Kenora—Kiiwetinoong (formerly Kenora) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

Of the federal electoral districts located in Ontario it is the largest by area, and the smallest by population. It encompasses most of Kenora District except for the eastern third, and a small section of the northwest corner of Thunder Bay District. It includes many remote First Nations reserves of extreme Northern Ontario. It succeeds the former federal riding of Kenora—Rainy River.

Geography

It consists of the part of the Territorial District of Kenora lying west of a line drawn due north from the northeast corner of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay (Albany River) to Hudson Bay; and the part of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay lying northwest of a line

drawn east from the western limit of the territorial district along the 6th Base Line, north along eastern limit of the townships of Bertrand, McLaurin, Furlonge, Fletcher and Bulmer, and due north to the northern limit of the territorial district.

History

The federal riding was created in 2003 from parts of the Kenora—Rainy River riding. This riding was left unchanged after the 2012 electoral redistribution. Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, this riding will be renamed Kenora—Kiiwetinoong at the first election held after approximately April 2024. It will subsequently lose Fort Hope 64, Neskantaga, Webequie, and Summer Beaver to Thunder Bay—Superior North.

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census

Ethnic groups: 51.0% White, 46.5% Indigenous, 2.5% Other

Languages: 82.2% English, 5.9% Oji-Cree, 4.4% Ojibway, 1.5% French

Religions: 46.6% Christian (16.2% Catholic, 9.4% Anglican, 5.9% United Church, 2.2% Pentecostal, 2.1% Lutheran, 1.5% Baptist, 9.3% other), 5.9% Indigenous spirituality, 46.2% none

Median income: $41,600 (2020)

Average income: $49,680 (2020)

Election results

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! colspan="4" | 2021 federal election redistributed results

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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %

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| Conservative ||align=right| 11,033 ||align=right| 43.32

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| New Democratic ||align=right| 7,422 ||align=right| 29.14

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| Liberal ||align=right| 5,055 ||align=right| 19.85

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| People's ||align=right| 1,606 ||align=right| 6.31

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| Green ||align=right| 354 ||align=right| 1.39

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See also

  • List of Canadian electoral districts
  • Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

Notes

  • Riding history from the Library of Parliament
  • 2011 results from Elections Canada
  • Campaign expense data from Elections Canada