Rainy River District

Rainy River District
Rainy River District
District
	Location of Rainy River District in Ontario
	Coordinates: 48°50′N 92°00′W / 48.833°N 92.000°W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Northwestern Ontario
Created	1885
Government
• MPs	Marcus Powlowski (Liberal)
• MPPs	Kevin Holland (PC), Greg Rickford (PC)
Area
• Land	15,486.75 km2 (5,979.47 sq mi)
Elevation	328 m (1,076 ft)
Population (2016)
• Total	20,110
• Density	1.3/km2 (3/sq mi)
Time zones
Most of the district	UTC-06:00 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-05:00 (CDT)
Atikokan	UTC-05:00 (Eastern)
Postal code span	P0W, P9A
Area code	807
Largest communities	Fort Frances (7,952); Atikokan (2,787)

Rainy River District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1885. It is the only division in Ontario that lies completely in the Central Time Zone, except for the township of Atikokan (including Sapawe and Kawene to the east) observing Eastern Standard Time for part of the year. Its seat is Fort Frances. It is known for its fishing and its location on the US border opposite International Falls, Minnesota, and Baudette, Minnesota.

In 2016, the population was 20,110. The land area is 15,486.75 square kilometres (5,979.47 sq mi); the population density was 1.3 per square kilometre (3.4/sq mi).^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Rainy River, District". Statistics Canada. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
^ Toe Protection for H-pileson Sloping Bedrock at Rainy River Archived 2016-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
Page 2, "Mean river elevation is...328m"
^ Compilation of Northwestern Ontario's 2011 census data

[census2016-1] "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Rainy River, District". Statistics Canada. Retrieved June 9, 2019.

[2] Toe Protection for H-pileson Sloping Bedrock at Rainy River Archived 2016-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
Page 2, "Mean river elevation is...328m"

[3] Compilation of Northwestern Ontario's 2011 census data

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