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Kitigan Zibi First Nation

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Phonetic: Ki-ti-gan-zi-bi

Geographical location of territory

Territory map
Company Name1 : Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Nation
Chief: Mr. Gilbert W. Whiteduck
Councillors:

Mr. Steven Tenasco
Mr. Wayne Odjik
Mr. René Commando
Ms. Kristy Whiteduck
Ms. Darhlene Twenish
Ms. Marlene Carle
Languages: Algonquin, english
Adress:

1, Paganakomin Mikan
(P.O. Box 309)
Maniwaki (Québec)
J9E 3C9
Phone: 819-449-5170
819-449-5171
Fax: 819-449-5673
Web site: www.kza.qc.ca  


DEMOGRAPHY

Population
Number of persons
within the community		 Number of persons
outside the community		 Total

1 549

1 184

2 733

Reference: Indian Registry, INAC, December 2008


GEOGRAPHY

Territory Name: Kitigan Zibi Reserve
Type of territory: Indian reserve
Surface: 18 437.6 hectares (45 559.3 acres)
Localisation:  The community is located 130 kilometres north of Gatineau. It is bound on the north by Rivière de l'Aigle and Rivière Désert.
Remoteness Factor: Year-round road access and located less than 50 kilometres from the nearest service center.


POLITIC

Elections: Indian Act
Tribal Council 2:  Conseil tribal de la nation Algonquine Anishinabeg
Member of Parliament:

Hon. Lawrence Cannon, Conservative Party (CP)
Pontiac
Provincial MNA:

Ms. Stéphanie Vallée, Parti libéral du Québec (PLQ)
Gatineau


ECONOMY

There are about 25 businesses on the reserve, including food stores, arts and crafts, laundry, hairdressing, cabinet making, excavation, a car wash, daycare, heavy machinery, hardware, a restaurant, welding, consulting, ambulance service and a cultural centre.

The mainstays of the economy are arts and crafts, trade and services, logging, trapping, construction, tourism and transportation.


EDUCATION

Band School3 on the territory:

School Name: Kitigan Zibi School
Grades: Pre-Kindergarden to Secondary 5
Number of students: 164 (2007-2008)

School Enrolment 2007-2008
  Band School Provincial School Total
Pre-kindergarden

15

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---
Kindergarden 13 --- ---
Elementary 79 --- ---
Secondary 67 --- ---
Total : 164 56 220

Reference : Nominal Roll, INAC (2007-2008)

Number of students funded by postsecondary program4 : Data not available
Reference: Post-Secondary list, INAC (2007-2008)


COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURES

Fire protection: Provided by the municipality of Maniwaki
Police services: Provided by the Aboriginal police force recognized under an agreement between the Band council, the Government of Canada and the Government of Quebec.
Medical care: Health centre managed by the Band council under a transfer agreement with Health Canada.
Waste disposal: Landfill site on reserve, collection provided by the Band council
Main community facilities: Community centre, education and cultural centre, centre for the disabled, youth centre, community radio, fitness centre
Water Supply: Municipal agreement – city of Maniwaki (the agreement provides for piped water from Maniwaki municipal mains, as well as individual and community wells)
Sewers: Municipal agreement with the city of Maniwaki for wastewater treatment, as well as individual facilities (septic tanks and weeping fields)
Road system: 26.4 kilometres of gravel road and 25.6 kilometres of blacktop
Housing Units: 493 (2007-2008)
Electricity: Provided by Hydro-Québec

Définitions:
1) Company Name: The corporate name of a company or a civil company (i.e. its name) is often made of credits, which name in a general way the company or the civil company, and of specific, which distinguishes this company from the others.
2) Tribal Council: Tribal Councils are defined as institutions established as a grouping of bands with common interests who voluntarily join together to provide advisory and/or program services to member bands.
3)

Band School: Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) funds Band councils and First Nation education authorities for the education of children in Kindergarten to Grade 12 who attend schools on reserves or who attend provincially-run schools off reserve.

Approximately 60% of First Nations students are taught on reserve, almost always in schools operated by a Band council, another First Nations organization, or a federal school.
4) Post-Secondary Education Programs: Indian Affairs and Northern Development (INAC) provides financial support to eligible Status Indians and Inuit students under broad authorities of the the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Act to continue their education.

For further information on this community please call at 1-800-567-9604 or click on this link toward community profiles of Statistics Canada   (2006 Census).

Last profile update: December 9th 2008

Date Modified:2009-03-06

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