Thunder Bay's net migration improves, yet still negative.Although recent figures indicate a slowing of out-migration in Thunder Bay Thunder Bay, city (1991 pop. 113,946), SW Ont., Canada, on Thunder Bay inlet of Lake Superior. The city was created in 1970 by the amalgamation of the twin cities of Fort William and Port Arthur and two adjoining townships. there is a need for migration in the region to help offset the falling population numbers in northwestern Ontario Northwestern Ontario is the region within the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north and west of Lake Superior, and west of Hudson Bay and James Bay. It includes most of subarctic Ontario. , CMHC CMHC community mental health center. analysts say. [GRAPHIC OMITTED] Thunder Bay experienced a drop of 1, 131 people in 1999-2000, but figures rose the following year to minus 233 and fell again in the subsequent year to minus 336. 1992-93 -270 1993-94 -433 1994-95 -229 1995-96 -230 1996-97 -870 1997-98 -1155 1998-99 -774 1999-00 -1131 2000-01 -231 2001-02 -336 Source: Statistics Canada Scroll Area Data Division Note: Table made from bar graph. |
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