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Thunder Bay District, Ontario




Thunder Bay District is a District and Census Division in Northwestern Ontario in the Canadian Province of Ontario . The District Seat is Thunder Bay .


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:


POPULATION

  • 2003 Postcensal estimate 154,783


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:

Indian reserves

Unorganized areas


GEOGRAPHIC NEIGHBORS



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