Thunder Bay District, Ontario
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Thunder Bay District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. The district seat is Thunder Bay.
In 2006, the population was 149,063. The land area is 103,706 km² (40,041 mi²); the population density was 1.4 people/km² (3.7 people/mi²)[1].
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[edit] History
Thunder Bay District was created in 1871 by provincial statute from the western half of Algoma District. Its northern and western boundaries were uncertain until Ontario's right to Northwestern Ontario was determined by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Until about 1902 it was often called Algoma West from the name of the provincial constituency.
The following districts include areas that were formerly part of Thunder Bay District:
- Rainy River, created in 1885
- Kenora, created in 1907 from Rainy River District
- Cochrane, created in 1921
[edit] Population
- Canada 2006 Census: 149,063
Almost 80 per cent of the district's population lives in the Thunder Bay Census Metropolitan Area; no other community in the district exceeds 7,000 in population.
[edit] Census subdivisions
Municipalities:
- City of Thunder Bay
- Municipality (town) of Greenstone
- Town of Marathon
- Township of Conmee
- Township of Dorion
- Township of Gillies
- Township of Manitouwadge
- Municipality (township) of Neebing
- Township of Nipigon
- Township of O'Connor
- Municipality (township) of Oliver Paipoonge
- Township of Red Rock
- Township of Schreiber
- Township of Shuniah
- Township of Terrace Bay
First Nations
- Aroland 83
- Fort William 52
- Ginoogaming First Nation
- Gull River 55
- Lac des Mille Lacs 22A1
- Lake Helen 53A
- Long Lake 58
- Ojibway Nation of Saugeen (Savant Lake)
- Pays Plat 51
- Pic Mobert North
- Pic Mobert South
- Pic River 50
- Rocky Bay 1
- Seine River 22A2
- Whitesand
Unorganized areas
[edit] Geographic Neighbors
- Keweenaw County, Michigan - (water boundary)
- Cook County, Minnesota
- Rainy River District, Ontario
- Kenora District, Ontario
- Cochrane District, Ontario
- Algoma District, Ontario
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Thunder Bay Community Guide
- Thunder Bay Ontario Internet Guide
- Ontario Highway 11 Homepage - Thunder Bay District (Profiles of Many Thunder Bay District Communities)
