Thunder Bay—Rainy River Explained

Province:Ontario
Fed-Status:active
Fed-District-Number:35105
Fed-Created:2003
Fed-Election-First:2004
Fed-Election-Last:2021
Fed-Rep:Marcus Powlowski
Fed-Rep-Party:Liberal
Demo-Pop-Ref:[1]
Demo-Census-Date:2011
Demo-Pop:82984
Demo-Electors:62207
Demo-Electors-Date:2015
Demo-Area:39545
Demo-Cd:Thunder Bay District, Rainy River District
Demo-Csd:Thunder Bay, Fort Frances, Oliver Paipoonge, Atikokan, Neebing

Thunder Bay—Rainy River is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. It first elected a member in the 2004 federal election.

History

It was created in 2003 from parts of Kenora—Rainy River and Thunder Bay—Atikokan ridings.

This riding gained a fraction of territory from Thunder Bay—Superior North during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Geography

It consists of the Territorial District of Rainy River, and the part of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay lying south and west of a line drawn from the western limit of the territorial district east along the 6th Base Line, south along longitude 90o00 W, Dog River and the western shoreline of Dog Lake, west along the northern boundary of the Township of Fowler, south along its western boundary, and east along its southern boundary, south along the Kaministiquia River, east along the northern limit of the Township of Oliver Paipoonge, south along its eastern limit and along Pole Line Road, north along Thunder Bay Expressway (Highways 11 and 17), east along Harbour Expressway and Main Street to 110th Avenue, and due east to the eastern limit of the City of Thunder Bay, along that limit to the northeast corner of the Township of Neebing, and southeast to the US border.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census[2]

Ethnic groups: 76.4% White, 18.8% Indigenous, 1.5% South Asian

Languages: 89.4% English, 1.6% French, 1.1% Italian

Religions: 54.1% Christian (26.2% Catholic, 5.9% United Church, 4.7% Anglican, 3.2% Lutheran, 1.6% Baptist, 1.5% Presbyterian, 11.0% other), 1.8% Indigenous spirituality, 42.0% none

Median income: $42,800 (2020)

Average income: $50,520 (2020)

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

2011 federal election redistributed results[3]
PartyVote%
 18,126 48.65
 10,138 27.21
 8,085 21.70
 911 2.44
 Others 1 0.00

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Notes and References

  1. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
  2. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2022-02-09 . Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Thunder Bay--Rainy River [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario ]. 2023-04-05 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  3. http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding.php?riding=2051 Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections