Chief, Deputy Chief and 9 Band Council members elected every 2 years under the Custom Electoral System; next election Jan 2027
  • Community has a 97% retention rate of the Ojibway language and it is the first language of all students beginning school
  • Pikangikum is a dry community and ALL arriving passengers at airport and via winter road undergo a luggage check for alcohol and/or illegal substances
  • Pikangikum Hotel: 807-773-1039; Weseeneawegamic Restaurant: 807-773-5595
  • Dec 2018-Pikangikum becomes the first community to be connected to Ontario's power grid through the Wataynikaneyap Power project; completion of the Pikangikum transmission line eliminates the community's dependence on diesel fuel
Programme: Pikangikum First Nation - Band Office
Organisation: Pikangikum First Nation
Numéros de téléphone: 807-773-5578
Crise: 1-888-310-1122
Après-heures: 807-773-5007
Télécopie: 807-773-5536
Adresse
postale
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c/o c/o Band Office
PO Box 323 c/o Band Office
Pikangikum, ON
P0V 2L0
Adresse:
Band Office
Pikangikum First Nation
Point géographique:
  • Band Office is located in the community of Pikangikum First Nation
  • Community is approx 100 km NW of Red Lake, on E shores of Pikangikum Lake at the Berens River
  • Consists of 1 main reserve with a land area of approx 18 sq km, kn
Accessibilité:
Not Wheelchair Accessible
Heures d’ouverture: Mon-Fri 9 am-12 noon, 1 pm-5 pm
Personnes-ressources publiques: Paddy Peters - Chief


Description des services: Functions as the governing office for the community; oversees all community programs, services and facilities
Activities and services for community members also include but are not limited to the following:
  • Child and Family Services worker on-reserve provided through Tikinagan Child and Family Services in Sioux Lookout
  • Hospital services available at Margaret Cochenour Hospital in Red Lake and Meno Ya Win Health Centre in Sioux Lookout
  • Ontario First Nation Policing arrangements through Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)
  • Provides several small private businesses and a Northern Store housing a Tim Horton's, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Pizza Hut
  • Provides the Whitefeather Laundromat
  • Offers a small business centre housing the Pikangikum Hotel, Weseeneawegamic Restaurant and other offices
  • Operates a Canada Post postal station
  • Provides a band-run community radio station
  • Operates the Whitefeather Forest Management Corp
  • Provides the locally-owned Eshkotay Wayab Power Authority
  • Serviced by Wasaya Airways flights through the Pikangikum Airport located 1.9 km NE of the community
  • Served also by the Pikangikum Water Aerodrome located on Pikangikum Lake
  • Participates in Project Journey, initiated in Feb 2014, a partnership between the National Crime Prevention Strategy of Public Safety Canada, the OPP and the community of Pikangikum with a goal to prevent and reduce youth crime and anti-social behaviours among at-risk youth between the ages of 6-18 years of age in the community
  • Provides an Early Childhood Daycare Centre
  • Provides health care at the Pikangikum Nursing Station
  • Coordinates health programs through the Pikangikum Health Authority (PHA)
  • Provides educational services through Pikangikum Education Authority, which administers Eenchokay Birchstick School for students from JK-Grade 12
  • Offers the Whitefeather Forest Management Corporation
  • Became the first community to be connected to Ontario's power grid through the Wataynikaneyap Power project in Dec 2018; completion of the Pikangikum transmission line eliminates the community's dependence on diesel fuel
  • Connected to SpaceX Starlink broadband Internet in Dec 2020, making Pikangikum the first Northern community to do so
  • New bail bed facility opened in Dec 2020



Frais: None
Procédé et formulaires: Call for information
Admissibilité / population desservie: Members of Pikangikum First Nation
Langues: English ; Ojibwe
Notes linguistiques: Ojibway, available upon request
Zone desservie: Northern
Voir aussi: Défense des droits et action sociale pour les peuples autochtones
Planification et preparation des urgences
Services gouvernementaux - Autochtones
Dernière mise à jour: 6/5/2025
Adresse Web du profil de service: fre/displayService.aspx?id=143675

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