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Armstrong, Thunder Bay District, Ontario

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Armstrong is a compact rural community, unincorporated place, and divisional point on the Canadian National Railway transcontinental railway main line in the unorganized portion of Thunder Bay District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada.[1] The Whitesand First Nation's Armstrong Settlement is coterminous to this community. The Armstrong area is a popular tourist destination in the summer for fishing and hunting.

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Aerial view of Armstrong, 2017

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The community is not part of an incorporated municipality, but is administered by a local services board.[2]

Canadian Forces Station Armstrong, located 1.1 miles (1.8 km) east of Armstrong, was closed in 1974. Later that year the base was sold to private owners and turned into a popular gathering area for the town that included a restaurant and bar, hotel, multiple apartments, garages, and a curling rink. The area, known as D&L, was closed and abandoned in 1993 and remains that way today.

The town of Armstrong currently has a public school, two restaurants, a Canada Post post office, a clinic, a Mini Mart gas station and motel, and the Armstrong General Store (formerly the J&J General Store, from 1961 to 2015).

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Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Armstrong had a population of 146 living in 60 of its 208 total private dwellings, a change of -24.4% from its 2016 population of 193. With a land area of 323.85 km2 (125.04 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.5/km2 (1.2/sq mi) in 2021.[3]

According to the Canada 2016 Census, the community had a population of 193, down from 220 in 2011, a decrease of 12.3%. There are 186 dwellings of which 84 are occupied by usual residents.[4]

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Transportation

Armstrong is accessible via Highway 527, which extends 235 kilometres (146 mi) north from Highway 11/17 near Thunder Bay. It takes about three hours to get to Armstrong by car from Thunder Bay.

Armstrong Airport is located 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 kilometres; 5.2 miles) east southeast of Armstrong.

The Via Rail Canadian train travels through and stops on request in Armstrong.[5]

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