Thunder Bay District is a

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and

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in the

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. The district seat is

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 population i ...

. Most of the district (93.5%) is unincorporated and part of the

Unorganized Thunder Bay District Unorganized Thunder Bay District is an unorganized area in northwestern Ontario, Canada in Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Thunder Bay District. It comprises all parts of the district that are not part of an incorporated municipality or a Indian re ...

History

Thunder Bay District was created in 1871 by provincial statute from the western half of

Algoma District Algoma District is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. The name was created by an American ethnologist, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793–1864), who was appointed Indian agent to the Ojibwe ...

, 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 (), 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 history of the name exten ...

, created in 1907 from Rainy River District * Cochrane, created in 1921

Subdivisions

Municipalities

* City of

* Municipality of Greenstone * Town of

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* Township of Conmee * Township of Dorion * Township of Gillies * Township of

Manitouwadge Manitouwadge is a township (Canada), township in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. It is located in the Thunder Bay District, at the north end of Ontario Highway 614, Highway 614, east of Thunder Bay and no ...

* Municipality 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 Helen Lake running between Lake Nipigon and Lake Superior. Lake Nipigon is located approxima ...

* Township of O'Connor *

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 Paipoon ...

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

First Nations and their Reserves

* Animbiigoo Zaagi'igan Anishinaabek First Nation:

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* Aroland First Nation: Aroland Settlement (Aroland 83) * Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek First Nation (Rocky Bay): Rocky Bay 1 * Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek First Nation (Sand Point) *

Fort William First Nation Fort William First Nation () is an Ojibwa First Nation reserve in Ontario, Canada. The administrative headquarters for this band government is south of Thunder Bay. , the First Nation had a registered population of 1,798 people, of which thei ...

: 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 D ...

: Lac des Mille Lacs 22A1, Seine River 22A2 * Long Lake 58 First Nation: Long Lake 58 * Namaygoosisagagun First Nation (non-status) * Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg: Pic Mobert North, Pic Mobert South * 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 51 * Red Rock First Nation (Lake Helen): Lake Helen 53A, Red Rock 53 *

Seine River First Nation Seine River First Nation (), previously known as the Rivière la Seine Band, is an Ojibwe First Nation reserve located roughly west of Thunder Bay, Ontario. As of November 2011, the First Nation had a total registered population of 725, of whic ...

: Seine River 23A, Seine River 23B * Whitesand First Nation: Armstrong Settlement, Whitesand

Unorganized areas

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

Kaministiquia Kaministiquia () is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Thunder Bay District on Highway 102 approximately 30 kilometres west of Thunder Bay. A designated place served by a local services board, Kaministiquia had a p ...

, Lappe, Nolalu, Rossport,

Savant Lake Savant Lake is an unincorporated place and community in Unorganized Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. History The town was founded when the National Transcontinental Railway was built in the early 1900s. It was originall ...

, Shebandowan, and Upsala)

Demographics

As a

in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, 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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