Thess-a-lon | Thessalon First Nation

The Thessalon First Nation is an Anishinaabe community situated in the traditional territories of the Ojibwe people in Northeastern Ontario.

POPULATION

1,659

Rank #261 nationally

GEOGRAPHY

9.4 KM²

Rank #410 nationally

BAND COUNCIL TERM

11/17/2026

Term Expiration

Conflict Score

Community Profile

Overview

Last Updated 2025-12-30 06:50:36 UTC

Name

Thessalon (ISC Code: 202)

Former Names

Thessalon Indian Band, Mississauga First Nation

Band Style

First Nation

Cultural Area

Great Lakes Region

Indigenous Language

Ojibwe

Number of Registered Members

1659

Band Website

Not Available

Phone Number

(705) 842-2323

Fax Number

(705) 842-2332

Address

40 SUGARBUSH ROAD, THESSALON, ON

General Email

Not Available

Band Council

Governance Type

Not Applicable

Chief

ROBERT STANLEY SIMON

Term Expires

11/17/2026

Number of Council Members

MARY "ROXANNE" BOULRICE

Councillor

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📞 Phone not available

MARY ANNE GIGUERE

Councillor

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📞 Phone not available

LISA ANDREE BOULRICE

Councillor

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📞 Phone not available

ROBERT HYACINTH SIMON

Councillor

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ROBERT STANLEY SIMON

Interim Chief

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Administrative Contacts

Financial Overview

No expert reports available yet.

Band Financial Statements

2024 - Report Not Available

2023 - Report Not Available

2022 - Audited consolidated financial statements

2021 - Audited consolidated financial statements

2020 - Audited consolidated financial statements

2019 - Audited consolidated financial statements

2018 - Audited consolidated financial statements

2017 - Audited consolidated financial statements

2016 - Audited consolidated financial statements

2015 - Audited consolidated financial statements

2014 - Audited consolidated financial statements

2013 - Audited consolidated financial statements

2012 - Thessalon20122013.pdf

2011 - Thessalon20112012.pdf

2010 - Thessalon20102011.pdf

2009 - Thessalon20092010.pdf

2008 - Thessalon20082009.pdf

2007 - Thessalon20072008.pdf

2006 - Thessalon20062007.pdf

2005 - Thessalon20052006.pdf

2004 - Thessalon20042005.pdf

2003 - Thessalon20032004.pdf

2002 - Thessalon20022003.pdf

2001 - Thessalon20012002.pdf

Band Council Remuneration

2024 - Report Not Available

2023 - Report Not Available

2022 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

2021 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

2020 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

2019 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

2018 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

2017 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

2016 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

2015 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

2014 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

2013 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

Band Owned Corporations

No Content Available

Laws, Bylaws, and Codes

No content available

Intergovernmental Agreements

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Active Court Cases

No active court cases at this time.

Downloadable Court Records

Simon v. Thessalon First Nation

Thessalon First Nation v. Huron Shores et al.

Algoma Manor Nursing Home Thessalon v Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 3695-00

Thessalon First Nation v Huron Shores

Thessalon (Town) (Re)

Thessalon (Corporation of the Town) (Re)

Simon v. Thessalon First Nation

Robinson v Thessalon Fire Department

Location Map

Reserves

ISC Code: 6187
THESSALON 12
942.0 Hectares
103 KM SE/SE OF/DE SAULT STE MARIE
[46.5136494, -84.33575259999999]

Media Reports

Dylan King is a Greyhound (3 photos)

North shore First Nations want in on Sault-to-Sudbury power line development

BEYOND LOCAL: Niigaaniin Services repurposing tree nursery to grow fresh food

Ontario Investing in First Nations Economic Development in Manitoulin Island Area

Local chiefs insulted by War of 1812 application rejection

Grandmother travels to UN forum on Indigenous issues

Local First Nations move forward on Hydro One partnership

They aren't Indigenous, but they live in First Nations and have a unique view on reconciliation

Celebrate culture and music this summer

New name and agreement for employment and skills program

BEYOND LOCAL: Niigaaniin Services repurposing tree nursery to grow fresh food

Tennessee clinic offers Chillman hope

Tribal Council wants share of Huron Central retrofit contracts

Algoma's new community foundation names first executive director

Niigaaniin Services repurposing tree nursery to grow fresh food

Maamwesying Ontario Health Team and Algoma Public Health Sign Collaboration Agreement

Nursery becomes place of renewal for Indigenous community

'I never thought it would happen to me,' says SAHF 50/50 winner

Thessalon First Nation inventor creates Teepees and Wigwams game

New Friendship Centre coming to Elliot Lake

Jays Care supports Indigenous youth through baseball

First Nation clears health-care staff of wrongdoing in privacy breach

WABIGWAN, Colleen Hannah Edith

New name and agreement for employment and skills program

New Friendship Centre coming to Elliot Lake

Public pooping leads to threats charge at northern Ont. campground

Rethinking social services one greenhouse at a time

Jays Care supports Indigenous youth through baseball

Anishinabek youth look forward to North American Indigenous Games

Jared Bissaillion, 22, running for Chief in Thessalon First Nation

Thessalon First Nation inventor creates Teepees and Wigwams game

Anishinabek youth look forward to North American Indigenous Games

Jared Bissaillion, 22, running for Chief in Thessalon First Nation

New partnership signal economic development employment opportunities for eight Lake Huron Region First Nations

Thessalon First Nation Bio-Centre to take on new services

New partnership signal economic development employment opportunities for eight Lake Huron Region First Nations

Thessalon First Nation Bio-Centre to take on new services

Niigaaniin Services to provide holistic, social services in new way - Sault Ste. Marie News

Thessalon lumber mill closure is a 'significant loss for the community'

Privacy commissioner satisfied with response to medical records breach

Former Thessalon First Nation director sues band for $850K over 'wrongful termination'

Niigaaniin Services repurposing tree nursery to grow fresh food - Sault Ste. Marie News

This archeologist is testing a soil recipe from Indigenous people in the Amazon in northern Ontario

Thessalon First Nation mourns death of its leader

WABIGWAN, Colleen Hannah Edith - Obituary - Elliot Lake

Thessalon First Nation claims fired director manipulated the chief

Is Thessalon First Nation wrongfully cutting people out of a treaty settlement?

Northern Ont. woman celebrating 105 years of life as Canadians are living longer

Hockey Notebook: Former Greyhound inks pro deal

Friends embark on epic canoe journey to help Indigenous communities get clean drinking water - Sault Ste. Marie News

Indigenous scholar embraces new role

Alleged speeding driver stopped on Hwy. 69 with contraband tobacco

Former Thessalon First Nation director sues band for $850K over 'wrongful termination'

Protesters rally to save Thessalon Hospital

Former director sues Thessalon First Nation for wrongful dismissal

Indigenous stories to be told at Fort St. Joseph

Political newcomer elected chief of Thessalon First Nation

New details emerge in Thessalon First Nation health-care privacy breach

Indigenous youth visit Tenaris as part of Trades and Tech Day

Hounds' 2003 draft shines in camp openers

How Indigenous communities are regaining economic independence

Political newcomer elected chief of Thessalon First Nation

Indigenous scholar embraces new role

Northern Ontario receives affordable housing funding

Thessalon First Nation officials respond to judicial review applications

Health-care workers pulled out of Thessalon First Nation following privacy breach

Look who's coming to Thessalon

Acrow provides modular steel replacement for Ontario’s Thessalon River Bridge

Bridging Indigenous knowledge with mainstream psychology

Thessalon First Nation election breach does not result in re-election

Thessalon First Nation joins USW amid reports of ‘toxic’ workplace

New name and agreement for employment and skills program

Man charged with child abduction in northern Ont. elects for trial by judge

Thessalon council appoints new mayor

Ontario Protects Moose Populations from Illegal Hunting

Thessalon First Nation man creates board game

Open Letter to Prime Minister Harper: In Bad Faith Justice at Last and Canada's Failure to Resolve Specific Claims Read more: Open Letter to Prime Minister Harper: In Bad Faith Justice at Last and Canada's Failure to Resolve Specific Claims

These smiling faces are next year's ADSB student trustees

Foster was long-time Sault Star editor

Niigaaniin Services provide holistic, social services in new way

New partnership signal economic development employment opportunities for eight Lake Huron Region First Nations

Indigenous food sovereignty to be explored at Sault summit

Thessalon lumber company laying off 20 workers

Protest on Thessalon hospital closure takes place on Highway 17

Health-care workers pulled out of Thessalon First Nation following privacy breach

Emily Haigh: Bridging Indigenous knowledge with mainstream psychology

Anishinabek youth look forward to North American Indigenous Games

Northern Ont. man fined for hunting bull moose without a licence after trying to cover it up

Thessalon area tree nursery being converted to grow fresh food

Jared Bissaillion, 22, running for Chief in Thessalon First Nation

Espanola hospital, health team work to create system 'free from racism'

Jays Care supports Indigenous youth through baseball

Women paddle from Sault to help First Nations

Thessalon native sings ‘O Canada’ at Vimy monument, meets PM

Goulais River man unearths ancient spear tip near Thessalon

Northern Ontario First Nations claim billions over Robinson Treaties

Thessalon First Nation Bio-Centre to take on new services

Sault native appointed to top diplomatic post in New Zealand

'We had to find a way to protect ourselves': Thessalon First Nation employees join union

Is Thessalon First Nation wrongfully cutting people out of a treaty settlement?

Celebrate culture and music this summer

North shore First Nations want in on Sault-to-Sudbury power line development

Court judgment gives Canada, Ontario 60 days to pay out $10B treaty settlement

25 years after they came back to Ontario, elk population still not stable, expert says

'They're doing whatever they want': Thessalon First Nation blasted for hijacking election appeal process

Health System News Maamwesying OHT and Health Sciences North Sign Collaboration Agreement

Maamwesying Ontario Health Team, Algoma Public Health sign collaboration agreement

Man charged with child abduction in northern Ont. elects for trial by judge

Pat King worries about catching COVID-19 in an overcrowded jail

New gas stations are popping up across northeastern Ontario, but analyst says business is not booming

How Indigenous communities are regaining economic independence

Public pooping leads to threats charge at northern Ont. campground

Fatal accident in Thessalon

Illegal gambling charges laid in Thessalon

Every Child Matters movement takes hold in Sault, Algoma District this week

North Shore Tribal Council to purchase former Ontario Works building in Sault

New Friendship Centre coming to Elliot Lake

Algoma musician returns home to celebrate CD release

UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA Indigenous scholar embraces new role

Communities on the Move: Nursery becomes place of renewal for Indigenous community

Thessalon mill workers face layoffs while First Nation and province negotiate land claim

Driver caught speeding on Hwy. 69 near Sudbury, police say

Thessalon lumber company laying off 20 workers

BEHIND THE SCENES: Concern among members as $10B treaty settlement looms

Northern Ontario hunter fined $12K for lying about moose kill

Collective or individual? The key question behind distributing $10B Robinson Huron Treaty settlement

Northern Ont. woman celebrating 105 years of life as Canadians are living longer

Sault native appointed to top diplomatic post in New Zealand

Tired of 'lies and abuse,' Sault man asks federal leaders how they'd mend Indigenous ties

Thessalon First Nation taken to Federal Court over election appeal process

Ontario Partnering with Indigenous Communities to Advance Economic Development

Thessalon members pursuing legal action over election appeal process

Political newcomer elected chief of Thessalon First Nation

Community dedication earns Thessalon First Nation baseball team the overall champions' title

Former Thessalon First Nation director suing band for $850,000

Rules repeatedly breached in Thessalon First Nation election, board determines

Joseph Wabigwan becomes new Thessalon First Nation chief

Hydro One moving to next phase of Northeast Powerline Project

Small-town abstract artist finds peace in her complex craft

BEYOND LOCAL: Niigaaniin Services repurposing tree nursery to grow fresh food

Thessalon First Nation inventor creates Teepees and Wigwams game

Thessalon First Nation forks over election appeals

UVic’s research chair in Indigenous mental health

'Family dispute' leads to obstruction charge in Thessalon First Nation

8 northeastern Ont. First Nations holding a food sovereignty summit this week

Indigenous food summit will focus on collaboration

Health-care workers pulled out of Thessalon First Nation following privacy breach

Indigenous stories to be told at Fort St. Joseph

Is a First Nation wrongfully cutting people out of a treaty settlement?

Thessalon First Nation workers make history as first in Canada to unionize

‘It hurts me that they’re doing this’: Some Thessalon First Nation members contend they are being bilked out of Robinson Huron Treaty payment

They aren't Indigenous, but they live in First Nations and have a unique view on reconciliation

Academic Research

Decolonial economics: Insights from an Indigenous-led labour market study

a. Mayor

Thessalon First Nation's “Journey to Wellness”

Genetic diversity among and within alfalfa populations native to Azerbaijan based on RAPD analysis

WHO IS ON TRIAL? TEME-AUGAMA ANISHNABAI LAND RIGHTS AND GEORGE IRONSIDE, JUNIOR: RE-CONSIDERING ORAL TRADITION

“The Exigencies of the Military Situation Must Be the Primary Consideration”: The First World War, the Department of Indian Affairs, and Indigenous Families

“The Exigencies of the Military Situation Must be the Primary Consideration”: the Department of Indian Affairs, Communication Control, and Indigenous Families in the …

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

Indigenous culture and nature relatedness: Results from a collaborative study

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Thessalon First Nation's “Journey to Wellness”

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

a. Mayor

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

WHO IS ON TRIAL? TEME-AUGAMA ANISHNABAI LAND RIGHTS AND GEORGE IRONSIDE, JUNIOR: RE-CONSIDERING ORAL TRADITION

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

Nog-da-win-da-min: A Collaborative Consultation with First Nations about Children's Well-being

Eco-value and public perceptions for indigenous farm animal breeds and local plant varieties, focusing on Greece

Komal; Ramchiary, N.; Singh, P. Role of Traditional Ethnobotanical Knowledge and Indigenous Communities in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals …

Bridging Indigenous Knowledge and Scientific Evidence for Pharmacological Studies of Phaleria macrocarpa: A Systematic Review

Where Histories Meet: Indigenous and Settler Encounters in the Toronto Area

Epidemiology of Diabetes in Pregnancy among Indigenous Women: Insights into the Global Indigenous and Métis Specific Contexts

Selective isolation of indigenous Pseudomonas syringae strains with ice nucleation activity properties from a ski resort.

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations

Colonization Off-Reserve: Settler Petitions, Anishinaabe Capital Funds, and the Department of Indian Affairs in Ontario, 1854–1910

A line of blood and dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Band Publications

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Third Party Reports

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