Algoma District, Ontario

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Algoma District is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1858 comprising territory as far west as Minnesota. Since then, it has shrunk, as other districts were created by the provincial government. The district seat is Sault Ste. Marie

Contents

1 Communities

6 Surrounding Districts

Communities

Cities
Elliot Lake
Sault Ste. Marie

Towns
Blind River
Bruce Mines
Thessalon

Townships
Dubreuilville
Hilton
Hornepayne
Huron Shores
Jocelyn
Johnson
Laird
Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional
Michipicoten
North Shore
Plummer Additional
Prince
Shedden
St. Joseph
Tarbutt and Tarbutt Additional
White River

Villages
Hilton Beach

Reserves
Garden River
Goulais Bay
Gros Cap
Missanabie
Mississagi River
Rankin Location
Sagamok
Serpent River
Thessalon

Unorganized Areas
North
Southeast

Highways

Highways that run through Algoma are as follows:
King's Highways: Trans-Canada #17, #101, #108, #129
Secondary Highways: #519, #532, #538, #546, #547, #548, #550, #552, #553,#554, #556, #557, #563, #565, #631, #638, #639, #651, #670
Tertiary Highways: #810

Protected Areas

Attractions

Algoma Central Railway - Agawa Canyon (Algoma, Unorganized, North Part)
Algoma University College (Sault Ste. Marie)
Fort St. Joseph National Historic Site (St. Joseph)
High Falls (Michipicoten)
Sault Ste. Marie Airport (Sault Ste. Marie)
Sault Ste. Marie Canal (Sault Ste. Marie)
Sault College (Sault Ste. Marie)
Searchmont Ski Area

Demographics

(Statistics Canada, 2001)

Population: 118,567
Population change (1996-2001): -5.5
Dwellings: 59,400
Area (sq. km): 48,737.22
Density (per sq. km.): 2.4
National rank in terms of population: 47
Provincial rank in terms of population: 20

Surrounding Districts

Census Divisions of Ontario
Counties of Ontario: Bruce \| Dufferin \| Elgin \| Essex \| Frontenac \| Grey \| Haliburton \| Hastings \| Huron \| Lambton \| Lanark \| Leeds and Grenville \| Lennox and Addington \| Middlesex \| Northumberland \| Perth \| Peterborough \| Prescott and Russell \| Renfrew \| Simcoe \| Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry \| Wellington
Regional Municipalities of Ontario: Durham \| Halton \| Muskoka \| Niagara \| Oxford \| Peel \| Waterloo \| York
Single Tier Municipalities of Ontario: Brant \| Brantford \| Chatham-Kent \| Greater Sudbury \| Haldimand \| Hamilton \| Kawartha Lakes \| Norfolk \| Ottawa \| Prince Edward \| Toronto
Separated municipalities - Historic counties of Ontario
Districts of Ontario: Algoma \| Cochrane \| Kenora \| Manitoulin \| Nipissing \| Parry Sound \| Rainy River \| Sudbury \| Thunder Bay \| Timiskaming

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Census Divisions of Ontario
Counties of Ontario: Bruce \| Dufferin \| Elgin \| Essex \| Frontenac \| Grey \| Haliburton \| Hastings \| Huron \| Lambton \| Lanark \| Leeds and Grenville \| Lennox and Addington \| Middlesex \| Northumberland \| Perth \| Peterborough \| Prescott and Russell \| Renfrew \| Simcoe \| Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry \| Wellington
Regional Municipalities of Ontario: Durham \| Halton \| Muskoka \| Niagara \| Oxford \| Peel \| Waterloo \| York
Single Tier Municipalities of Ontario: Brant \| Brantford \| Chatham-Kent \| Greater Sudbury \| Haldimand \| Hamilton \| Kawartha Lakes \| Norfolk \| Ottawa \| Prince Edward \| Toronto
Separated municipalities - Historic counties of Ontario
Districts of Ontario: Algoma \| Cochrane \| Kenora \| Manitoulin \| Nipissing \| Parry Sound \| Rainy River \| Sudbury \| Thunder Bay \| Timiskaming