Northwestern Ontario is a secondary region of Northern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north and west of Lake Superior and west of Hudson Bay and James Bay . It includes most of subarctic Ontario. Its western boundary is the Canadian province of Manitoba , which disputed Ontario's claim to the western part of the region. Ontario's right to Northwestern Ontario was determined by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in 1884 and confirmed by the Canada (Ontario Boundary) Act, 1889, of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . In 1912, the Parliament of Canada by the Ontario Boundaries Extension Act gave jurisdiction over the District of Patricia to Ontario, thereby extending the northern boundary of the province to Hudson Bay.
15-584: For some purposes, Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Ontario are treated as separate regions, while for other purposes they are grouped together as Northern Ontario. Northwestern Ontario consists of the districts of Kenora , Rainy River and Thunder Bay . Major communities in the region include Thunder Bay , Kenora , Dryden , Fort Frances , Sioux Lookout , Greenstone , Red Lake , Marathon , and Atikokan . There are also several dozen First Nations in Northwestern Ontario . Northwestern Ontario
30-492: A change of 5.1% from its 2016 population of 13,255 . With a land area of 3,073.54 km (1,186.70 sq mi), it had a population density of 4.5/km (11.7/sq mi) in 2021. Like the other districts of Northern Ontario, the Manitoulin District does not have a county or regional municipality tier of government. All services in the district are provided either by the individual municipalities or directly by
45-583: A few standalone municipalities are so designated. In 2023, the Northeastern Ontario Tourism agency launched a social media marketing campaign, branding the region as "The Seven" in reference to the 705 telephone area code and the common nickname of Toronto as "The Six". There are six cities in Northeastern Ontario. They are, in alphabetical order: The towns in Northeastern Ontario, listed in alphabetical order, include: The region
60-631: A number of smaller islands surrounding it, such as Barrie , Cockburn , and Great La Cloche islands. Previously it included the municipality of Killarney on the mainland, until this was transferred to Sudbury District in the late 1990s. Subsequently, more mainland portions were added to Killarney and these, together with Unorganized Mainland Manitoulin District , were also transferred to Sudbury District in 2006, about 1,600 square kilometres (600 sq mi) in all. The district has an area of 3,107.13 square kilometres (1,199.67 sq mi), making it
75-598: Is divided between the Eastern Time Zone and the Central Time Zone . Northwestern Ontario is the province's most sparsely populated region: 54% of the region's entire population lives in the Thunder Bay census metropolitan area alone. Aside from Thunder Bay, Kenora is the only other municipality in the entire region with a population greater than 10,000. The overall population of Northwestern Ontario declined in
90-534: Is served by several branches of the Trans-Canada Highway , including Highway 11 , Highway 17 , Highway 66 and Highway 69 . Several other highways in the region are part of the provincial highway system, but not the national Trans-Canada Highway. The only freeways in the region are a portion of Highway 17 in the Walden district of Greater Sudbury, and most but not all of Highway 69 between Greater Sudbury and
105-462: The French River . The remainder of Highway 69 is slated for conversion into a full freeway, and will be redesignated as part of Highway 400 when the construction is complete. The provincial government also has plans on file for the eventual conversion of Highway 17 to freeway from Sault Ste. Marie easterly toward Ottawa, although no timetable for this project has been announced as of 2018 except for
120-580: The Kenora District ,. Provincially, PC Greg Rickford represents Kenora—Rainy River , NDP Sol Mamakwa represents Kiiwetinoong , PC Ken Holland represents Thunder Bay—Atikokan , and Liberal Michael Gravelle represents Thunder Bay—Superior North . In 2005, some residents of the region expressed dissatisfaction at the level of attention paid to the region by the provincial government. Some, most notably former Kenora mayor Dave Canfield , and Fort Frances town councillor Tannis Drysdale, have proposed
135-819: The conversion of Highway 17's Southwest and Southeast Bypasses route through Sudbury near the completion of the Highway 69/400 project. Manitoulin District Manitoulin District is a district in Northeastern Ontario within the Canadian province of Ontario . It was created in 1888 from part of the Algoma District . The district seat is in Gore Bay . It comprises Manitoulin Island primarily, as well as
150-516: The districts of Algoma , Sudbury , Cochrane , Timiskaming , Nipissing and Manitoulin . For some purposes, Parry Sound District and Muskoka District Municipality are treated as part of Northeastern Ontario although they are geographically in Central Ontario . These two divisions are coloured in green on the map. Northeastern Ontario and Northwestern Ontario may also be grouped together as Northern Ontario . An important difference between
165-691: The early 21st century, mainly because of a downturn in the forestry sector, but some individual municipalities within the region have seen modest population growth over the period. Northwestern Ontarians tend to lean left politically, mainly due to the history and influence of labour unions and a growing environmental ethic. At the federal level, Northwestern Ontario is represented by Liberal MPs Marcus Powlowski in Thunder Bay—Rainy River and Patty Hajdu in Thunder Bay—Superior North , as well as Conservative MP Eric Melillo in
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#1732844676726180-573: The idea of the region as a whole, or parts of it, seceding from Ontario to join Manitoba , although the campaign did not attract widespread public support. 51°N 91°W / 51°N 91°W / 51; -91 Northeastern Ontario Northeastern Ontario is a secondary region of Northern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario , which lies north of Lake Huron and east of Lake Superior . Northeastern Ontario consists of
195-842: The provincial government. Services are provided jointly with the Sudbury District from its district seat in Espanola . The district is served by two weekly community newspapers, the Manitoulin Expositor in Little Current and the Manitoulin West Recorder in Gore Bay; the papers are sister publications both owned and operated by the McCutcheon family. The district is served by the commercial radio stations CFRM-FM and CHAW-FM ,
210-589: The smallest district in Ontario. It is in the northern part of Lake Huron , separated from the mainland by the North Channel to the north and by the Georgian Bay to the east. Islands included within the district are: As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , the Manitoulin District had a population of 13,935 living in 6,144 of its 9,302 total private dwellings,
225-492: The two sub-regions is that Northeastern Ontario has a sizable Franco-Ontarian population — approximately 25 per cent of the region's population speaks French as a first language, compared with 3.2 per cent in the northwest. Virtually the entire region, except only the Manitoulin District , is designated as a French-language service area under Ontario's French Language Services Act . In the northwest, by contrast, only
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