duncan McIntyre who amalgamated it with the CPR and became one of the handful of officers of the newly formed CPR. The CCR started in
Brockville and extended to
Pembroke. It then followed a westward route along the
Ottawa River
The Ottawa River (, ) is a river in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. It is named after the Algonquin word "to trade", as it was the major trade route of Eastern Canada at the time. For most of its length, it defines the border betw ...
passing through places like
Cobden,
Deux-Rivières, and eventually to
Mattawa at the confluence of the Mattawa and Ottawa Rivers. It then proceeded cross-country toward its final destination, Bonfield. Duncan McIntyre and his contractor James Worthington piloted the CCR expansion. Worthington continued on as the construction superintendent for the CPR past Bonfield. He remained with the CPR for about a year until he left the company. McIntyre was uncle to John Ferguson, who staked out future North Bay after getting assurance from his uncle and Worthington that it would be the divisional headquarters and a location of some importance.
In 1882, John Ferguson decided that the north bay of
Lake Nipissing was a promising spot for settlement. North Bay was incorporated as a town in 1891. The first mayor was John Bourke. More importantly, Bourke developed the western portion of North Bay after purchasing the interest of the Murray Brothers from Pembroke, who were large landholders in the new community. The land west of Klock Avenue (Algonquin Avenue) was known as the Murray block. Bourke Street is named after John Bourke. Murray Street is named after the Murrays.
North Bay was selected as the southern terminus of the
Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway (T&NO) in 1902, when the
Ross government took the bold move to establish a development road to serve the
Haileybury settlement. During construction of the T&NO,
silver
Silver is a chemical element; it has Symbol (chemistry), symbol Ag () and atomic number 47. A soft, whitish-gray, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal. ...
was discovered at
Cobalt and started a mining frenzy in the northern part of the province that continued for many years. The
Canadian Northern Railway was subsequently built to North Bay in 1913.
In July 1894, an Act to Charter the Montreal, Ottawa and Georgian Bay Canal passed without a ripple of concern in North Bay. The Georgian Bay Canal was a mammoth transportation system that proposed to connect the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. The entire passageway from the Ottawa River to Lake Nipissing and down the
French River to
Georgian Bay was surveyed in the first decade of the 20th century. Financing was a large obstacle and, as time passed, transportation patterns changed and interfered with the earlier practicality of the giant venture. Despite this, there were groups who still hoped it would happen as late as 1930.
North Bay grew through a strong
lumber
Lumber is wood that has been processed into uniform and useful sizes (dimensional lumber), including beams and planks or boards. Lumber is mainly used for construction framing, as well as finishing (floors, wall panels, window frames). ...
ing sector,
mining
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and the three railways in the early days. The town benefited from strong community leadership and people like Richardson, Milne, McNamara, Englands, Browning, McDougal, Carruthers, McGaughey, George W. Lee, Senator Gordon, T. J. Patton, Charlie Harrison and many others are responsible for its development. In 1919, John Ferguson was elected mayor of North Bay and continued to serve as mayor until 1922. North Bay was incorporated as a city in August 1925.
The
Dionne Quintuplets were born in
Corbeil, Ontario, on the southern outskirts of North Bay in 1934. Their births had a tremendous impact on tourism in the area. For a province struggling against economic strangulation they were as valuable a resource as gold,
nickel, pulpwood or hydro power. They saved an entire region from bankruptcy. They launched Northern Ontario's flourishing tourist industry. At their peak they represented a $500 million asset. North Bay and the surrounding area lived off this legacy well into the 1960s. Many visitors to the area discovered lakes and summer retreats that were easily accessible, and the businesses thrived on the tourist dollars.
In January 1968, the City of North Bay amalgamated with
West Ferris and
Widdifield townships.
In 1951, as a result of rising tensions in the
Cold War
The Cold War was a period of global Geopolitics, geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which lasted from 1947 unt ...
, the Royal Canadian Air Force established an air base at North Bay, part of an expanding national air defence network to counter the threat of nuclear attack against North America by Soviet bombers. Construction of RCAF Station North Bay (in 1966 retitled "Canadian Forces Base North Bay" and in 1993 as "22 Wing/Canadian Forces Base North Bay") took three years, during which it became the largest industry in the community: a status it held for more than four decades. In October 1963, the North American Air Defence Command (NORAD) opened its Canadian operations centre at the base. Staffed by American as well as Canadian military personnel, the centre, situated 60 storeys underground to withstand a nuclear strike, monitored Canada's northern, east-central and Atlantic airspace, identifying and tracking all air traffic in this airspace, and responding to airborne emergencies, crime, and suspicious, unknown and potentially hostile aircraft. In 1983 this responsibility was expanded to all of Canada, and in October 2006 the base's NORAD operations (as of 1981, called
North American Aerospace Defence Command) moved into a new, state-of-the-art facility above ground, where it continues to provide surveillance, identification and tracking of aircraft, and warning and response to emergencies, attacks and other crises, for the air sovereignty of Canada and North America. In summer of 2013, the base commenced surveillance of space via SAPPHIRE, Canada's first military satellite, that was launched into orbit from India in February.
[22 Wing/Canadian Forces Base North Bay historical archives and active files]
Beginning in the 1990s, the base weathered a series of massive cuts by the federal government, and at one point was earmarked to close. Subsequently, a large portion of its infrastructure, including all of its airfield assets, such as hangars, fuel depot and control tower, were sold or demolished. By the 21st century, the base was no longer the city's top industry.
One by-product of the air base's creation in 1951 was the extension of the existing airport's runways to handle the largest military aircraft. The long runways at North Bay have been maintained as an alternate landing site for Toronto's
Pearson International Airport and were used during the
September 11 crisis as an
emergency landing site for several international aircraft. It was also a designated emergency field for NASA's Space Transportation System, better known as the Space Shuttle.
On March 17, 2007, North Bay was announced as the winner of 2007
Kraft Hockeyville contest. North Bay received $50,000 to upgrade their local arena, Memorial Gardens, and also hosted an NHL pre-season game between the
New York Islanders
The New York Islanders (colloquially known as the Isles) are a professional ice hockey team based in Elmont, New York. The Islanders compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (N ...
and the
Atlanta Thrashers.
Geography
North Bay is located approximately north of
Toronto
Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a p ...
, and differs in geography from
Southern Ontario in that North Bay is situated on the
Canadian Shield. This gives rise to a different and more rugged landscape.
North Bay is geographically unique in that it straddles both the
Ottawa River
The Ottawa River (, ) is a river in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. It is named after the Algonquin word "to trade", as it was the major trade route of Eastern Canada at the time. For most of its length, it defines the border betw ...
watershed to the east and the
Great Lakes Basin to the west. The city's urban core is located between Lake Nipissing and the smaller
Trout Lake.
North Bay, critically situated at the junctions of
Highway 11 and
Highway 17, remains a major transportation centre for
Northern Ontario. It is the southern terminus of the
Ontario Northland Railway, and is served by the
Jack Garland Airport.
The area of North Bay contains a number of ancient
volcanic pipes, including the
Manitou Islands and
Callander Bay and many exposed
dykes and five named
batholiths (
Timber Lake,
Mulock,
West Arm,
Powassan and
Bonfield).
Climate
The climate in North Bay is common to most places in
Northern Ontario. North Bay tends to be a less humid climate than that found in
Southern Ontario due somewhat to the distance from the
Great Lakes
The Great Lakes, also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes spanning the Canada–United States border. The five lakes are Lake Superior, Superior, Lake Michigan, Michigan, Lake Huron, H ...
and less warm than some other locations in Northern Ontario due to cooling from
Lake Nipissing. On May 31, 2002, a tornado caused minor damage near the city. Two more tornadoes touched down on Lake Nipissing on
August 20, 2009. This storm was a part of a chain of tornadoes that caused large amounts of damage in other parts of Ontario. The weather box below shows climate normals for the airport, at an elevation of 358 m, but the majority of the city, including the downtown core, sits at an elevation of 201 m.
The highest temperature ever recorded in North Bay was on 1 July 1931.
The coldest temperature ever recorded was on 26 January 1892.
Economy
North Bay is more economically diverse than many other
Northern Ontario communities, although a large percentage of the city's jobs are public sector in nature with health, education and government dominating the list of the city's top employers.
North Bay is the home of
Nipissing University, founded in 1992 (previous name North Bay Normal School 1909–1953, North Bay Teachers College 1953–1973, Nipissing University affiliated to Laurentian University 1973–1992, independent public university separated from Laurentian University in 1992), and of
Canadore College, founded in 1967. Approximately 10,000 full-time students (and thousands more part-time students) are enrolled at the two post-secondary institutions, which share a campus in the northwest end of the city.
Between the early 1950s and 1990s,
22 Wing/Canadian Forces Base North Bay was the community's leading industry. The cuts to the base by the federal government mentioned above, plus dramatic reductions in the number of its personnel — at one time, there were 2,200 military members and civilian employees; in 2013, about 750 remained — has resulted in a loss of tens of millions of dollars to the community, an impact felt by all North Bay's business sectors.
North Bay is also home to
The Algonquin Regiment (Northern Pioneers), A Coy, a Canadian Force Army Reserve unit. B Coy of The Algonquin Regiment (Northern Pioneers) is located in
Timmins.
The service industry, tourism, and transportation also play a significant role in the city's economy, as well as primary industry companies. It is estimated that North Bay has more than 65 companies that offer mining supplies and services, employing almost 3,000 residents.
In recent years, the city's cultural scene has expanded due to its community of artists, musicians, actors and writers. In 2004, the
TVOntario program ''
Studio 2'' named North Bay as one of the top three most artistically talented communities in the province.
Film and television
The city has hosted film productions. In 1942, ''
Captains of the Clouds'' was filmed in North Bay at the height of the Second World War. The film starred
James Cagney as a
Canadian
Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...
bush pilot and also featured an appearance of famed fighter pilot
Billy Bishop. The city has continued to host film productions, including the 2013
horror film
Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit physical or psychological fear in its viewers. Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with Transgressive art, transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements of the genre include Mo ...
''
The Colony'' starring
Laurence Fishburne and
Bill Paxton, and the drama ''
Still Mine'', featuring
James Cromwell in an award-winning role. Another film production that occurred in North Bay was the 2014
thriller film ''
Backcountry''.
In August 2009, the comedy troupe
The Kids in the Hall began filming their mini-series ''
Death Comes to Town'' on location in North Bay. More recently, the city hosted production of the third season of ''
Hard Rock Medical''.
[ John Doyle]
"Hard Rock Medical is us: True North and fun"
. ''The Globe and Mail
''The Globe and Mail'' is a Newspapers in Canada, Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in Western Canada, western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of more than 6 million in 2024, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on week ...
'', January 6, 2017.
The city is fictionalised as "Algonquin Bay" in the mystery novels of North Bay native
Giles Blunt, beginning with ''
Forty Words for Sorrow''. The television series adaptation ''
Cardinal'' was filmed in both North Bay and Sudbury in 2016.
["CTV and Super Écran Partner on New Serialized Drama"]
. ''Broadcaster'', February 11, 2016.
In 2017, the crime drama series ''
Carter'' was filmed in the city.
In 2021, the reality series ''
Call Me Mother'' was filmed in North Bay.
In 2022, North Star Studios announced the acquisition of a building in the West Ferris Industrial Park, which will provide 68,000 square feet of film and television studio space.
Education
North Bay has educational programs ranging from pre-school to university.
Post-secondary schools
*
Nipissing University
*
Canadore College
*Modern College
*Canadian Career College
School boards
*
Near North District School Board
*
Nipissing-Parry Sound Catholic District School Board
*
Conseil scolaire de district catholique Franco-Nord
*
Conseil scolaire de district du Nord-Est de l'Ontario
Neighbourhoods
The city includes the neighbourhoods of Birchaven,
Camp Champlain, Champlain Park, Cooks Mills, Eastview, Feronia, Gateway, Graniteville, Hornell Heights, Lounsbury, Kenwood Hills, Marshall Park, P.J. Clowe Rotary Park, Nipissing Junction, Pinewood, Sage, Ski Club, St. John's Village, Sunset Park, Thibeault Terrace, Thorncliff, Trout Mills, Tweedsmuir, Wallace Heights, West Ferris and Widdifield.
Waterfront development

The city has big plans for the waterfront. In the 1980s a mile-long waterfront park/promenade was developed along the
Lake Nipissing shoreline adjacent to the downtown core. Eventually, such attractions as a mini-train ride and two antique carousels (largely crafted by local artisans) were installed and quickly became very popular with tourists and locals alike. Now, work is beginning on a large new multi-faceted community park that will be developed on the former
Canadian Pacific Railway yards that separated the downtown core from the existing waterfront park. In August 2009, a new pedestrian underpass opened connecting the downtown core to the waterfront for the first time since the CPR laid down tracks. In 2019 the city constructed a multi-phase community space centering on a Splash Pad behind the CPR museum.
Media
The local newspaper is the ''
North Bay Nugget'', which is published in print form from Tuesday through Saturday.
BayToday.ca is an online local news source in North Bay, offering news, weather updates, entertainment, sports and business features.
CKNY-DT is an owned-and-operated television station of
CTV. Part of the
CTV Northern Ontario subsystem, CKNY functions largely as a rebroadcaster of
CICI-TV in
Greater Sudbury
Sudbury, officially the City of Greater Sudbury, is the largest city in Northern Ontario by population, with a population of 166,004 at the 2021 Canadian Census. By land area, it is the largest in Ontario and the List of the largest cities and t ...
, although news reporters in North Bay provide content to CTV Northern Ontario's newscasts. In May 2020, its local studio on Oak Street was closed, and its staff was reduced to two reporters and a cameraman/editor, all of whom now working remotely. The local
Cogeco Cable system operates a
community channel under the
YourTV branding, which produces a slate of local newscasts under the ''Cogeco News'' branding.
In radio, North Bay effectively acts as a single market with the nearby town of
Sturgeon Falls, with virtually all stations in both communities serving the whole region.
Sports
Local teams
: Canadore College Panthers (Men's & Women's Volleyball/OCAA)
: Canadore College Panthers (Men's Basketball/OCAA)
: Nipissing University Lakers (
Ringette/CUR)
: Nipissing University Lakers (Men's & Woman's Nordic Skiing/OUA/CCUNC)
: Nipissing University Lakers (Men's & Woman's Hockey/OUA)
: Nipissing University Lakers (Men's & Women's Volleyball/OUA)
: Nipissing University Lakers (Men's & Women's Cross-country Running/OUA)
: Nipissing University Lakers (Men's Lacrosse/CUFLA)
: Nipissing University Lakers (Men's & Women's Basketball/OUA
: Nipissing University Lakers (Dance team)
:Nipissing University Lakers (cheerleading team)
: North Bay Bulldogs (Football/
Northern Football Conference)
:
North Bay Trappers Junior "A" (Hockey/Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League)
: North Bay Trappers Midget "AAA" (Hockey/Great North Midget AAA League)
: North Bay United (U-17 Men's Soccer)
: North Bay Stingers Midget Baseball (3-time provincial champions)
: Warriors of Hope Competitive Dragon Boat Team
: Nipissing Wild (Ontario Football Conference Varsity League)
:
North Bay Battalion (OHL)
: North Bay Junior Varsity Bulldogs (Ontario Varsity Football league)
Kraft Hockeyville 2007
North Bay was crowned the winner of the Kraft
Hockeyville competition in 2007. The New York Islanders and Atlanta Thrashers played an exhibition game at Memorial Gardens to a near-capacity crowd.
North Bay Battalion
The
North Bay Battalion is a major junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League based in North Bay, Ontario, Canada. The franchise was founded as the Brampton Battalion on December 3, 1996, and began play in 1998. Due to consistently poor attendance, the team relocated to North Bay before the 2013–14 OHL season.
Nipissing Lakers Hockey
The
Nipissing Lakers are North Bay's newest hockey team. The Lakers are the 19th member of the Ontario University Athletics' Men's Hockey League (founded in 2009 in a partnership with Nipissing University and private investors). The Lakers play in historic Memorial Gardens (circa 1955) and share the building with the North Bay Trappers. Like their Northern Ontario counterparts in Thunder Bay (the Lakehead Thunderwolves), the Lakers attract an impressive number of local hockey supporters for their games in the OUA.
North Bay Trappers Junior "A"
The North Bay Trappers (formerly the North Bay Skyhawks) were relocated from Sturgeon Falls in 2002 (following the departure of the OHL's
North Bay Centennials to
Saginaw, Michigan). The Trappers are members of the 8 team NOJHL Junior "A" circuit (
Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League). The Skyhawks/Trappers franchise has won 3 NOJHL championship titles (2002–03, 2003–04 & 2004–05). In April 2014 the Trappers were sold to become the Mattawa Blackhawks
North Bay Bulldogs
The North Bay Bulldogs compete in the nine-team, Ontario-based NFC (
Northern Football Conference). The Bulldogs were relocated from Brampton in 1991 to the Gateway City.
The North Bay Bulldogs were welcomed into the Ontario Varsity Football League while losing all eight games (0–8) in their 2013 inaugural season.
Recreation
North Bay has many areas available for recreation and leisure, including over 72 sports fields and parks, a marina on Lake Nipissing that holds 270 boats, a plethora of trails and 42 beach access points on both Lake Nipissing and Trout Lake.
Recreation and leisure services
*Kate Pace Way
*Kinsmen Trail
*Nordic Ski Club
*Laurentian Ski Hill
*North Bay Memorial Gardens Sports Arena
*Pete Palangio Arena
*West Ferris Community Centre
Transportation
North Bay is located at the easternmost junction of
Highway 11 and
Highway 17, which are both segments of the
Trans-Canada Highway
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. The two highways share a single route through the city core, between Algonquin Avenue and an interchange at Twin Lakes, along an urban
limited-access road
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with reduced but not fully controlled access. Major arterial streets intersect directly with the highway, while minor streets end at a network of service roads connecting them to the arterials. At Algonquin Avenue, Highway 17 continues westward to
Sturgeon Falls and
Sudbury, while Highway 11 heads north toward
Temiskaming Shores. At the eastern interchange, Highway 17 heads eastward toward
Mattawa,
Pembroke and
Ottawa
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, while Highway 11 widens into a
freeway and heads southerly toward
Barrie and
Toronto
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.
Highway 11 and Highway 17 both formerly had
business spur routes through downtown North Bay,
Highway 11B and
Highway 17B, although both have been decommissioned by the province and are now designated only as city streets. North Bay is also served by
Highway 63, a route which extends northeasterly from the city toward
Thorne, where it crosses the
Ottawa River
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and becomes
Quebec Route 101
Route 101 is a north-south highway in northwestern Quebec
Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Onta ...
.
Due to the steep incline of Algonquin Avenue/Highway 11 as it enters North Bay from the north on Thibeault Hill, the southbound lanes are equipped with the only
runaway truck ramp on Ontario's provincial highway system.
North Bay is served by the
North Bay/Jack Garland Airport, which also receives and services military flights on behalf of the adjacent
CFB North Bay, is home to Canadore College Aviation Campus, and site of numerous aviation companies, including Voyageur Airways and the Bombardier Aerospace CL-415 water bomber final assembly and flight testing facility.
Intercity bus service in the city operates from the
North Bay railway station on Station Road.
The city operates a
public transit system,
North Bay Transit.
Police
The North Bay Police Service
was founded in 1882,
and is overseen by the
North Bay City Council's Police Services Board. In 2018, it had a budget of
C$18.6 Million.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, North Bay 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.
In 2021 11.7% of the population was Indigenous, compared to 5.0% nationally. 4.4% of residents were visible minorities compared to 26.5% nationally. The remaining 83.9% of the population was white/European. The largest visible minority groups in North Bay were
South Asian (1.4%),
Black
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(1.1%), and
Chinese (0.5%).
81.1% of the population spoke English as their mother tongue. French was the first language of 11.3% of residents, compared to 3.3% in all of Ontario. In terms of non-official languages, the most common were Italian (0.6%),
Chinese language
Chinese ( or ) is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and List of ethnic groups in China, many minority ethnic groups in China, as well as by various communities of the Chinese diaspora. Approximately 1.39& ...
s (0.3%), German (0.3%), and Spanish (0.3%). 2.2% of residents listed both English and French as mother tongues, while 0.7% listed both English and a non-official language.
56.3% of residents were
Christian, down from 73.2% in 2011. 35.2% were
Catholic
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...
, 13.2% were
Protestant
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes Justification (theology), justification of sinners Sola fide, through faith alone, the teaching that Salvation in Christianity, salvation comes by unmerited Grace in Christianity, divin ...
, 4.1% were Christian n.o.s and 3.8% belonged to other Christian denominations and Christian-related traditions. 41.6% of the population were non-religious or secular, up from 25.4% in 2011. All other religions made up 2.0% of the population. The largest non-Christian religion was
Hinduism
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(0.5%).
North Bay
census agglomeration population was 70,378 as of 2016. It had a land area of .
Notable people
*
Ahren Belisle, stand-up comedian
*
Giles Blunt, author
*
Mike Bolan, former Liberal MP, Superior Court judge
*
Kirsten Bos, researcher of ancient DNA
*
Gerald Bull, aerospace engineer, expert in ballistics, assassinated
*
Amanda Burk, artist
*
Chuck Cadman, politician and member of Parliament
*
Jessica Cameron, actress
*
Harvey Charters, silver medalist at
1936 Olympics in canoeing
*
Mike Conroy,
WHA hockey player
*
Billy Coutu,
NHL hockey player
*
Ab DeMarco Sr, former NHL hockey player
*
Nick Denis, former
mixed martial arts
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In the early 20th century, various inter-s ...
fighter and
biochemist
*
Kevin Frankish,
Toronto
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-area media personality. He co-hosts
Breakfast Television
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on
City
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.
*
Bobby Gimby, orchestra leader, singer/songwriter who wrote the
Canadian Centennial song
*
Mike Harris, former
Premier of Ontario
*
Alison Herst, Olympian (Kayak: 1992 Barcelona; 1996 Atlanta)
*
High Holy Days,
rock music
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group
*
Bill Houlder, former NHL player
*
Troy Hurtubise, inventor
*
Sam Jacks, inventor of
Ringette and
Floor hockey
*
Byron M. Jones, Christian movie producer and managing partner of
Pure Flix Entertainment
*
Gordon Kannegiesser, former NHL player
*
Sheldon Kannegiesser, former NHL player
*
Larry Keenan, former NHL player
*
Sean Kelly, glam-rock guitarist and vocalist
*
Pierre LeBrun, hockey journalist
*
Cory Marks, country rock singer
*
Steve McLaren, former NHL/AHL player
*
Lise Meloche, Olympian (Biathlon: 1992 Albertville; 1994 Lillehammer)
*
Gerry Mendicino, actor
*
Keke Mortson, WHA hockey player, North Bay Sports Hall of Fame inductee
*
Claude Noël, former NHL
head coach
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for the
Winnipeg Jets
*
Bryan Lee O'Malley, cartoonist, creator and author of the
Scott Pilgrim series of graphic novels
*
Mike O'Shea,
CFL head coach for the
Winnipeg Blue Bombers, and former CFL
linebacker
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Barbara Olmsted, Olympian (Canoeing: 1984 Los Angeles (Bronze); 1988 Seoul)
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Nancy Olmsted, Olympian (Canoeing: 1984 Los Angeles; 1988 Seoul)
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Steve Omischl, world champion, freestyle skiing aerials
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Kate Pace, world downhill alpine ski champion
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Pete Palangio, former NHL player
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Tony Poeta, former NHL player
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Denis Rancourt, scientist, educational reform activist, former physics professor at the
University of Ottawa
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Julia Rivard, Olympic athlete (canoe/kayak), business leader
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Craig Rivet, former NHL player
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Anthony Rota, MP and former
Speaker of the House of Commons
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Jim Sherrit, WHA hockey player, AVCO cup winner, North Bay Sports Hall of Fame inductee
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Steve Shields, former NHL goalie
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Colin Simpson, author
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Katherine E. Stange, mathematician
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Lance Storm
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Scott Thompson, comedic actor
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Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet
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Darren Turcotte, former NHL player
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Jim Watson, actor
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Mike Yeo, former
St. Louis Blues Head Coach
Sister cities
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Moncton, New Brunswick
See also
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List of francophone communities in Ontario
Notes
References
External links
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Cities in Ontario
Single-tier municipalities in Ontario
Lake Nipissing