32 Facts About Thunder Bay

Thunder Bay is a city in and the seat of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada.

Thunder Bay is the site of the Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute.

European settlement at Thunder Bay began with two French fur trading posts which were subsequently abandoned.

The CPR, in collaboration with the Hudson's Thunder Bay Company, preferred east Fort William, located on the lower Kaministiquia River where the fur trade posts were.

Thunder Bay was the first city in the world to enact daylight saving time, on 1 July 1908.

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On 1 January 1970, the City of Thunder Bay was formed through the merger of the cities of Fort William, Port Arthur, and the geographic townships of Neebing and McIntyre.

Thunder Bay has become the regional services centre for Northwestern Ontario with most provincial departments represented.

Thunder Bay is composed of two formerly separate cities: Port Arthur and Fort William.

At the census metropolitan area level in the 2021 census, the Thunder Bay CMA had a population of 123,258 living in 54,212 of its 57,877 total private dwellings, a change of 1.

From 2012 to 2014, and again from 2016 to 2019, Thunder Bay had the highest per-capita rate of homicide among Canadian cities.

However, in recent years shipments through the port of Thunder Bay have stabilized, and it remains an important part of the Saint Lawrence Seaway.

Thunder Bay is represented in the Canadian Parliament by Marcus Powlowski, and Patty Hajdu, both members of the Liberal Party of Canada, and in the Ontario Legislature by Lise Vaugeois of the Ontario New Democratic Party Party and Kevin Holland of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party.

Coat of arms of Thunder Bay, Ontario, is a combination of the coats of arms of both Port Arthur and Fort William, with a unifying symbol—the Sleeping Giant—at the base of the arms.

Thunder Bay's flag was created in 1972, when mayor Saul Laskin wanted to promote the city by having a distinctive flag.

Thunder Bay is served by the Thunder Bay Public Library, which has four branches.

Thunder Bay is home to a variety of music and performance arts venues.

Two of Thunder Bay's festivals were included in the 2018 list of the 100 best festival compiled by Festivals and Events Ontario: Teddy Bears Picnic and Live on the Waterfront, the former being recognized as best promotional campaign and sponsor of the year.

Thunder Bay has two recognized Federal Heritage buildings on the Register of the Government of Canada Heritage Buildings:.

Thunder Bay has many places of worship supported by people of a variety of faiths, reflecting the cultural diversity of the population.

Thunder Bay is home to the National Development Centre – Thunder Bay, an elite cross-country ski team that attracts many of Canada's best Junior and U-23 skiers.

Thunder Bay receives air, rail and shipping traffic due to its prime location along major continental transportation routes.

The municipally owned Thunder Bay Transit operates 17 routes across the city's urban area.

Passenger rail service to Thunder Bay ended on 15 January 1990, when Via Rail rerouted the Canadian to the north.

Thunder Bay has been a port since the days of the North West Company, which maintained a schooner on Lake Superior.

The Port of Thunder Bay is the largest outbound port on the St Lawrence Seaway System, and the sixth-largest port in Canada.

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Thunder Bay has one major hospital, the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.

Thunder Bay has 38 elementary schools, three middle schools, eight secondary schools, two private schools, and an adult education facility.

Post-secondary institutions in Thunder Bay include Confederation College and Lakehead University.

Thunder Bay has one daily newspaper, The Chronicle-Journal, which has a circulation of approximately 28,000 and has coverage of all of Northwestern Ontario.

Cable provider in Thunder Bay is Shaw; although locally owned TBayTel has been granted a licence by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to compete in the cable TV market.

Thunder Bay is home to 12 radio stations, all of which broadcast on the FM band.

Thunder Bay has five sister cities on three continents, which are selected based on economic, cultural and political criteria.