| Canoe Lake 165 | |
| Official Name: | Canoe Lake Indian Reserve No. 165 |
| Settlement Type: | Indian reserve |
| Map Alt: | A map of the province of Saskatchewan showing 297 rural municipalities and hundreds of small Indian reserves. One is highlighted with a red circle. |
| Subdivision Type: | First Nation |
| Subdivision Name: | Canoe Lake |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Saskatchewan |
| Leader Name: | Pluck Iron |
| Leader Title1: | MLA Athabasca |
| Leader Name1: | Jim Lemaigre |
| Leader Title2: | MP Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River |
| Leader Name2: | Gary Vidal |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Ha: | 2451 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Total: | 912 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | Central Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | −6 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −5 |
| Coordinates: | 55.1639°N -108.1544°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | S0M 0K0 |
| Area Code: | (1)306 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | Hwy 965 |
| Blank1 Name: | Community Well-Being Index[3] |
| Blank1 Info: | 53 |
| Footnotes: | [4] [5] |
Canoe Lake 165 is an Indian reserve of the Canoe Lake Cree First Nation in the boreal forest of northern Saskatchewan, Canada. Its location is on Canoe Lake approximately thirty miles west of Beauval, within the ancient hunting grounds of the Woodland Cree. In the 2016 Canadian Census, it recorded a population of 912 living in 250 of its 273 total private dwellings.[2] In the same year, its Community Well-Being index was calculated at 53 of 100, compared to 58.4 for the average First Nations community and 77.5 for the average non-Indigenous community.[3] The reserve includes the settlement of Canoe Narrows. The name of the reserve and the settlement in Cree is nêhiyaw-wapâsihk ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ ᐘᐹᓯᕽ.[6]
Bordering Canoe Narrows to the east is the village of Jans Bay with a population of 187.Bordering Canoe Narrows to the west is the village of Cole Bay with a population of 230.
Commercial fishing was the community's original means of support; however, fish populations have diminished somewhat since the late 1970s. The community has since turned to forestry as its main industry.
This town is the administrative headquarters of the Canoe Lake Cree First Nations band government and is affiliated with the Meadow Lake Tribal Council.
The registered population of the Canoe Lake Cree First Nation was 2,515 in October 2018. There were 1,149 members living on reserve and 1,366 members living off reserve.[7] The Canoe Lake Cree Nation has seven locations with three on Canoe Lake.[8]