MANITOULIN DISTRICT, ONTARIO

'Manitoulin District' is a district in Northeastern Ontario within the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1888 from part of Algoma District. The district seat is Gore Bay.
It comprises Manitoulin Island and a number of small islands around it. Previously it included the municipality of Killarney on the mainland, until this was transferred to Sudbury District in the late 1990s.
In 2001, the population of Manitoulin District was 12,679; in 2006, it had risen to 13,090. The district's land area is 4,796 km² (1,851 mi²), implying a population density of 2.8 people/km² (7.2 people/mi²) [1].

Contents

Municipalities

Demographics

Indian reserves

Communities

Provincial highways

Municipalities

Gore Bay	town
Northeastern Manitoulin and The Islands
Assiginack	township
Barrie Island
Billings	municipality
Burpee and Mills	township
Central Manitoulin
Cockburn Island
Gordon
Tehkummah
Robinson	unorganized township
Dawson

Demographics

'Ethnic groups' ★ 62.4% White ★ 37.0% Aboriginal ★ 0.4% Chinese ★ 0.2% other

'Religious groups' ★ 42.3% Protestant ★ 37.3% Roman Catholic ★ 2.7% other Christian ★ 17.7% other/none

Indian reserves

★ M'Chigeeng (West Bay) ★ Sheguiandah ★ Sheshegwaning ★ Sucker Creek ★ Whitefish River ★ Wikwemikong ★ Zhiibaahaasing (Cockburn Island)

Communities ★ Little Current, Ontario ★ Manitowaning, Ontario ★ South Baymouth, Ontario ★ Mindemoya, Ontario ★ Gore Bay, Ontario ★ Silverwater, Ontario ★ Meldrum Bay, Ontario

Provincial highways

Manitoulin District is served by only one primary provincial highway, Highway 6. This highway enters the district at the ferry docks in South Baymouth, in the township of Tehkummah, where the Chi-Cheemaun ferry travels to and from Tobermory in the municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula, Ontario. It exits the district in the Whitefish River First Nation, just south of Whitefish Falls, Ontario, when it crosses into the Sudbury District.
A number of secondary provincial highways, the equivalent in a district to a county or municipal road in Southern Ontario, serve the communities of Manitoulin Island. These are:

Highway	Extension
540	from the community of Little Current (Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands) to Meldrum Bay, the westernmost settlement on the island
540A	connects Barrie Island to Highway 540
540B	connects Gore Bay to Highway 540
542	extends from Highway 540 south of Gore Bay to Highway 6 near Tehkummah
542A	connects the community of Tehkummah to Highway 542
551	from M'Chigeeng (West Bay) to Providence Bay (Central Manitoulin)