Thunder Bay—Superior North (; formerly known as Thunder Bay—Nipigon) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979.

It is in the northwestern part of the province of Ontario. It was created in 1976 as "Thunder Bay—Nipigon" from parts of Port Arthur and Thunder Bay ridings. It was renamed "Thunder Bay—Superior North" in 1997.

It consists of the eastern part of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay including the northern part of the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario.

13.7% of the population of the riding are of Finnish ethnic origin, the highest such percentage in Canada.

This riding lost a fraction of territory to Thunder Bay—Rainy River and gained territory from Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Demographics

:According to the 2021 Canadian census

Ethnic groups: 76.3% White, 17.3% Indigenous, 2.3% South Asian, 1.0% Black<br />

Languages: 83.7% English, 3.7% French, 1.8% Italian, 1.6% Finnish<br />

Religions: 56.7% Christian (31.6% Catholic, 4.8% United Church, 4.6% Anglican, 4.6% Lutheran, 1.2% Presbyterian, 1.0% Baptist, 8.9% Other), 1.1% Muslim, 39.2% None<br />

Median income: $43,200 (2020) <br />

Average income: $52,950 (2020)

Geography

Thunder Bay—Superior North consists of the part of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay running south from the northern limit of the territorial district, passing through several townships and landmarks such as Dog River, Dog Lake, and the Kaministiquia River, then east to the City of Thunder Bay and the US border. It excludes the part south and east of a line starting from the southwest corner of the Township of Downer, moving west and south through multiple townships to longitude 86°00' W, and then west along the White River to Lake Superior.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

Thunder Bay—Superior North

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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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| Liberal ||align=right| 17,048 ||align=right| 40.40

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| New Democratic ||align=right| 11,693 ||align=right| 27.71

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| Conservative ||align=right| 10,108 ||align=right| 23.96

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| People's ||align=right| 2,487 ||align=right| 5.89

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| Green ||align=right| 747 ||align=right| 1.77

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| Others ||align=right| 111 ||align=right| 0.26

|}

{| class="wikitable"

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! colspan="4" | 2011 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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| | &nbsp;

| New Democratic ||align=right| 18,881 ||align=right| 50.15

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| Conservative ||align=right| 11,163 ||align=right| 29.65

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| Liberal ||align=right| 6,203 ||align=right| 16.48

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| Green ||align=right| 1,137 ||align=right| 3.02

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| Others ||align=right| 264 ||align=right| 0.70

|}

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Thunder Bay—Nipigon

See also

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

References

Notes

  • Riding history 1976-1987 from the Library of Parliament
  • Riding history 1988-2008 from the Library of Parliament
  • 2011 results from Elections Canada
  • Campaign expense data from Elections Canada