Kenora District

Kenora District
District
Location of Kenora District in Ontario
Location of Kenora District in Ontario
Coordinates: 49°46′N 94°29′W / 49.767°N 94.483°W / 49.767; -94.483
Country Canada
Province Ontario
RegionNorthwestern Ontario
Created1907
Government
 • MPsEric Melillo (CPC), Charlie Angus (NDP)
 • MPPsGreg Rickford (PC), Guy Bourgouin (NDP), Sol Mamakwa (NDP)
Area
[1]
 • Land407,213.01 km2 (157,225.82 sq mi)
Highest elevation
505 m (1,657 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total65,533
 • Density0.16/km2 (0.4/sq mi)
Time zones
West of 90° west/Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First NationUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight (CDT))
East of 90° westUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (Eastern Daylight (EDT))
Pickle Lake/Mishkeegogamang First NationUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
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 is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The district seat is the City of Kenora.

It is geographically the largest division in Ontario: at 407,213.01 square kilometres (157,225.82 sq mi), it covers 38 percent of the province's area, making it larger than Newfoundland and Labrador, and slightly smaller than Sweden or roughly the land size of California. Kenora District also has the lowest population density of any of Ontario's census divisions (it ranks 37th out of 50 by total population).

The district was created in 1907 from parts of Rainy River District. The northern part (north of the Albany River) only became part of Ontario in 1912 (transferred from the Northwest Territories).[5] The separate Patricia District upon transfer, it was in 1937 annexed to Kenora District and known sometimes as the Patricia Portion.[6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference cp2011 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference cp2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Compilation of Northwestern Ontario's 2006 census data
  4. ^ Highest elevation from MapArt 2003 Edition Ontario Provincial Map – G4 south of Willard Lake. Hudson Bay is at MSL
  5. ^ The Ontario Boundaries Extension Act, S.C. 1912 (CA), 2 Geo. V, c. 40.
  6. ^ Patricia Act, RSO 1937, c 5 (retrieved March 26, 2016).