2026 census begins in the north
Census collection is officially starting in Canada this May, but a number of northern areas have already started gathering population information.
That includes most First Nations in northern Ontario.
As well, the unincorporated areas of the Kenora and Thunder Bay Districts are being counted now.
Other areas of the north in the early census are the northern parts of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Census questions are available in English and French as well as a number of Indigenous languages.
The census is taking place in:
- Attawapiskat First Nation
- Bearskin Lake First Nation
- Cat Lake First Nation
- Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part
- Deer Lake First Nation
- Eabametoong First Nation
- Fort Albany First Nation
- Fort Severn First Nation
- Kasabonika Lake First Nation
- Kashechewan
- Keewaywin First Nation
- Kenora, Unorganized
- Kingfisher Lake First Nation
- Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First nation
- Marten Falls First Nation
- Mishkeegogamang Ojibwe Nation
- Moose Cree First Nation
- Muskrat Dam First Nation
- Neskantaga First Nation
- Nibinamik First Nation
- North Caribou Lake First Nation
- North Spirit Lake First Nation
- Ojibway Nation of Saugeen
- Pikangikum First Nation
- Poplar Hill First Nation
- Sachigo Lake First Nation
- Sandy Lake First Nation
- Thunder Bay, Unorganized
- Wapekeka First Nation
- Wawakapewin First Nation
- Webequie First Nation
- Weenusk First Nation
- Whitesand First Nation
- Wunnumin Lake First Nation
