Kenora District, Ontario
| Kenora District | |
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| District | |
 Location of Kenora District in Ontario |
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| Coordinates: 49°46′N 94°29′W / 49.767°N 94.483°WCoordinates: 49°46′N 94°29′W / 49.767°N 94.483°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Ontario
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| Region | Northwestern Ontario |
| Created | 1907 |
| Government | |
| • MPs | Bob Nault (LPC), Charlie Angus (NDP) |
| • MPPs | Sarah Campbell (NDP), Gilles Bisson (NDP) |
| Area | |
| • Land | 407,213.01 km2 (157,225.82 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 505 m (1,657 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 57,607 |
| • Density | 0.1/km2 (0.3/sq mi) |
| Time zones | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | Central Daylight (CDT) (UTC-5) |
| Eastern Daylight (EDT) (UTC-4) | |
| Postal Code FSA | P0V, P0X, P0Y, P8N, P8T, P9N |
| Area code(s) | 807 |
| Largest communities |
Kenora (15,177) Dryden (8,195) Sioux Lookout (5,183) |
| Website | Kenora District Services Board |
Kenora District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1907 from parts of Rainy River District. It is geographically the largest division in that province; at 407,213.01 square kilometres (157,225.82 sq mi), it comprises almost 38 percent of the province's land area, making it larger than Newfoundland and Labrador, and slightly smaller than Sweden.
Kenora District also has the lowest population density of any of Ontario's census divisions, and it ranks 40th out of 50 by population.
The district seat is the City of Kenora.
The northern part, north of the Albany River and known sometimes as the Patricia Portion, became part of Ontario in 1912. It was originally designated as the separate Patricia District, but was added to the Kenora District in 1937.
As with the other districts of Northern Ontario, Kenora District has no equivalent to the county or regional municipality level of government that exists in Southern Ontario. All government services in the district are instead provided by the local municipalities, by local services boards in some unincorporated communities, or directly by the provincial government.
The climate is very harsh because of the influence of the cold waters of Hudson and James Bays: most of the region is taiga characterized by discontinuous permafrost, but on the extreme northern coast there are – remarkably for a latitude of only 54°N – patches of true Arctic tundra and continuous permafrost. This is the southernmost point in the Northern Hemisphere reached by the circumpolar line of continuous permafrost on any continent.
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