First Nations in Ontario

There are 128 First Nations in Ontario. First Nation is one of three groupings of Indigenous people in Canada, the other two being Métis and Inuit. Unlike Métis and Inuit, most First Nations hold reserve lands, and members of a First Nation may live both on and off these reserves (see also Reserves in Ontario). While the term First Nation can describe a large ethnic grouping (e.g. the Mohawk Nation), in other cases it is synonymous with the term band, a word originally chosen by the federal government and used in the Indian Act. The word band describes smaller communities, such as the ones listed below. Many First Nations prefer the term First Nation over band. In terms of larger ethnic groupings, First Nations in Ontario are Haudenosaunee, Anishinaabe, Cree, Algonquin, Oji-Cree, and Lunaapeew (Delaware).

Each point on this map represents the location of a First Nation’s administrative office. For a map of the reserves these First Nations hold, see Reserves in Ontario.
(map by The Canadian Encyclopedia, data courtesy Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada and licenced under Open Government Licence-Canada)

First Nations in Ontario

Aamjiwnaang
Alderville First Nation
Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation
Animakee Wa Zhing #37 (formerly Northwest Angle 37)
Animbiigoo Zaagi igan Anishinaabek
Anishnaabeg of Naongashiing (or Big Island First Nation)
Aroland First Nation
Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek (or Grassy Narrows First Nation)
Atikameksheng Anishnawbek
Attawapiskat First Nation
Aundeck-Omni-Kaning First Nation
Batchewana First Nation
Bearskin Lake First Nation
Beausoleil First Nation (or G’Chimnissing)
Beaverhouse First Nation
Big Grassy River First Nation (or Mishkosiminiziibiing)
Biigtigong Nishnaabeg (or Pic River First Nation)
Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek (or Rocky Bay First Nation)
Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek (formerly Sand Point First Nation)
Brunswick House First Nation
Caldwell First Nation
Cat Lake First Nation
Chapleau Cree First Nation
Chapleau Ojibwe First Nation
Chippewas of Georgina Island
Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation
Chippewas of Rama First Nation
Chippewas of the Thames First Nation (or Deshkan Ziibiing)
Constance Lake First Nation
Couchiching First Nation
Curve Lake First Nation
Deer Lake First Nation
Delaware Nation at Moraviantown (formerly Moravian of the Thames)
Dokis First Nation
Eabametoong First Nation (or Fort Hope)
Eagle Lake First Nation
Flying Post First Nation
Fort Albany First Nation
Fort Severn First Nation (or Wasaho Cree Nation)
Fort William First Nation
Garden River First Nation
Ginoogaming First Nation (formerly Long Lake Reserve #77)
Gull Bay First Nation (or Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek)
Henvey Inlet First Nation
Hiawatha First Nation (Michisaagiig of Rice Lake)
Iskatewizaagegan #39 Independent First Nation (formerly Shoal Lake #39)
Kasabonika Lake First Nation
Kashechewan Cree First Nation
Kee-Way-Win First Nation
Kettle & Stony Point First Nation (formerly Chippewas of Kettle & Stony Point)
Kingfisher Lake First Nation
Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (formerly Big Trout Lake First Nation)
Lac Des Mille Lacs First Nation (or the Community of Nezaadiikaang)
Lac La Croix First Nation
Lac Seul First Nation
Long Lake #58 First Nation
M'Chigeeng First Nation (formerly West Bay)
Magnetawan First Nation
Marten Falls First Nation
Matachewan First Nation
Mattagami First Nation
McDowell Lake First Nation
Michipicoten First Nation
Mishkeegogamang Ojibway Nation (formerly Osnaburgh First Nation)
Missanabie Cree First Nation
Mississauga First Nation
Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation
Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation
Mitaanjigamiing First Nation (formerly Stanjikoming First Nation)
Mohawk Council of Akwesasne
Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte (see also Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory)
Moose Cree First Nation
Moose Deer Point First Nation
Munsee-Delaware Nation
Muskrat Dam Lake First Nation
Naicatchewenin First Nation (formerly Northwest Bay First Nation)
Naotkamegwanning First Nation (formerly Whitefish Bay First Nation)
Neskantaga First Nation
Netmizaaggamig Nishaabeg (formerly Pic Mobert First Nation)
Nibinamik First Nation (formerly Summer Beaver Band)
Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation (formerly Red Gut First Nation)
Niisaachewan Anishinaabe Nation (formerly Dalles First Nation and Ochiichagwe'Babigo'Ining Ojibway Nation)
Nipissing First Nation
North Caribou Lake First Nation (formerly Weagamow Lake First Nation or Round Lake First Nation)
North Spirit Lake First Nation
Northwest Angle #33 First Nation
Obashkaandagaang First Nation (formerly Washagamis Bay First Nation)
Ojibway Nation of Saugeen (formerly Savant Lake First Nation)
Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation
Oneida Nation of the Thames
Pays Plat First Nation (or Pawgwasheeng)
Pikangikum First Nation
Poplar Hill First Nation
Rainy River First Nations
Red Rock Indian Band
Sachigo Lake First Nation
Sagamok Anishnawbek
Sandy Lake First Nation
Saugeen First Nation (or Chippewas of Saugeen)
Seine River First Nation
Serpent River First Nation
Shawanaga First Nation
Sheguiandah First Nation
Sheshegwaning First Nation
Shoal Lake #40 First Nation
Six Nations of the Grand River. Six Nations of the Grand River is a Haudenosaunee First Nation with several member nations that share an administrative office, and in some cases, reserve lands. These member nations include the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, Bearfoot Onondaga First Nation, Konadaha Seneca First Nation, Lower Cayuga First Nation, Lower Mohawk First Nation, Niharondasa Seneca, Onondaga Clear Sky First Nation, Upper Cayuga First Nation, Upper Mohawk First Nation, Walker Mohawk First Nation, Oneida Nation, Delaware Nation, and Tuscarora Nation.
Slate Falls Nation #259
Taykwa Tagamou Nation (formerly New Post First Nation)
Temagami First Nation
Thessalon First Nation
Wabaseemoong Independent Nations
Wabauskang First Nation
Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation (or Waabigonii Zaaga’igan Anishinaabeg)
Wahgoshig First Nation (formerly Abitibi)
Wahnapitae First Nation
Wahta Mohawks
Walpole Island First Nation
Wapekeka First Nation
Wasauksing First Nation
Wauzhushk Onigum Nation (or Rat Portage)
Wawakapewin First Nation
Webequie First Nation
Weenusk First Nation
Whitefish River First Nation
Whitesand First Nation
Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory
Wunnumin Lake First Nation
Zhiibaahaasing First Nation (formerly Cockburn Island First Nation)