Deer Lake First Nation

Deer Lake
Indian reserve
Deer Lake Indian Reserve
Deer Lake is located in Ontario
Deer Lake
Deer Lake
Deer Lake is located in Canada
Deer Lake
Deer Lake
Coordinates: 52°38′N 94°05′W / 52.633°N 94.083°W / 52.633; -94.083
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
DistrictKenora
First NationDeer Lake
Area
[1]
 • Land17.85 km2 (6.89 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total763
 • Density42.7/km2 (111/sq mi)
Websitedeerlake.firstnation.ca

Deer Lake First Nation (Oji-Cree: ᐊᑎᑯ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ)[2] is an Oji-Cree First Nations band government in Northern Ontario, located north of Red Lake, Ontario Canada. It is one of the few First Nations in Ontario to have signed Treaty 5. It is part of the Keewaytinook Okimakanak Council (Northern Chiefs) and the Nishnawbe Aski Nation. As of December, 2007, the First Nation had 1,072 registered members, of which their on-reserve population was 868.

Deer Lake is policed by the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service, an Aboriginal-based service.

  1. ^ a b "Deer Lake census profile". 2011 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  2. ^ Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation - Annual Report 2013-2014, https://nanlegal.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/nalsc-annual-report-2013-14.pdf