Strategic Location

North Bay is historically considered the "Gateway to the North". The City is ideally situated at the crossroads of trans-continental highways, railways, air, and fibre-optic routes, providing a link to the north, south, east and west for transportation and communication activities. These excellent connections to other markets ensure the rapid and economical transportation of people, products and raw materials.

North Bay is a vibrant city, servicing a regional catchment area of 103,000 people, nestled between Lake Nipissing and Trout Lake. This growing city of 54,000 residents is conveniently located just three and a half hours from major Ontario centres such as Toronto and Ottawa and a short distance to U.S. markets.

Geography Summary

The legal geographic boundaries of the District of Nipissing lie from just south of the Town of Temagami (that is the boundary between the District of Temiskaming and the District of Nipissing) in the north; to just south of the city at the boundary between the City of North Bay and the Township of North Himsworth (that is the boundary between the District of Parry Sound and the District of Nipissing) in the south and from a point just east of the Village of Warren (that is the boundary between the District of Sudbury and the District of Nipissing) in the west to a point east of Mattawa including all of Algonquin Park (that is the boundary between the County of Renfrew and the Distrist of Nipissing) to the east and southeast.

District of Nipissing Boundaries are as follows:

• District of Temiskaming to the North.
• District of Parry Sound to the South.
• District of Sudbury to the West.
• County of Renfrew to the East.

Geographic Coordinates

Latitude: 46.32000 N
Longitude: 79.46000 W
Elevation : 645 ft above sea level (main city area)

Land Area

Land area of the Municipality of the City of North Bay - 312.28 square km
Land area of North Bay and surrounding area - 863.89 square km