Fort William First Nation

Fort William 52
Fort William Indian Reserve No. 52
Fort William 52 is located in Ontario
Fort William 52
Fort William 52
Coordinates: 48°18′N 89°16′W / 48.300°N 89.267°W / 48.300; -89.267
Country Canada
Province Ontario
DistrictThunder Bay
First NationFort William
Area
 • Land58.50 km2 (22.59 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total
964
 • Density16.5/km2 (43/sq mi)
Websitefwfn.com

Fort William First Nation (Ojibwe: Animkii Wajiw[2]) is an Ojibwa First Nation reserve in Ontario, Canada. The administrative headquarters for this band government is south of Thunder Bay. As of January 2008, the First Nation had a registered population of 1,798 people, of which their on-Reserve population was 832 people.

Fort William First Nation has a two rink arena which is home to the Thunder Bay Bearcats of the Superior International Junior Hockey League and has a fitness centre overlooking rink 1. A business park in the eastern end of the community is home to the head offices of Wasaya Airways and the band offices, among others.

  1. ^ a b "Fort William 52 census profile". 2021 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  2. ^ Ojibwe.net, Nations Map https://ojibwe.net/nations-map/