Rainy River District
In 2016, the population was 20,110. The land area is 15,486.75 square kilometres (5,979.47 sq mi); the population density was 1.3 per square kilometre (3.4/sq mi).
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
Year | Pop. | ±% |
---|---|---|
1996 | 23,138 | — |
2001 | 22,109 | −4.4% |
2006 | 21,564 | −2.5% |
2011 | 20,370 | −5.5% |
2016 | 20,110 | −1.3% |
2021 | 19,437 | −3.3% |
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Rainy River District had a population of 19,437 living in 8,315 of its 10,679 total private dwellings, a change of −3.3% from its 2016 population of 20,110. With a land area of 15,400.95 km (5,946.34 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.3/km (3.3/sq mi) in 2021.
2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
---|---|---|---|
Population | 19,437 (-3.3% from 2016) | 20,110 (−1.3% from 2011) | 20,370 (−5.5% from 2006) |
Land area | 15,400.95 km (5,946.34 sq mi) | 15,486.75 km (5,979.47 sq mi) | 15,484.83 km (5,978.73 sq mi) |
Population density | 1.3/km (3.4/sq mi) | 1.3/km (3.4/sq mi) | 1.3/km (3.4/sq mi) |
Median age | 45.2 (M: 44, F: 46) | 44.7 (M: 44.1, F: 45.2) | |
Private dwellings | 8,315 (total) | 11,217 (total) | 10,792 (total) |
Median household income | $64,320 |
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.
See also
- List of Ontario Census Divisions
- Quetico Provincial Park
- List of townships in Ontario
- List of secondary schools in Ontario#Rainy River District