ah-nish-nah-bay | Nation Anishnabe du Lac Simon

The Lac Simon First Nation is an Anishnabe (Algonquin) community located in northwestern Québec, known for maintaining strong cultural traditions and connection to traditional lands.

POPULATION

2,368

Rank #137 nationally

GEOGRAPHY

6.8 KM²

Rank #441 nationally

BAND COUNCIL TERM

02/17/2027

Term Expiration

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Community Profile

Overview

Last Updated 2025-08-04 13:06:43 UTC

Name

Nation Anishnabe du Lac Simon (ISC Code: 63)

Former Names

Lac Simon Band, Anishnabe First Nation of Lac Simon

Band Style

First Nation

Cultural Area

Boreal Forest/Subarctic

Indigenous Language

Algonquin

Number of Registered Members

2368

Band Website

https://lacsimon.ca/

Phone Number

(819) 736-4501

Fax Number

(819) 736-7311

Address

1026, Boulevard Cicip, CP 139, Lac Simon, QC

General Email

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Band Council

Governance Type

Not Applicable

Chief

LUCIEN WABANONIK

Term Expires

02/17/2027

Number of Council Members

LUCIEN WABANONIK

Chief

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ANNA CHEEZO

Councillor

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GHISLAIN NÉQUADO

Councillor

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JEAN-MARIE PAPATIE

Councillor

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DANNY PIEN

Vice Chief

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Administrative Contacts

Financial Overview

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Band Financial Statements

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2013 - Audited consolidated financial statements

2012 - Nation Anishnabe du Lac Simon20122013.pdf

2011 - Nation Anishnabe du Lac Simon20112012.pdf

2010 - Nation Anishnabe du Lac Simon20102011.pdf

2009 - Nation Anishnabe du Lac Simon20092010.pdf

2008 - Nation Anishnabe du Lac Simon20082009.pdf

2007 - Nation Anishnabe du Lac Simon20072008.pdf

2006 - Nation Anishnabe du Lac Simon20062007.pdf

2005 - Nation Anishnabe du Lac Simon20052006.pdf

2004 - Nation Anishnabe du Lac Simon20042005.pdf

2003 - Nation Anishnabe du Lac Simon20032004.pdf

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2001 - Nation Anishnabe du Lac Simon20012002.pdf

Band Council Remuneration

2024 - Report Not Available

2023 - Report Not Available

2022 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

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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

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Laws, Bylaws, and Codes

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Intergovernmental Agreements

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Active Court Cases

No active court cases at this time.

Downloadable Court Records

Conseil de la nation anishnabe du Lac Simon c. King

Penosway c. Conseil de la Nation Anishnabe du Lac-Simon

Conseil de la Nation anishnabe du lac Simon c. King

Larivière et Conseil de la Nation Anishnabe Lac Simon

Location Map

Reserves

ISC Code: 6134
LAC SIMON
678.4 Hectares
32 KM SE/SE OF/DE VAL D'OR
[48.0534806, -77.33638239999999]

News Coverage Summary

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Media Reports

Initial Engagement Agreement between eight First Nations and Gazoduq paves way for meaningful Engagement Process

CBC News Indepth: SLOWBOIL: Documents

Why Quebec's forestry reform is facing backlash from Indigenous groups, conservationists

Shock wave at Lac-Simon: the Council announces the closure of their police department

Lac Simon invokes curfew for young people to stem violence, crime

Silence: Colonialism at work

Ottawa agrees to certify 2 class action lawsuits over the treatment of First Nation children

Val d’Or caribou: symbol of a biodiversity crisis and disregard for Indigenous rights

First Nation call for a logging moratorium in caribou habitat

$3B class action lawsuit filed against Ottawa over First Nations child welfare discrimination

Municipalities across Quebec on alert, as wildfires rage across province

Algonquin (Anishinaabe)

NYC Plans to Import Canadian Hydropower. Who Benefits?

Municipalities across Quebec on alert as wildfires rage across province

Father of slain Lac-Simon police officer 'disgusted' by coroner's report

‘We must purify this place’: Algonquin Nation returns to residential school site after Elder’s vision

Saint-Marc-de-Figuery residential school: “We must dig here”

The new Anishinabe Algonquin Nation Protocol with the City of Ottawa

Father of fallen Quebec police officer says son's killer should have never had access to guns

‘I believe that there is racial profiling’: Provinces are slowly banning birth alerts – but not in Quebec

Indigenous knowledges and climate change content launched on the Climate Atlas

Tensions high in Lac-Simon after fatal police shooting

Meet 4 inspiring Indigenous Leaders at COP15

Academic Research

Sensibiliser des étudiantes en travail social à la culture et aux réalités des Anicinabek par un cours de travail de groupe en immersion

Waging Care in Anishnabe Aki: The Algonquins of Barriere Lake and Sixties Scoop Diasporas Against Canada's Economy of Indigenous Child Removal

Encounters on Contested Lands: Indigenous Performances of Sovereignty and Nationhood in Quebec

Anishinabek Traditional Law and Governance An Anishinabek Nations Treaty Authority (ANTA) Report May 2021 In Conjunction with

Anicinabe Aki—Invisible No More: Indigenous Urban History in the Abitibi Region

Is the Water leaving? World-Making in the Settler-Colonial Context at Lake Abitibi, Québec, Unceded Abitibiwinni Aki (Anicinape Territory)

Indigenous lands management, cultural landscapes and Anishinaabe people of Shoal Lake, Northwestern Ontario, Canada

Non-Indigenous and Indigenous food-related interactions: How does the transmission of a normativity perpetuate colonialism?

SECTION 4 LAW & GOVERNANCE RESEARCHED

Gichi Bitobig, Grand Marais: Early Accounts of the Anishinaabeg and the North Shore Fur Trade

Encounters on Contested Lands: Indigenous Performances of Sovereignty and Nationhood in Quebec

Gichi Bitobig, Grand Marais: Early Accounts of the Anishinaabeg and the North Shore Fur Trade

Encounters on Contested Lands: Indigenous Performances of Sovereignty and Nationhood in Quebec

Gichi Bitobig, Grand Marais: Early Accounts of the Anishinaabeg and the North Shore Fur Trade

Décolonisation de l'alimentation des peuples autochtones: étude du cas de la communauté Anishnabe de Lac Simon

Gestion du mos (orignal) chez les Simo Sagainiwininik (gens du Lac Simon) et le gouvernement du Québec: Les défis de la coexistence

Vers la fierté Anishnabe

Mos wiyas sasigwan acitc sasipatakan: la contemporanéité alimentaire des Anicinabek de Lac Simon et leurs stratégies d'adaptation face au colonialisme alimentaire

La légende du windigo dans la création autochtone contemporaine au Québec

Encounters on Contested Lands: Indigenous Performances of Sovereignty and Nationhood in Quebec

Fire in the contemporary cuisines of Indigenous peoples in Canada

Encounters on Contested Lands: Indigenous Performances of Sovereignty and Nationhood in Quebec

Décolonisation de l'alimentation des peuples autochtones: étude du cas de la communauté Anishnabe de Lac Simon

Anicinabe Aki—Invisible No More: Indigenous Urban History in the Abitibi Region

RÉSURGENCE ANICINABE ET DÉCOLONISATION DES SAVOIRS: COCRÉATION/CORECHERCHE AVEC MINW ASHIN POUR RÉFLÉCHIR À LA …

Anishinabek Traditional Law and Governance An Anishinabek Nations Treaty Authority (ANTA) Report May 2021 In Conjunction with

Are Indigenous youth in a tug-of-war between community and city? Reflections from a visioning workshop in the Lac Simon Anishnaabeg community (Quebec …

Décolonisation de l'alimentation des peuples autochtones: étude du cas de la communauté Anishnabe de Lac Simon

Mos wiyas sasigwan acitc sasipatakan: la contemporanéité alimentaire des Anicinabek de Lac Simon et leurs stratégies d'adaptation face au colonialisme alimentaire

Band Publications

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Third Party Reports

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