Manitoulin District, Ontario

Manitoulin District is a district in Northeastern Ontario within the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1888 from part of Algoma District. The district seat is Gore Bay.

It comprises Manitoulin Island and a number of small islands around it. Previously it included the municipality of Killarney on the mainland, until this was transferred to Sudbury District in the late 1990s.

In 2001, the population of Manitoulin District was 12,679; in 2006, it had risen to 13,090. The district's land area is 4,796 km² (1,851 mi²), implying a population density of 2.8 people/km² (7.2 people/mi²) [http://www.mndm.gov.on.ca/mndm/nordev/redb/sector_profiles/northern_ontario_e.pdf] .

Municipalities

Demographics

Ethnic groups
*62.4% White
*38.0% Aboriginal
*According to Statcan there are no visible minorities in the district, rare for a community in Ontario.

Religious groups
*42.3% Protestant
*37.3% Roman Catholic
*2.7% other Christian
*17.7% other/none

Indian reserves

*M'Chigeeng (West Bay)
*Sheguiandah
*Sheshegwaning
*Sucker Creek
*Whitefish River
*Wikwemikong
*Zhiibaahaasing (Cockburn Island)

Communities

* Gore Bay, Ontario
* Kagawong, Ontario
* Little Current, Ontario
* Manitowaning, Ontario
* Meldrum Bay, Ontario
* Mindemoya, Ontario
* Silver Water, Ontario
* South Baymouth, Ontario

Provincial highways

Manitoulin District is served by only one primary provincial highway, Highway 6. This highway enters the district at the ferry docks in South Baymouth, in the township of Tehkummah, where the Chi-Cheemaun ferry travels to and from Tobermory in the municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula, Ontario. It exits the district in the Whitefish River First Nation, just south of Whitefish Falls, Ontario, when it crosses into the Sudbury District.

A number of secondary provincial highways, the equivalent in a district to a county or municipal road in Southern Ontario, serve the communities of Manitoulin Island. These are:

Subdivisions of Ontario