Pah-plər Hil | Poplar Hill First Nation
Community Profile
- Poplar Hill First Nation is a remote Indigenous community situated in the boreal forest region of northwestern Ontario, with a rich history of traditional land-based practices and community resilience.
- Last Updated 2025-04-25 03:02:59 UTC
- Name: Poplar Hill (ISC Code: 236)
- Former Names: Poplar Hill Indian Band
- Band Style: First Nation
- Cultural Area: Boreal Forest/Northwestern Ontario
- Indigenous Language: Oji-Cree
- Number of Registered Members: 747
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 07/18/2026
- CHIEF: ALVIN OWEN
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:8
- ALVIN OWEN
- MICHAEL RODNEY KIRKLAND HOWE
- JAMES SUGGASHIE
- ALEC STRANG
- ELVIS (PARDAMUS) OWEN
- ELIE HARVEY MOOSE
- PHILIP ANDREW HOWE
- MICHAEL RODNEY KIRKLAND HOWE
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: http://www.poplarhill.firstnation.ca/
- PHONE NUMBER: (807) 772-8838
- FAX NUMBER: (807) 772-8876
- ADDRESS: PO BOX 1, POPLAR HILL, ON
- EMAILS:
- Chief ALVIN OWEN:
- Councillor MICHAEL RODNEY KIRKLAND HOWE:
- Councillor JAMES SUGGASHIE:
- Councillor ALEC STRANG:
- Councillor ELVIS (PARDAMUS) OWEN:
- Councillor ELIE HARVEY MOOSE:
- Deputy Chief PHILIP ANDREW HOWE:
- Honorary Councillor MICHAEL RODNEY KIRKLAND HOWE:
- General Band Office:
- Media Contact:
- Referrals Contact:
- Websites
Band Financial Statements
- 2023 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 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 - Poplar Hill20122013.pdf
- 2011 - Poplar Hill20112012.pdf
- 2010 - Poplar Hill20102011.pdf
- 2009 - Poplar Hill20092010.pdf
- 2008 - Poplar Hill20082009.pdf
- 2007 - Poplar Hill20072008.pdf
- 2006 - Poplar Hill20062007.pdf
- 2005 - Poplar Hill20052006.pdf
- 2004 - Poplar Hill20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Poplar Hill20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Poplar Hill20022003.pdf
- 2001 - Poplar Hill20012002.pdf
Band Council Remuneration
- 2023 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 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
Laws, Bylaws, and Codes
Intergovernmental Agreements
Lands and Traditional Territory
Reserves
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ISC Code: 6342
POPLAR HILL
705.2 Hectares
CL 2911 DESIGNATED AS PART 1 PLAN 23R-5369
[nil, nil]
Traditional Territory Details
- Located in the boreal forest of northwestern Ontario
- Traditional lands span multiple watersheds and forest ecosystems
- Historically traversed by seasonal hunting and trapping routes
- Territory encompasses parts of the Albany River watershed
Consultations and Referrals
Band Submissions
Consultation Reports
Band Business Interests
Band Owned Corporations
Court Records
Downloadable Court Decisions
Active Court Cases
Media Reports
Media Reports
- Construction complete on Ontario’s largest Indigenous-led energy project
- More air quality statements issued in northwestern Ontario First Nations with conditions expected to worsen
- ‘It’s bulls–t’: families react to coroner’s report into 8 dead First Nations children
- Deaths of two First Nations girls in Eastern Ontario group homes raise alarms
- Friends to the end: How the suicides of seven Indigenous girls revealed a community undone
- Cargo North signs revenue sharing deal with First Nations
- Coroner orders review of Indigenous teen's care at CHEO in days before her suicide
- Elections Canada is apologizing to 3 First Nation communities in Ontario
- Evacuees from Poplar Hill First Nation arrive in Thunder Bay
- Ontario Investing Nearly $17 Million to Support Workers in Northern Ontario
- Erickson Owen, Poplar Hill First Nation Teen, Is Definitely Going Places
- Trapping course in northern Ontario revives traditions, cultural teachings
- Bad water: Innovative solution for remote northern Ontario First Nations
- Indigenous children are dying in Canada’s foster care system
- Child welfare agency suspected First Nations girls were planning suicides
- Construction Complete on Largest Indigenous-led Energy Project in Ontario’s History
- Elections Canada investigating lack of voting access in some Indigenous communities
- When you grow up surrounded by suicide, it seems normal. How do you heal a ‘broken spirit’?
- 'Bring our Children Home' gathering scheduled for Wednesday in Lac Seul First Nation
- School book from 1800s, used to assimilate indigenous children, now used as teaching tool
- Northeastern Ontario communities hosting fire evacuees from northwest
- APTN News A Year in Photos
- Ontario township learns support of six First Nations helped energy giant win bid to build unwanted wind farm
- Ontario forest fires burned record area of land this summer as they displaced First Nations in northwest
- Air quality statements issued for parts of northern Ontario due to prairie wildfire smoke
- Brother hopes for 'truth, justice' at First Nations student deaths inquest
- 'A race against time': First Nations, towns in northwestern Ontario prepare to evacuate as wildfires approach
- How the system failed Amy Owen
- Excerpt: Tanya Talaga's 'All Our Relations: Finding a Path Forward'
- Nursing station used medical flights to shop, report alleges
- Elections Canada apologizes to Ontario First Nations voters unable to cast ballots
- First Nations teen found dead was living in group home in Thunder Bay, Ont., chief says
- First Nations teen with perfect grades says 'anything is possible'
- Watay Power transmission project completed
- Tanya Talaga’s new documentary Spirit to Soar examines the deaths of Indigenous teens amid colonial oppression
- Six Northwestern Ontario First Nations funded for multi-purpose centres
- Remote First Nations see more barriers in voter card errors, polling station confusion
- Canada boosts support for winter roads, connections to remote Ontario First Nations
- Ontario calls joint inquest in aboriginal student deaths
- Elections Canada investigating ‘voter suppression’ in First Nation communities in northern Ontario
- First Nations want inquest into 7 student deaths
- Long way home: For Indigenous youth, an epic road trip brings them back to their roots
- Deer Lake First Nation fully evacuating due to forest fire threat in northern Ontario
- ‘Milestone’ bridge announcement made in Pikangikum
- This is how many residential schools were in Ontario and where they were located
- Winter Road Update – Most Winter Roads are now closed to Full Load Transport Deliveries
- Mixed experiences at Indian residential school
- First Nations that were home to residential schools included in new class action
- Three First Nations girls died in Ontario group homes in last 6 months
- $28.5 million for Upgrades to Diesel Generating Stations Across North
- Six Northwestern Ontario First Nations funded for multi-purpose centres
- Drums and despair: Inside Canada's Pikangikum community
- Drums and despair: Inside Canada's Pikangikum community
- MAP: Where were the residential schools in Ontario?
- MAP: Where were the residential schools in Ontario?
- The 2018 CBC Massey Lectures: All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward
- The 2018 CBC Massey Lectures: All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward
- 'We did not want to let him go,' mom says at First Nations student deaths inquest
- First Nations student deaths inquest examines death of Reggie Bushie
- Feds announce money for Pikangikum-area bridge project
- 'We did not want to let him go,' mom says at First Nations student deaths inquest
- First Nations student deaths inquest examines death of Reggie Bushie
- Feds announce money for Pikangikum-area bridge project
- Nishnawbe Aski Nation wants Ontario to declare emergency as forest fires threaten Indigenous communities
- Kingfisher Lake First Nation hosts top Indigenous volleyball players in big-money tournament
- NW Ontario nurse receives Award of Excellence
- Anishinaabe actor Adam Beach plans to open a new Indigenous film school
- Poplar Hill First Nation Energized by Wataynikaneyap Power
- Poplar Hill First Nation Connected to Provincial Power Grid
- Remote Ontario community breaks free from diesel dependency
- Ontario’s largest Indigenous-led energy project complete
- Indigenous Leaders: Mission accomplished, Watay Power declares on northwestern Ont. power line project
- 'She had so much pain': A death in a child welfare system far from home
- As wildfires blaze up north, Indigenous leaders call on Ontario to expand supports for evacuees
- Parts of northwestern Ontario under snowfall warning, 20cm expected by Friday
- Foster home where First Nations girl filmed her suicide owned by child welfare agency
- Ontario First Nations call for mandatory inquests when children die in child welfare system
- Poplar Hill First Nation energized by Wataynikaneyap Power transmission system
- First Nations girl died in group home in Ottawa
- First Nations girl died in group home in Ottawa
- Warm clothing the latest campaign drive for Mikinakoos Children’s Fund
- Warm clothing the latest campaign drive for Mikinakoos Children’s Fund
- Ontario, Pikangikum First Nation and Canada Partnering to Advance Construction of Berens River Bridge
- Ontario, Pikangikum First Nation and Canada Partnering to Advance Construction of Berens River Bridge
- Child Welfare
- Child Welfare
- Ontario celebrates completion of construction on the largest Indigenous-led energy project in province’s history
- As Elections Canada looks into First Nation voting errors in Ontario, pressure heats up to get answers
- Wataynikaneyap Power Project Connects First Nations to Grid
- Poplar Hill First Nation and Government of Canada celebrate community's connection to clean and reliable energy through Indigenous-led Wataynikaneyap Power project
- Poplar Hill First Nation connects to Ontario’s grid, ending diesel dependence
- Elections Canada report finds failures denied First Nations voting rights
- NDP MPPs demand action as COVID seeps into First Nations communities
- Lessons learned for Ontario's first pandemic election: chief electoral officer
- Pikangikum bridge and all-weather road to be built
- Internet high school gives First Nations students options
- Internet high school gives First Nations students options
- Elections Canada reviewing Kenora riding vote concerns
- Elections Canada reviewing Kenora riding vote concerns
- Warm clothing the latest campaign drive for Mikinakoos Children’s Fund
- KiHS is changing and expanding its location in Poplar Hill
- Advocate begs Ontario to act after fourth Indigenous child dies while in state care
- Builders Challenge gave everyone a win with knowledge
- Inquiry demanded after indigenous girls die in Ontario group homes
- Health system neglects northern patients by design: Doctor
- Love and death in child welfare: Kanina Sue Turtle’s last days
- First Nation students start the school year in new schools
- Child welfare agency denies knowing teen was in suicide pact, documents suggest otherwise
- First Nations student deaths inquest: 7 youths died in 10 years
Academic Research
Academic Research
- Using the global to support the local: community development at Poplar River and the establishment of a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern Manitoba
- A framework for reviewing silvopastoralism: A New Zealand hill country case study
- Pastoral hill slope erosion in New Zealand and the role of poplar and willow trees in its reduction
- Poplars and willows in hill country-stabilising soils and storing carbon
- Status of poplar culture in India
- Do historic log buildings provide evidence of reforestation following depopulation of Indigenous Peoples?
- Indian poplars with special reference to indigenous species
- Energy transition complexities in rural and remote Indigenous communities: a case study of Poplar Hill First Nation in northern Ontario
- Environmental factors influencing survival of poplar material planted for erosion control on hill country farms in New Zealand: a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of …
- Status of poplar and willow culture in Himachal Pradesh
- Pastoral hill slope erosion in New Zealand and the role of poplar and willow trees in its reduction
- Poplar culture in north America
- Pastoral hill slope erosion in New Zealand and the role of poplar and willow trees in its reduction
- Pastoral hill slope erosion in New Zealand and the role of poplar and willow trees in its reduction
- Pastoral hill slope erosion in New Zealand and the role of poplar and willow trees in its reduction
- Pastoral hill slope erosion in New Zealand and the role of poplar and willow trees in its reduction
- Pastoral hill slope erosion in New Zealand and the role of poplar and willow trees in its reduction
- Pastoral hill slope erosion in New Zealand and the role of poplar and willow trees in its reduction
- Pastoral hill slope erosion in New Zealand and the role of poplar and willow trees in its reduction
- Pastoral hill slope erosion in New Zealand and the role of poplar and willow trees in its reduction
- Pastoral hill slope erosion in New Zealand and the role of poplar and willow trees in its reduction
- Pastoral hill slope erosion in New Zealand and the role of poplar and willow trees in its reduction
- Pastoral hill slope erosion in New Zealand and the role of poplar and willow trees in its reduction
- The incalculable weight of small numbers: hunters, land use, and the Poplar River First Nation proposal for a world heritage site
- “Strange fruit hangin'from the poplar trees”: Cecily Nicholson's From the Poplars
- From the Poplars
- Pastoral hill slope erosion in New Zealand and the role of poplar and willow trees in its reduction
- Pastoral hill slope erosion in New Zealand and the role of poplar and willow trees in its reduction
- Pastoral hill slope erosion in New Zealand and the role of poplar and willow trees in its reduction
- Pastoral hill slope erosion in New Zealand and the role of poplar and willow trees in its reduction
- Pastoral hill slope erosion in New Zealand and the role of poplar and willow trees in its reduction
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