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North Bay
City (single-tier)
City of North Bay
Main Street
Main Street
Nickname(s): "Gateway to the North"
Motto: Gateway of the North
Country Canada
Province Ontario
District Nipissing
Established 1891
Area
 • Land 319.11 km2 (123.21 sq mi)
 • Metro 5,369.04 km2 (2,073.00 sq mi)
Elevation 197 m (646 ft)
Population (2016)
 • City (single-tier) 51,553
 • Density 161.6/km2 (419/sq mi)
 • Metro 70,378
 • Metro density 13.1/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Forward sortation area P1A to P1C
Area code(s) Area codes 705 and 249

North Bay is a city in Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1891. In 2006 its population was 53, 966.


Images for kids

  • Portage at Lake Nippising, 1821, by John Elliott Woolford
    In 1821, official artist John Elliott Woolford recorded an expedition led by newly appointed Governor General George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie, as it transited the portage that grew into North Bay.
  • Gateway to North Bay, Ontario

    North Bay is the gateway to Northern Ontario.

  • North Bay aerial

    Aerial view of North Bay and Lake Nipissing

  • Torbay

    A beach on Lake Nipissing in West Ferris, a neighbourhood of North Bay

  • Northbay

    Looking northwest down Main Street, from a pedestrian/cyclist overpass near Chippewa Creek

  • Rcafnb

    A CF-100 on display at Lee Park

  • Ontarionorthland

    The headquarters of the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission in North Bay

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