Kiiwetinoong

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Kiiwetinoong is a large, remote provincial electoral district in northwestern Ontario that encompasses several predominantly Indigenous communities and First Nations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ontario provincial riding
provincial electoral district
borderedBy Kenora—Rainy River NERFINISHED
Thunder Bay—Atikokan NERFINISHED
contains First Nations reserves
remote fly-in communities
unorganized territories
country Canada
createdInYear 2017
currentRepresentative Sol Mamakwa NERFINISHED
currentRepresentativeParty Ontario New Democratic Party NERFINISHED
demographicFeature high proportion of Indigenous voters
electoralSystem first-past-the-post
elects one Member of Provincial Parliament
firstElectionHeld 2018 Ontario general election
governingProvince Ontario NERFINISHED
hasCharacteristic large geographic area
predominantly Indigenous communities
sparsely populated
hasHighIndigenousPopulation true
hasIndigenousLanguagePresence Cree NERFINISHED
Oji-Cree NERFINISHED
Ojibwe NERFINISHED
hasIssue access to services due to remoteness
healthcare access challenges
housing challenges
infrastructure challenges
hasOfficialLanguage English
legislativeBody Legislative Assembly of Ontario NERFINISHED
locatedIn Northwestern Ontario NERFINISHED
Ontario
namedAfter Anishinaabemowin word for “North”
partOf Northern Ontario electoral districts NERFINISHED
representationLevel provincial
timeZone Central Time Zone (most of riding)
Eastern Time Zone (some areas) NERFINISHED

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