Churchill—Keewatinook Aski

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Churchill—Keewatinook Aski is a large, predominantly northern federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, encompassing remote communities and significant Indigenous populations.

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Churchill—Keewatinook Aski canonical 1

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instanceOf Canadian federal electoral district
federal riding
area over 400000 square kilometres
borderedBy Hudson Bay
Nunavut
Ontario
Saskatchewan
characteristic one of the largest federal ridings by area in Canada
contains City of Flin Flon (Manitoba portion)
City of The Pas
City of Thompson
Cross Lake (Pimicikamak) Cree Nation
Fox Lake Cree Nation
Gillam
Leaf Rapids
Lynn Lake
Nelson House (Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation)
Norway House Cree Nation
Shamattawa First Nation
Tataskweyak Cree Nation
Town of Churchill
York Factory First Nation
remote communities
country Canada
currentMemberOfParliament Niki Ashton
currentRepresentativeParty New Democratic Party of Canada
dateCreated 1933
demographicCharacteristic predominantly northern population
significant Indigenous population
economicActivity hydroelectric development
mining
tourism
transportation and logistics
electoralDistrictNumber 46001
elects one Member of Parliament
federalStatus active
firstFederalElection 1935
hasFormerName Churchill
Churchill—Keewatinook Aski (Churchill) prior to 2015 redistribution
indigenousGroups Cree
Dene
Inuit
Métis
languageCharacteristic high proportion of Indigenous language speakers
legislativeBody Parliament of Canada
locatedIn Manitoba
MPFirstElected 2008
namedFor Cree term "Keewatinook Aski" meaning "Northern Land" or "Northern Country"
Town of Churchill
notableFeature Hudson Bay Railway corridor
linked to: Hudson Bay Railway

Port of Churchill on Hudson Bay
linked to: Port of Churchill
partOf House of Commons of Canada
postalCodePrefix R0B
provinceOrTerritory Manitoba
regionType northern Manitoba
linked to: Northern Manitoba
renamedIn 2015
timeZone Central Time Zone

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Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada federalElectoralDistrict Churchill—Keewatinook Aski