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Rainy River District
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Rainy River District |
| native_name | |
| settlement_type | District |
| image_skyline | |
| image_map | Map of Ontario RAINY RIVER.svg |
| map_caption | Location of Rainy River District in Ontario |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Canada |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_type2 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Ontario |
| subdivision_name2 | Northwestern Ontario |
| established_title | Created |
| established_date | 1885 |
| established_title2 | |
| established_title3 | |
| leader_title | MPs |
| leader_name | Marcus Powlowski (Liberal) |
| leader_title1 | MPPs |
| leader_name1 | Kevin Holland (PC), Greg Rickford (PC) |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_land_km2 | 15400.95 |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| elevation_m | 328 |
| population_total | 19437 |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_density_km2 | 1.3 |
| postal_code_type | Postal code span |
| postal_code | P0W, P9A |
| area_code | 807 |
| timezone1 | Central |
| utc_offset1 | -06:00 |
| timezone1_DST | CDT |
| utc_offset1_DST | -05:00 |
| timezone1_location | Most of the district |
| timezone2 | Eastern |
| utc_offset2 | -05:00 |
| timezone2_location | Atikokan |
| blank_name | Largest communities |
| blank_info | Fort Frances (7,952) |
| Atikokan (2,787) |
Atikokan (2,787)
Rainy River District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1885. It is the only division in Ontario that lies completely in the Central Time Zone, except for the township of Atikokan (including Sapawe and Kawene to the east) observing Eastern Standard Time for part of the year. Its seat is Fort Frances. It is known for its fishing and its location on the US border opposite International Falls, Minnesota, and Baudette, Minnesota.
Subdivisions
Municipalities
| Status | Name | Population (2011) | Mayor or Reeve |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town | Fort Frances | 7,952 | Andrew Hallikas |
| Town | Atikokan | 2,787 | Dennis Brown |
| Township | Emo | 1,252 | Harold McQuaker |
| Township | La Vallee | 988 | Ken McKinnon |
| Township | Alberton | 864 | Mike Ford |
| Town | Rainy River | 842 | Deborah Ewald |
| Township | Chapple | 741 | Rilla Race |
| Township | Dawson | 563 | Bill Langner |
| Township | Morley | 474 | George Heyens |
| Township | Lake of the Woods | 296 | Valerie Pizey |
Unorganized area:
- Rainy River, Unorganized (served by the Eva Marion Lake local services board)
First Nations
Reserves:
- Agency 1
- Assabaska
- Big Grassy River 35G
- Big Island 31D
- Big Island 31E
- Big Island 31F
- Big Island 37
- Big Island Mainland 93
- Couchiching 16A
- Lake of the Woods 31H
- Lake of the Woods 34
- Long Sault 12
- Manitou Rapids 11
- Naongashing 31A
- Neguaguon Lake 25D
- Rainy Lake 17A
- Rainy Lake 17B
- Rainy Lake 18C
- Rainy Lake 26A
- Sabaskong Bay 35C
- Saug-a-Gaw-Sing 1
- Seine River 23A
- Seine River 23B
Demographics
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Rainy River District had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of −3.3% from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 15400.95 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.
| 1921 |13518 | 1931 |17359 | 1941 |19132 | 1951 |22132 | 1956 |25483 | 1961 |26531 | 1966 |25816 | 1971 |25750 | 1976 |24768 | 1981 |22798 | 1986 |22871 | 1991 |22997 | 1996 |23138 | 2001 |22109 | 2006 |21564 | 2011 |20370 | 2016 |20110 | 2021 |19437
Culture
As of 2013, the Rainy River District School Board has partnered with the Seven Generations Education Institute, the Ministry of Education, and local First Nations communities in development of new technologies and programs for revitalization of the Ojibwe language. | access-date = 2013-04-14 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130614214641/http://fftimes.com/node/258699 | archive-date = 2013-06-14 | url-status = live
References
References
- "Rainy River, District (DIS) Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- [http://www.fellenius.net/papers/158%20Piles%20at%20Rainy%20River.pdf Toe Protection for H-pileson Sloping Bedrock at Rainy River] {{webarchive. link. (2016-04-01
Page 2, "Mean river elevation is...328m") - [https://web.archive.org/web/20110519194148/https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p-3CCzuDoD3NjJ2aGAOTbGA Compilation of Northwestern Ontario's 2011 census data]
- (July 1973). "1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical)". Statistics Canada.
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