Thunder Bay District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. The district seat is Thunder Bay.
Most of the district (93.5%) is unincorporated and part of the Unorganized Thunder Bay District.
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History
Thunder Bay District was created in 1871 by provincial statute from the western half of Algoma District, 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 Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. 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 Thunder Bay
Municipality of Greenstone
Town of Marathon
Township of Conmee
Township of Dorion
Township of Gillies
Township of Manitouwadge
Municipality of Neebing
Township of Nipigon
Township of O'Connor
Oliver Paipoonge 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: Lake Nipigon
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 52
Ginoogaming First Nation: 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
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 23A, Seine River 23B
Unorganized areas
Thunder Bay, Unorganized (including the local services boards of Armstrong, East Gorham, Hurkett, Kaministiquia, Lappe, Nolalu, Rossport, Savant Lake, Shebandowan, and Upsala)
Demographics
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Thunder Bay District had a population of 146,862 living in 64,601 of its 72,510 total private dwellings, a change of 0.6% from its 2016 population of 146,048. With a land area of 102,895.48 km2 (39,728.17 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.4/km2 (3.7/sq mi) in 2021.