Sudbury District, Ontario

The Sudbury District is a political and geographic subdivision in Ontario, Canada.

A district in Ontario is a division which is similar to a county, but which does not have its own level of government. Districts are found in Northern Ontario, which is much more sparsely populated than the southern portion of the province, and hence districts do not have the population base to provide county-level services (roads, etc.) on their own. In a district, these services are provided directly by the provincial government.

Although the Sudbury District takes its name from the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, and geographically encloses the city on all sides, the city is not politically part of the district. The city instead has comprised its own separate geographic division since 1973, when the Regional Municipality of Sudbury was created. The Regional Municipality of Sudbury was separated from the district so that its needs could not dominate the much smaller communities in the district.

In 2001, the population of the Sudbury District was 22,894.

Communities

• Benny, Ontario
• Biscotasing, Ontario
• Cartier, Ontario
• Chapleau, Ontario
• Duck Lake, Ontario
• Espanola, Ontario (district seat)
• Foleyet, Ontario
• French River, Ontario
• Gogama, Ontario
• Killarney, Ontario
• Kormak, Ontario
• Kukatush, Ontario
• McKerrow, Ontario
• Markstay-Warren, Ontario
• Mattagami First Nation, Ontario
• Metagama, Ontario
• Nairn and Hyman, Ontario
• Nemegos First Nation, Ontario
• St. Charles, Ontario
• Sables-Spanish Rivers, Ontario
• Shining Tree, Ontario
• Sultan, Ontario
• Wanapitei First Nation, Ontario
• Westree, Ontario
• Whitefish Falls, Ontario
• Whitefish Lake First Nation, Ontario
• Whitefish River First Nation, Ontario (boundaries include parts of both Sudbury and Manitoulin Districts)
• Willisville, Ontario

Provincial Highways

The Sudbury District is served by Trans-Canada Highways 17, which leads from the community of Walford (Sables-Spanish Rivers) in the west to the community of Warren (Markstay-Warren) in the east, and 69, which enters the district at French River and exits at the southern boundary of Greater Sudbury.

The Ontario provincial government is converting Highway 69 to a freeway. Construction, and renumbering as Highway 400, are expected to be complete by 2013.

Other primary provincial highways in the district are:

• Highway 6, which extends from Highway 17 south to Whitefish Falls, where it enters the Manitoulin District,
• Highway 64, which runs from Highway 69 east and north through the Municipality of French River, and enters the Nipissing District at Mashkinonje Provincial Park,
• Highway 101, which extends from the boundary of Algoma District, west of Chapleau, to the boundary of Timiskaming District, just outside of Timmins, Ontario,
• Highway 129, which runs from Highway 101 to the boundary of Algoma District south of French River) to Highway 64,
• Highway 528A, which provides access to the south side of the water body at Wolseley Bay,
• Highway 535, connecting Highway 64 at Noëlville (French River) to Highway 17 at Hagar (St. Charles,
• Highway 553, extending north from the community of Massey (Sables-Spanish Rivers),
• Highway 560, which runs from Highway 144 to the boundary of Timiskaming District, through Shining Tree,
• Highway 560A, which connects Westree to Highway 560,
• Highway 607, which runs from Bigwood (French River) to Highway 64,
• Highway 607A, which provides road access to the French River,
• Highway 637, which runs from Highway 69 to the community of Killarney.

Provincial Parks

• Biscotasi Lake
• Chapleau-Nemegosenda River
• Chutes Provincial Park
• Five Mile Lake
• French River Provincial Park
• Halfway Lake Provincial Park
• Ivanhoe Lake Provincial Park
• Killarney Provincial Park
• La Cloche
• La Motte
• Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park
• Mashkinonje
• Missinaibi Provincial Park
• Mississagi River
• Obabika River Provincial Park
• Solace Provincial Park
• Sturgeon River Provincial Park
• The Shoals Provincial Park
• Wakami Lake Provincial Park
• Census Divisions of Ontario ||

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