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This article is about a district in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. For other uses, see Kenora (disambiguation).
Kenora District
District
Location of Kenora District in Ontario
Location of Kenora District in Ontario
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
RegionNorthwestern Ontario
Created1907
Government
 • MPsRoger Valley (LPC), Charlie Angus (NDP)
 • MPPsHoward Hampton (NDP), Gilles Bisson (NDP)
Area
 • Total407,192.56 km2 (157,217.93 sq mi)
Elevation
[1]
MSL to 505m m (0 to 1,657 ft)
Population
 (2006)[2]
 • Total64,419
 • Density0.2/km2 (0.5/sq mi)
 Canada 2006 Census
Time zoneUTC-5, -6 (Eastern (EST), Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4, -5 (Eastern Daylight (EDT), Central Daylight (CDT))
Postal Code FSA
P0V, P0X, P0Y, P8N, P8T, P9N
Area code807
Largest communities[3]Kenora (15,177)
Dryden (8,195)
Sioux Lookout (5,183)

Kenora District (Canada 2006 Census population 64,419) is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1907 from parts of Rainy River District. It is, geographically, the largest division in that province; at 407,192.66 km² it comprises almost 38 percent of the province's land area. It is larger than Paraguay and approximately the size of California.

Kenora District also has the lowest population density of any of Ontario's census divisions, although it ranks 38th out of 50 by population.

The district seat is Kenora.

The northern part, north of the Albany River and known sometimes as the Patricia Portion, was added to the Kenora District after it became part of Ontario in 1912.

Politics

As with the other districts of Northern Ontario, Kenora District has no equivalent to the county or regional municipality level of government that exists in Southern Ontario. All government services in the district are instead provided by the local municipalities, by local service boards in some unincorporated communities, or directly by the provincial government.

Geography

The climate is very harsh because of the influence of the cold waters of Hudson and James Bays: most of the region is taiga characterised by discontinuous permafrost, but on the extreme northern coast there are - remarkably for a latitude of only 54°N - patches of true Arctic tundra and continuous permafrost. This is the southernmost point reached by the circumpolar line of continuous permafrost on any continent.

The Kenora District contains the Sturgeon Lake Caldera, which is one of the world's best preserved Neoarchean caldera complexes and is some 2.7 billion years old.[4]

Economy

Most of the population of the district is concentrated in the extreme south where some agriculture is possible: the main crop is barley. In the north, mining is extremely extensive: northern Kenora district contains among the largest and highest-grade reserves of uranium in the world, and is also one of the world's major producers of nickel. Traditional native activities such as hunting and fishing dominate the northern half of the district outside of the few minings settlements.

Transportation

Permanent roads only reach about halfway to the northernmost point of Kenora district, with the provincial highway network ending at Pickle Lake, although some more northerly communities have access to a seasonal winter road network. Year-round air and summertime river transport are the only means of reaching the most remote parts of the district. The major railroad between Toronto and British Columbia passes through the south of the district.

Patricia Portion

The Patricia Portion is a historical name for the part of the Kenora District lying north of the Albany River, which was transferred from the Northwest Territories to Ontario on May 15, 1912 in the Ontario Boundaries Extension Act, 1912. This area was originally a separate division named Patricia District, but became part of Kenora District in 1927.

However, because of the area's unique circumstances — with the exception of a few communities along the northernmost ends of Highway 599 and the Highway 105/Highway 125 corridor, the Patricia Portion consists almost entirely of remote First Nations communities which are only accessible by float plane or winter road — the name "Patricia Portion" has continued to be used when necessary to distinguish the area from the more populated southern portion of the district.

Municipalities

Indian settlements

Indian reserves

Unorganized Areas

See also

References

  1. ^ Highest elevation from MapArt 2003 Edition Ontario Provincial Map - G4 south of Willard Lake. Hudson Bay is at MSL
  2. ^ Statcan 2006 Census Profile
  3. ^ Compilation of Northwestern Ontario's 2006 census data
  4. ^ Caldera Volcanoes Retrieved on 2007-07-20


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