More about the Communities

Conditions in Remote First Nations Communities

The cumulative effect of oppression and despair have resulted in

• Desperate poverty: low income and lack of employment
• High costs of living: Groceries cost 2-3 times those in southern Ontario.
• Substandard housing: Overcrowding. Needs for major repairs. Mould problems.
• Deficient infrastructure: Inadequate electricity facilities, 19 communities without safe water, few recreation facilities (much needed in the long winters)
• Education needs: 3 communities have no schools, general academic levels 3-4 grades below provincial average
• Lack of community services: Few or no early childhood programs, children's treatment and developmental services, childcare or parenting education and support, food banks, women's shelters, health and dental care, sports and recreation programs.

Information on the Northern Partners

For information on individual communities, see the list below and also see the INAC site Welcome to First Nation Profiles.

More information will be available on the First Nation communities, after the self assessments are completed.

Bearskin First Nation (See Contacts, Nishnawbe Aski Nation)
Cat Lake First Nation (See Contacts, Nishnawbe Aski Nation)
Deer Lake First Nation
Eabametoong First Nation
Fort Severn First Nation
Kasabonika Lake First Nation
Keewaytinook Okimakanak
Keewaywin First Nation
Kingfisher Lake First Nation
Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug
Koocheching First Nation (See Contacts, Nishnawbe Aski Nation)
Lac Seul First Nation
MacDowell Lake First Nation (See Contacts, Nishnawbe Aski Nation)
Marten Falls First Nation (See Contacts, Nishnawbe Aski Nation)
Mishkeegogamang First Nation (See Contacts, Nishnawbe Aski Nation)
Muskrat Dam First Nations (See Contacts, Nishnawbe Aski Nation)
Neskantaga First Nation (See Contacts, Nishnawbe Aski Nation)
North Spirit Lake First Nation
Pikangikum First Nation
Poplar Hill First Nation
Sandy Lake First Nation
Slate Falls First Nation
Wapekeka First Nation
Wawakapewin First Nation
Weagamow First Nation (Also North Caribou First Nation. See Contacts, Nishnawbe Aski Nation)
Webequie First Nation
Wunnumin Lake First Nation

Tikinagan Child and Family Services is also a northern partner. Info@tikinagan.org