Thunder Bay District, Ontario

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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Canada
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Ontario
subdivision_type2 = Region
subdivision_name2 = Northwestern Ontario
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leader_title = MPs
leader_name = Ken Boshcoff (LPC)
Joe Comuzzi (CPC)
Brent St. Denis (LPC)
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leader_name1 = Michael Gravelle (OLP)
Bill Mauro (OLP)
Michael A. Brown (OLP)
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established_title = Created
established_date = 1871
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population_footnotes = [ [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CD&Code1=3558&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=thunder%20bay&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= Statcan 2006 Census Profile - Thunder Bay District] ]
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population_total = 149063
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timezone = EST (UTC -5)
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postal_code = P0S, P0T, P7A to P7G, P7J to P7L
area_code = 807
blank_name = Largest communities [ [https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p-3CCzuDoD3NjJ2aGAOTbGA Compilation of Northwestern Ontario's 2006 census data] ]
blank_info = Thunder Bay (109,140)
Oliver Paipoonge (5,757)
Greenstone (4,906)
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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) [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CD&Code1=3558&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=thunder%20bay&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=] .

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

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.

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
*Thunder Bay, Unorganized

Geographic Neighbors

*Keweenaw County, Michigan - (water boundary)
*Cook County, Minnesota
*Rainy River District, Ontario
*Kenora District, Ontario
*Cochrane District, Ontario
*Algoma District, Ontario

ee also

* List of Ontario Census Divisions

References