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Thunder Bay, Ontario

Thunder Bay
City (single-tier)
City of Thunder Bay
Overview of Thunder Bay
Overview of Thunder Bay
Flag of Thunder Bay
Flag
Coat of arms of Thunder Bay
Coat of arms
Official logo of Thunder Bay
Logo
Nickname(s): "Canada’s Gateway to the West", "T-Bay", "Lakehead" or "The Lakehead"
Motto: Superior by Nature / The Gateway to the West
Thunder Bay is located in Ontario
Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay
Location of Thunder Bay in Ontario
Coordinates: 48°22′56″N 89°14′46″W / 48.38222°N 89.24611°W / 48.38222; -89.24611Coordinates: 48°22′56″N 89°14′46″W / 48.38222°N 89.24611°W / 48.38222; -89.24611
Country  Canada
Province  Ontario
District Thunder Bay District
CMA Thunder Bay
Settled 1683 as Fort Caministigoyan
Amalgamation 1 January 1970
Electoral Districts     
Federal

Thunder Bay—Superior North/Thunder Bay—Rainy River
Provincial Thunder Bay—Superior North/Thunder Bay—Atikokan
Government
 • Type Municipal Government
 • Mayor Keith Hobbs
 • City manager Norm Gale
 • Governing Body Thunder Bay City Council
 • MPs Patty Hajdu (Liberal)
Don Rusnak (Liberal)
 • MPPs Michael Gravelle (OLP)
Bill Mauro (OLP)
Area
 • City (single-tier) 447.5 km2 (172.8 sq mi)
 • Land 328.24 km2 (126.73 sq mi)
 • Water 119.0 km2 (45.9 sq mi)  26.6%
 • Urban 179.38 km2 (69.26 sq mi)
 • Metro 2,556.37 km2 (987.02 sq mi)
Elevation 199 m (653 ft)
Population (2011)
 • City (single-tier) 108,359 (46th)
 • Density 330.1/km2 (855/sq mi)
 • Urban 102,222 (30th)
 • Urban density 569.9/km2 (1,476/sq mi)
 • Metro 121,596 (32nd)
 • Metro density 47.6/km2 (123/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Thunder Bayer
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code FSA P7A to P7G, P7J, P7K
Area code(s) 807
NTS Map 052A06
GNBC Code FCWFX
Website www.thunderbay.ca

Thunder Bay is a city in, and the seat of, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. It is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario with a population of 108,359 as of the Canada 2011 Census, and the second most populous in Northern Ontario after Greater Sudbury. Located on Lake Superior, the census metropolitan area of Thunder Bay has a population of 121,596, and consists of the city of Thunder Bay, the municipalities of Oliver Paipoonge and Neebing, the townships of Shuniah, Conmee, O'Connor, and Gillies, and the Fort William First Nation.

European settlement in the region began in the late 17th century with a French fur trading outpost on the banks of the Kaministiquia River. It grew into an important transportation hub with its port forming an important link in the shipping of grain and other products from western Canada, through the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence Seaway, to the east coast. Forestry and manufacturing played important roles in the city's economy. They have declined in recent years, but have been replaced by a "knowledge economy" based on medical research and education. Thunder Bay is the site of the Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute.


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