Pah-plər Hil | Poplar Hill First Nation

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.

POPULATION

750

Rank #393 nationally

GEOGRAPHY

7.1 KM²

Rank #436 nationally

BAND COUNCIL TERM

07/18/2026

Term Expiration

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Community Profile

Overview

Last Updated 2025-07-10 19:22:43 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

750

Band Website

http://www.poplarhill.firstnation.ca/

Phone Number

(807) 772-8838

Fax Number

(807) 772-8876

Address

PO BOX 1, POPLAR HILL, ON

General Email

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Band Council

Governance Type

Not Applicable

Chief

ALVIN OWEN

Term Expires

07/18/2026

Number of Council Members

ALVIN OWEN

Chief

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MICHAEL RODNEY KIRKLAND HOWE

Councillor

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JAMES SUGGASHIE

Councillor

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ALEC STRANG

Councillor

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ELVIS (PARDAMUS) OWEN

Councillor

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ELIE HARVEY MOOSE

Councillor

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VYBUS DERRICK OWEN

Councillor

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PHILIP ANDREW HOWE

Deputy Chief

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Administrative Contacts

Financial Overview

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Band Financial Statements

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Band Council Remuneration

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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

Nepinak v. Poplar Hill Ontario First Nation

Location Map

Reserves

ISC Code: 6342
POPLAR HILL
705.2 Hectares
CL 2911 DESIGNATED AS PART 1 PLAN 23R-5369
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News Coverage Summary

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Media Reports

‘I’m about to say goodbye’: Family of Kanina Sue Turtle made to wait two years before reading suicide letter

Ontario government has no idea how many First Nations kids it puts in group homes

As 2 dozen wildfires burn across northwestern Ontario, 4 First Nations still under evacuation

Elections Canada report finds failures denied First Nations voters right to vote

Here's what Ontario's former residential schools are used for today

Wildfire evacuees, some far from home and sleeping in cots, get community and volunteer supports

Ontario’s largest Indigenous-led energy project complete

Pauingassi First Nation community based land use plan

Multiple road closures due to flooding

MAP: Where were the residential schools in Ontario?

Little Bands Native Hockey Tournament Grows in Popularity

Indigenous churches in northern Manitoba a world apart from south

Southern Ontario was home to 2 notorious residential schools

Northern Ontario Grid Connection Project

Sachigo Lake First Nation connects to Ontario power grid, ending reliance on diesel generators

3 Female Firefighters Describe Fighting Canada’s Wildfires

How volleyball brings First Nations communities together in northwestern Ontario

New leader for OPP’s Armstrong detachment

Indigenous, historically marginalized groups felt the brunt of election disenfranchisement, say advocates

NAPS on lookout for new recruits

Remote First Nations look for more fire safety training

(PDF) The Native Black Poplar in Warwickshire

The Magnificent Mountain Poplar

NDP says federal election errors meant people – including First Nations – were disenfranchised

Elections Canada report finds failures denied First Nations voting rights

Ontario, Pikangikum First Nation and Canada Partnering to Advance Construction of Berens River Bridge

Nishnawbe Aski Nation wants Ontario to declare emergency as forest fires threaten Indigenous communities

Opinion: Barriers to voting for Indigenous peoples must be eliminated

New Indigenous language app targets '21st century' learners

Pikangikum bridge and all-weather road to be built

First Nations student deaths inquest: 7 youths died in 10 years

Child welfare agency denies knowing teen was in suicide pact, documents suggest otherwise

First Nation students start the school year in new schools

Love and death in child welfare: Kanina Sue Turtle’s last days

Health system neglects northern patients by design: Doctor

Inquiry demanded after indigenous girls die in Ontario group homes

Builders Challenge gave everyone a win with knowledge

Advocate begs Ontario to act after fourth Indigenous child dies while in state care

KiHS is changing and expanding its location in Poplar Hill

Warm clothing the latest campaign drive for Mikinakoos Children’s Fund

Elections Canada reviewing Kenora riding vote concerns

Internet high school gives First Nations students options

Lessons learned for Ontario's first pandemic election: chief electoral officer

Wataynikaneyap Power Project Connects First Nations to Grid

As Elections Canada looks into First Nation voting errors in Ontario, pressure heats up to get answers

Ontario celebrates completion of construction on the largest Indigenous-led energy project in province’s history

NDP MPPs demand action as COVID seeps into First Nations communities

Elections Canada report finds failures denied First Nations voting rights

Poplar Hill First Nation connects to Ontario’s grid, ending diesel dependence

Poplar Hill First Nation and Government of Canada celebrate community's connection to clean and reliable energy through Indigenous-led Wataynikaneyap Power project

Child Welfare

Ontario, Pikangikum First Nation and Canada Partnering to Advance Construction of Berens River Bridge

Warm clothing the latest campaign drive for Mikinakoos Children’s Fund

First Nations girl died in group home in Ottawa

Poplar Hill First Nation energized by Wataynikaneyap Power transmission system

Ontario First Nations call for mandatory inquests when children die in child welfare system

Foster home where First Nations girl filmed her suicide owned by child welfare agency

Parts of northwestern Ontario under snowfall warning, 20cm expected by Friday

As wildfires blaze up north, Indigenous leaders call on Ontario to expand supports for evacuees

'She had so much pain': A death in a child welfare system far from home

Indigenous Leaders: Mission accomplished, Watay Power declares on northwestern Ont. power line project

Ontario’s largest Indigenous-led energy project complete

Remote Ontario community breaks free from diesel dependency

Poplar Hill First Nation Connected to Provincial Power Grid

Poplar Hill First Nation Energized by Wataynikaneyap Power

Anishinaabe actor Adam Beach plans to open a new Indigenous film school

NW Ontario nurse receives Award of Excellence

Kingfisher Lake First Nation hosts top Indigenous volleyball players in big-money tournament

Nishnawbe Aski Nation wants Ontario to declare emergency as forest fires threaten Indigenous communities

Feds announce money for Pikangikum-area bridge project

First Nations student deaths inquest examines death of Reggie Bushie

'We did not want to let him go,' mom says at First Nations student deaths inquest

The 2018 CBC Massey Lectures: All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward

MAP: Where were the residential schools in Ontario?

Drums and despair: Inside Canada's Pikangikum community

Six Northwestern Ontario First Nations funded for multi-purpose centres

$28.5 million for Upgrades to Diesel Generating Stations Across North

Three First Nations girls died in Ontario group homes in last 6 months

Ontario calls joint inquest in aboriginal student deaths

First Nations want inquest into 7 student deaths

Canada boosts support for winter roads, connections to remote Ontario First Nations

First Nations that were home to residential schools included in new class action

This is how many residential schools were in Ontario and where they were located

Elections Canada investigating ‘voter suppression’ in First Nation communities in northern Ontario

Remote First Nations see more barriers in voter card errors, polling station confusion

‘Milestone’ bridge announcement made in Pikangikum

Mixed experiences at Indian residential school

Winter Road Update – Most Winter Roads are now closed to Full Load Transport Deliveries

Deer Lake First Nation fully evacuating due to forest fire threat in northern Ontario

Six Northwestern Ontario First Nations funded for multi-purpose centres

Long way home: For Indigenous youth, an epic road trip brings them back to their roots

First Nations teen found dead was living in group home in Thunder Bay, Ont., chief says

'A race against time': First Nations, towns in northwestern Ontario prepare to evacuate as wildfires approach

Elections Canada apologizes to Ontario First Nations voters unable to cast ballots

How the system failed Amy Owen

Air quality statements issued for parts of northern Ontario due to prairie wildfire smoke

Ontario forest fires burned record area of land this summer as they displaced First Nations in northwest

Ontario township learns support of six First Nations helped energy giant win bid to build unwanted wind farm

Tanya Talaga’s new documentary Spirit to Soar examines the deaths of Indigenous teens amid colonial oppression

APTN News A Year in Photos

Watay Power transmission project completed

First Nations teen with perfect grades says 'anything is possible'

Nursing station used medical flights to shop, report alleges

Excerpt: Tanya Talaga's 'All Our Relations: Finding a Path Forward'

Brother hopes for 'truth, justice' at First Nations student deaths inquest

Northeastern Ontario communities hosting fire evacuees from northwest

School book from 1800s, used to assimilate indigenous children, now used as teaching tool

'Bring our Children Home' gathering scheduled for Wednesday in Lac Seul First Nation

Bad water: Innovative solution for remote northern Ontario First Nations

Evacuees from Poplar Hill First Nation arrive in Thunder Bay

Elections Canada is apologizing to 3 First Nation communities in Ontario

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’?

Coroner orders review of Indigenous teen's care at CHEO in days before her suicide

Construction Complete on Largest Indigenous-led Energy Project in Ontario’s History

Child welfare agency suspected First Nations girls were planning suicides

Trapping course in northern Ontario revives traditions, cultural teachings

Friends to the end: How the suicides of seven Indigenous girls revealed a community undone

Cargo North signs revenue sharing deal with First Nations

Deaths of two First Nations girls in Eastern Ontario group homes raise alarms

Indigenous children are dying in Canada’s foster care system

‘It’s bulls–t’: families react to coroner’s report into 8 dead First Nations children

Erickson Owen, Poplar Hill First Nation Teen, Is Definitely Going Places

Ontario Investing Nearly $17 Million to Support Workers in Northern Ontario

More air quality statements issued in northwestern Ontario First Nations with conditions expected to worsen

Construction complete on Ontario’s largest Indigenous-led energy project

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

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

'Strange Fruit Hangin'from the Poplar Trees': Cecily Nicholson's From the Poplars

Pastoral hill slope erosion in New Zealand and the role of poplar and willow trees in its reduction

Reclaiming first nations research: the Keewaytinook Okimakanak research institute

Keewaytinook mobile: An indigenous community-owned mobile phone service in Northern Canada

Original Paper Community Capacity Building for Energy Sovereignty: A First Nation Case Study

Bridging gaps in energy planning for first nation communities

Gathering Places: Aboriginal and Fur Trade Histories

Community-powered local energy planning and transitioning in off-grid northwestern Ontario First Nation communities

Pastoral hill slope erosion in New Zealand and the role of poplar and willow trees in its reduction

Reclaiming first nations research: the Keewaytinook Okimakanak research institute

Keewaytinook mobile: An indigenous community-owned mobile phone service in Northern Canada

Original Paper Community Capacity Building for Energy Sovereignty: A First Nation Case Study

Indigenous Knowledge Repository: A Proposal (draft 1.6)

Bridging gaps in energy planning for first nation communities

Gathering Places: Aboriginal and Fur Trade Histories

Community-powered local energy planning and transitioning in off-grid northwestern Ontario First Nation communities

Pastoral hill slope erosion in New Zealand and the role of poplar and willow trees in its reduction

Band Publications

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Third Party Reports

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