Thunder Bay District is a

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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 ...

. In

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

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 in ...

, 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, created in 1907 from Rainy River District * Cochrane, 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 Gillies * Township of

Manitouwadge Manitouwadge is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located in the Thunder Bay District, at the north end of Highway 614, east of Thunder Bay and north-west of Sault Ste. Marie. History Manitouwadge (''Manidoowaazh'' in O ...

* Municipality (township) of Neebing * 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 approximat ...

* 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 Paipoon ...

* Township of Red Rock * Township of Schreiber * Township of

Shuniah Shuniah () is a municipal township bordering the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada on the east. Shuniah was incorporated by an act of the Ontario legislature in 1873, and at that time included much of present-day Thunder Bay and its predecesso ...

* Township of

Terrace Bay Terrace Bay is a township in Thunder Bay District in northern Ontario, Canada, located on the north shore of Lake Superior east of Thunder Bay along Highway 17. The name originates from a series of lake terraces formed as the water level in L ...

First Nations and their Indian Reserves

Animbiigoo Zaagi'igan Anishinaabek First Nation Animbiigoo Zaagi'igan Anishinaabek First Nation is an Ojibwe First Nation in northwestern Ontario. It has a reserve on Partridge Lake called Lake Nipigon Indian Reserve within the town of Greenstone. It is a member of Waaskiinaysay Ziibi Inc. ...

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. Arol ...

: Aroland Settlement (Aroland 83) * Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek First Nation (Rocky Bay): Rocky Bay 1 *

Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek First Nation The Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek (formerly known as Sand Point First Nation, and occasionally known as Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabeg) is an Ojibwe First Nation Band government in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. Their traditional territory is the Sa ...

(Sand Point) *

Fort William First Nation Fort William First Nation ( oj, Animkii Wajiw) 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 peopl ...

: Fort William 52 *

Ginoogaming First Nation Ginoogaming First Nation (formerly the Long Lake 77 First Nation) is a small Anishinaabe (Ojibway) First Nation reserve located in Northern Ontario, located approximately 40 km east of Geraldton, Ontario, Canada, on the northern shore of ...

: Ginoogaming (Long Lac 77) * Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek First Nation (Gull Bay): Gull River 55 * Lac des Mille Lacs First Nation: 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 (Ojibwe, Ojibway) First Nations in Canada, First Nation band government located in Northern Ontario, located approximately 40 km east of Geraldton, Ontario, Canada ...

: 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 Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg (formerly Pic Mobert First Nation) is an Ojibwe First Nation band government in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The First Nation has two reserves: Pic Mobert North and Pic Mobert South, both located approximately east ...

Pic Mobert North Pic Mobert North 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 South Pic Mobert South is a First Nations reserve in Thunder Bay Dis ...

, Pic Mobert South *

Ojibway Nation of Saugeen First Nation The Ojibway Nation of Saugeen is an Ojibwa First Nation in the Canadian province of Ontario. The Nation is located in the Thunder Bay District, approximately 20 kilometres northwest of Savant Lake. In December, 2007, its total registered pop ...

(Savant Lake):

Ojibway Nation of Saugeen The Ojibway Nation of Saugeen is an Ojibwa First Nation in the Canadian province of Ontario. The Nation is located in the Thunder Bay District, approximately 20 kilometres northwest of Savant Lake. In December, 2007, its total registered pop ...

Ojibways of the Pic River First Nation Biigtigong Nishnaabeg is an Ojibway (Anishinaabe) First Nation on the northern shore of Lake Superior. It is sometimes referred to as Ojibways of the Pic River First Nation (or "Pic River" for short). Pic River is not a signatory to the Robinson ...

: 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 Treaty of ...

: Pays Plat 51 * Red Rock First Nation (Lake Helen):

Lake Helen 53A Lake Helen 53A is a First Nations reserve in Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. It is one of two reserves for the Red Rock Indian Band The Red Rock Indian Band (also known as Lake Helen Reserve) is an Ojibwe First Nation band government i ...

, Red Rock 53 *

Seine River First Nation Seine River First Nation ( oj, Jiima’aaganing), 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 populati ...

: Seine River 23A, Seine River 23B *

Whitesand First Nation The Whitesand First Nation ( ojs, ᐗᐱᓀᑲ)Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation - Annual Report 2013-2014https://nanlegal.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/nalsc-annual-report-2013-14.pdf/ref> is an Ojibway First Nation reserve in Norther ...

: Armstrong Settlement, Whitesand

Unorganized areas

* Thunder Bay, Unorganized (including the local services boards of

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, 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,

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, Savant Lake,

Shebandowan Shebandowan is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located on Highway 11 in the Thunder Bay District. The community is administered by a local services board, and is counted as part of the Unorganized Thunder Bay Dis ...

, 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.

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