| Official Name: | Rainy River District |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Coordinates: | 48.8333°N -92°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Northwestern Ontario |
| Established Title: | Created |
| Established Date: | 1885 |
| Leader Title: | MPs |
| Leader Name: | Marcus Powlowski (Liberal) |
| Leader Title1: | MPPs |
| Leader Name1: | Kevin Holland (PC), Greg Rickford (PC) |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 15486.75 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 328 |
| Population Total: | 19437 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 1.3 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code span |
| Postal Code: | P0W, P9A |
| Area Code: | 807 |
| Timezone1: | Central |
| Utc Offset1: | -06:00 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -05:00 |
| Timezone1 Location: | Most of the district |
| Timezone2: | Eastern |
| Utc Offset2: | -05:00 |
| Timezone2 Location: | Atikokan |
| Blank Name: | Largest communities [3] |
| Blank Info: | Fort Frances (7,952) Atikokan (2,787) |
Rainy River District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1885. It is the only division in Ontario that lies completely in the Central Time Zone, except for the township of Atikokan (including Sapawe and Kawene to the east) observing Eastern Standard Time for part of the year. Its seat is Fort Frances. It is known for its fishing and its location on the US border opposite International Falls, Minnesota, and Baudette, Minnesota.
In 2016, the population was 20,110. The land area is ; the population density was .[1]
| Status | Name | Population (2011) | Mayor or Reeve | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town | 7,952 | Andrew Hallikas | ||
| Town | 2,787 | Dennis Brown | ||
| Township | 1,252 | Harold McQuaker | ||
| Township | 988 | Ken McKinnon | ||
| Township | 864 | Mike Ford | ||
| Town | 842 | Deborah Ewald | ||
| Township | 741 | Rilla Race | ||
| Township | 563 | Bill Langner | ||
| Township | 474 | George Heyens | ||
| Township | 296 | Valerie Pizey |
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Rainy River District had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of −3.3% from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 15400.95km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]
As of 2013, the Rainy River District School Board has partnered with the Seven Generations Education Institute, the Ministry of Education, and local First Nations communities in development of new technologies and programs for revitalization of the Ojibwe language.[5]