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Wôlinak First Nation

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Phonetic: Wo-li-nak

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Company Name1 : Bande des Abénakis de Wôlinak
Chief: Mr. Raymond Bernard
Councillors:

Mr. Kevin Bernard
Mr. Nayan Bernard
Mr. Christian Trottier
Mr. Lucien Milette
Languages: Abenakis, french
Adress: 10175, rue Kolipaïo
Wôlinak (Québec)
G0X 1B0
Phone: 819-294-6696
Fax: 819-294-6697
Web site: None


DEMOGRAPHY

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

70

157

227

Reference: Indian Registry, INAC, December 2008


GEOGRAPHY

Territory Name: Wôlinak Reserve
Type of territory: Indian reserve
Surface: 80.4 hectares (198.7 acres)
Localisation:  The community is located beside the Bécancour River, 20 kilometres southeast of Trois-Rivières.
Remoteness Factor: Year-round road access and located less than 50 kilometres from the nearest service center.


POLITIC

Elections: Indian Act
Tribal Council 2:  Grand Conseil Waban-Aki
Member of Parliament: Mr. Louis Plamondon, Bloc Québécois (BQ)
Bas-Richelieu-Nicolet-Bécancour
Provincial MNA: Mr. Jean-Martin Aussant, Parti Québécois (PQ)
Nicolet-Yamaska


ECONOMY

There are approximately 10 businesses on the reserve, including: fibreglass workshop, general mechanic's garage, data processing, a home for seniors, convenience store, canoe-builder, gardening, a multi-purpose centre and health centre, a plastic injection moulding plant (Plastiques Wôlinak).

Economic activities are concentrated primarily in: arts and handicrafts, manufacturing, tourism, outfitters', construction and plastics manufacturing.


EDUCATION

No band school3 on the territory.

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

 

 

 
Kindergarden      
Elementary   12 12
Secondary   6 6
Total :   18 18

Reference : Nominal Roll, INAC (2007-2008)

Number of students funded by postsecondary program4 : 13
Reference: Post-Secondary list, INAC (2007-2008)


COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURES

Fire protection: Provided by the municipality of Bécancour
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: Provided by the Band council under an agreement with the Régie intermunicipale de gestion intégrée des déchets de Nicolet-Bécancour-Yamaska.
Main community facilities: Community hall, bicycle trail, recreation park
Water Supply: Provided by an agreement with the municipality of Bécancour
Sewers: Provided by an agreement with the municipality of Bécancour
Road system: Paved roads
Housing Units: 67 (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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