Sioux Lookout

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Sioux Lookout

| official_name = Municipality of Sioux Lookout

| settlement_type = Municipality (single-tier)

| image_skyline = Sioux Lookout Ontario.JPG

| motto = Hub of the North

| pushpin_map = Canada Ontario#Canada

| pushpin_label_position = bottom

| pushpin_mapsize =

| coordinates = {{coord|50|05|59|N|91|55|14|W|region:CA-ON|notes={{Cite cgndb|FCOPR|Sioux Lookout|date=5 June 2024}}|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Canada

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name1 = Ontario

| subdivision_name2 = Kenora

| established_title = Incorporation

| established_date = 1912

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Doug Lawrance

| leader_title1 = Council

| leader_name1 = {{Collapsible list

| title = Councillors:

| frame_style = border:none; padding: 0;

| list_style = text-align:left;display:none;

|1=Joe Cassidy

|2=Joan Cosco

|3=Luc Beaulne

|4= Cory Lago

|5=Joyce Timpson

|6= Reece Van Breda

}}

| leader_title2 = MP

| leader_name2 = Eric Melillo

| leader_title3 = MPPs

| leader_name3 = Sol Mamakwa

| total_type = Total

| area_footnotes = (2021)

| area_land_km2 = 378.02

| area_urban_km2 = 6.32

| elevation_footnotes = (at airport){{CFS}}

| elevation_m = 383

| population_total = 5839

| population_as_of = 2021

| population_footnotes =

| population_density_km2 = 15.4

| population_urban = 3781

| population_density_urban_km2 = 598.2

| postal_code_type = Forward sortation area

| postal_code = P8T

| area_code = 807

| timezone = CST

| utc_offset = −06:00

| timezone_DST = CDT

| utc_offset_DST = −05:00

| website = {{Official URL}}

}}

Sioux Lookout is a town in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, with a population of 5,838 people (up 10.8% since 2016). Known locally as the "Hub of the North", it is serviced by the Sioux Lookout Airport, Highway 72, and the Sioux Lookout railway station. According to a 2011 study commissioned by the municipality, health care and social services ranked as the largest sources of employment, followed by the retail trade, public administration, transportation and warehousing, manufacturing, accommodation and food services, and education.

Although downtown Sioux Lookout is located {{convert|71|km}} from the Trans-Canada Highway, the municipality covers the ends or beginnings of provincial highways 664, 642, 516, and 72. Sioux Lookout is also a key airport hub for numerous northern and Indigenous communities in Northwestern Ontario and remains a service stop for The Canadian, a transcontinental passenger train operated by Via Rail, and a busy railway junction for the northwestern Ontario segment of Canadian National Railway's transcontinental Class 1 railroad.

Fishing camps in the area allow access to an extensive lake system fed by the English River. The town is surrounded by several beaches, including Umphreville Park, a historical site that predates the town itself. During the summer months, Sioux Lookout's population rises as tourists, mostly American, arrive to take advantage of the multitude of lakes and rivers in the area. Experienced guides, employed by the camps, can locate the best locations and also provide an educated tour of the unique land known affectionately as "sunset country".

History

Sioux Lookout's name comes from a First Nations story and a local mountain, Sioux Mountain, which served as a lookout point for the Ojibwe people. Being able to scan the surrounding area for some distance enabled the Ojibwe men to potentially detect any approaching Sioux warriors, with sufficient time to guide the women and children to safety before intercepting the enemies. From Sioux Mountain, a careful eye could catch the sun reflecting off of birch bark canoes crossing the nearby rapids. Illustrating this old story on the front page of the local newspaper, The Sioux Lookout Bulletin, is an iconic image of a First Nations man, holding a hand above his eyes as he scans the water and surrounding terrain.

Sioux Lookout was incorporated in 1912, and was a terminal and junction on the National Transcontinental Railway. For many years, Sioux Lookout was simply a railway town. At one point, gold was discovered in Red Lake; the town subsequently became one of the leading Canadian aviation centres during the 1920s and 1930s. From circa 1933 to 1937, the Hudson's Bay Company operated a fur-trade post at the town along the English River near the north shore of Minnitaki Lake.{{cite web |title=Hudson's Bay Company: Sioux Lookout |url=https://pam.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/PAM_AUTHORITY/AUTH_DESC_DET_REP/SISN%201510?sessionsearch |website=pam.minisisinc.com |publisher=Archives of Manitoba - Keystone Archives Descriptive Database |access-date=3 January 2025}}

During the Cold War, from 1952 to 1967, CFS Sioux Lookout, {{cvt|3.7|mi|order=flip}} west, was a radar base forming part of the Pinetree Line to monitor any activity from the Soviet Union.{{cite book|last1=Nicks|first1=Don|last2=Bradley|first2=John|last3=Charland|first3=Chris|title=A History of the Air Defence of Canada, 1948-1997|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kH3yAAAACAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Commander Fighter Group|isbn=978-0-9681973-0-1|page=168}}

Today, the Canadian National Railway (CNR) is a significant employer, although it is no longer the largest employer in the area, nor is the forest products industry; Sioux Lookout has become a hub of various services catering to northern First Nations communities, such as healthcare, human and social services and education, among others. Additionally, both the provincial and federal government are major employers within Sioux Lookout. As a result, the town barely felt the effects of the recession in the early 1980s. However, more significant demographic and employment changes took place around the time of the Great Recession and 2008 financial crisis; notably, the permanent closure of the sawmill in Hudson, along with the construction of a newer, larger healthcare complex (the Meno Ya Win Health Centre), saw several shifts in the local workforce. New and different positions were subsequently made available through the Health Centre, which also brought new workers to the area.

Urban Sioux Lookout looks-out on Pelican Lake, and the municipality has initiated a lakefront improvement program to beautify this area. There are now more parks, paths, and other recreational options and amenities along the lake and surrounding lands. Numerous other lakes, rivers and water-focused activities are easily accessible, by car or boat, from Sioux Lookout. Tourism makes a significant contribution to the local economy, however, there is far more capacity for development, and the area's potential is only starting to be recognized fully.

Geography

Sioux Lookout is located approximately {{convert|350|km}} northwest of Thunder Bay, at an elevation of {{convert|383|m}}, and it covers an area of {{convert|536|km2}}, of which {{convert|157|km2}} is lake and wetlands.

The boundaries of Sioux Lookout were significantly expanded on 1 January 1998 to include a number of unorganized geographic townships surrounding the town itself.

=Communities=

In addition to the town of Sioux Lookout itself, the municipal boundaries{{cite web|url= http://www.siouxlookout.ca/files/Municipal%20Boundary%20Map%20(October%202010).pdf|title= Sioux Lookout Boundary Map|publisher= Town of Sioux Lookout|date= October 2010|access-date= 2011-07-22|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111002012601/http://www.siouxlookout.ca/files/Municipal%20Boundary%20Map%20(October%202010).pdf |archive-date= 2011-10-02}} include the community of Hudson{{cite cgndb|id= FBPHV|title= Hudson|access-date= 2011-07-22}} and the Pelican flag stop{{cite cgndb|id= FDLEW|title= Hudson|access-date= 2011-08-17}} located west on the Canadian National Railway (CNR) transcontinental main line;{{cite map|url= http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/traveller/map/images/pdf/northont/sheets/Map13.pdf |format= PDF|title= Map 13|series= Official road map of Ontario|publisher= Ministry of Transportation of Ontario|scale= 1 : 1,600,000|date= 2010-01-01|access-date= 2011-07-22}} the railway point Superior Junction located on the CNR transcontinental main line to the east;{{cite cgndb|id= FCUCT|title= Superior Junction|access-date= 2011-07-22}} and the Alcona flag stop, located on a CNR branch line to the south east and south of Superior Junction.{{cite cgndb|id= FACEG|title= Alcona|access-date= 2011-07-22}}

=Climate=

Sioux Lookout experiences a humid continental climate (Dfb) with long, cold winters and short, warm summers.

The coldest temperature ever recorded was {{cvt|-46.1|C}} on 18 February 1966. The highest temperature ever recorded in Sioux Lookout was {{cvt|39.4|C}} on 29 June 1931 and 11 July 1936.

{{Weather box

|location = Sioux Lookout Sioux Lookout Airport
WMO ID:73017; coordinates {{coordinates|50|06|51|N|91|54|20|W|type:airport_region:CA-ON|name=Sioux Lookout Airport}}; elevation: {{cvt|338.1|m}}; 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1914−present{{efn|Climate data was recorded at Sioux Lookout from January 1914 to July 1938 and at Sioux Lookout Airport from August 1938 to present.}}

|metric first = Y

|single line = Y

| Jan maximum humidex = 6.0

| Feb maximum humidex = 10.3

| Mar maximum humidex = 26.7

| Apr maximum humidex = 29.8

| May maximum humidex = 39.4

| Jun maximum humidex = 44.1

| Jul maximum humidex = 43.7

| Aug maximum humidex = 42.3

| Sep maximum humidex = 38.1

| Oct maximum humidex = 29.9

| Nov maximum humidex = 19.4

| Dec maximum humidex = 8.6

| year maximum humidex = 44.1

|Jan record high C = 6.7

|Feb record high C = 10.6

|Mar record high C = 23.4

|Apr record high C = 30.6

|May record high C = 33.9

|Jun record high C = 39.4

|Jul record high C = 39.4

|Aug record high C = 35.6

|Sep record high C = 35.0

|Oct record high C = 29.6

|Nov record high C = 20.9

|Dec record high C = 8.9

|year record high C = 39.4

|Jan high C = -12.0

|Feb high C = -7.8

|Mar high C = -0.1

|Apr high C = 8.3

|May high C = 16.3

|Jun high C = 22.1

|Jul high C = 24.3

|Aug high C = 23.1

|Sep high C = 17.1

|Oct high C = 8.1

|Nov high C = -1.2

|Dec high C = -8.5

|year high C = 7.5

|Jan mean C = -17.2

|Feb mean C = -13.9

|Mar mean C = -6.3

|Apr mean C = 2.3

|May mean C = 10.1

|Jun mean C = 16.2

|Jul mean C = 18.8

|Aug mean C = 17.7

|Sep mean C = 12.2

|Oct mean C = 4.3

|Nov mean C = -4.7

|Dec mean C = -12.8

|year mean C = 2.2

|Jan low C = -22.3

|Feb low C = -19.8

|Mar low C = -12.5

|Apr low C = -3.8

|May low C = 3.8

|Jun low C = 10.3

|Jul low C = 13.1

|Aug low C = 12.1

|Sep low C = 7.2

|Oct low C = 0.4

|Nov low C = -8.2

|Dec low C = -17.0

|year low C = -3.1

|Jan record low C = -45.0

|Feb record low C = -46.1

|Mar record low C = -38.9

|Apr record low C = -34.4

|May record low C = -15.6

|Jun record low C = -5.0

|Jul record low C = 0.6

|Aug record low C = -3.9

|Sep record low C = -14.4

|Oct record low C = -18.9

|Nov record low C = -35.4

|Dec record low C = -42.2

|year record low C = -46.1

|Jan chill = -56.9

|Feb chill = -53.8

|Mar chill = -45.2

|Apr chill = -39.9

|May chill = -21.6

|Jun chill = -3.8

|Jul chill = 0.0

|Aug chill = -2.4

|Sep chill = -13.7

|Oct chill = -21.0

|Nov chill = -46.1

|Dec chill = -50.7

|year chill = -56.9

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 35.6

|Feb precipitation mm = 22.0

|Mar precipitation mm = 32.5

|Apr precipitation mm = 43.2

|May precipitation mm = 91.4

|Jun precipitation mm = 112.5

|Jul precipitation mm = 101.6

|Aug precipitation mm = 94.9

|Sep precipitation mm = 95.6

|Oct precipitation mm = 77.5

|Nov precipitation mm = 52.9

|Dec precipitation mm = 36.7

|year precipitation mm = 796.4

|rain colour = green

|Jan rain mm = 1.2

|Feb rain mm = 1.3

|Mar rain mm = 10.0

|Apr rain mm = 21.2

|May rain mm = 86.8

|Jun rain mm = 112.1

|Jul rain mm = 103.6

|Aug rain mm = 92.5

|Sep rain mm = 94.5

|Oct rain mm = 60.3

|Nov rain mm = 15.2

|Dec rain mm = 1.5

|year rain mm = 600.2

|snow colour = green

|Jan snow cm = 37.0

|Feb snow cm = 22.5

|Mar snow cm = 24.0

|Apr snow cm = 23.3

|May snow cm = 6.9

|Jun snow cm = 0.0

|Jul snow cm = 0.0

|Aug snow cm = 0.0

|Sep snow cm = 1.1

|Oct snow cm = 19.5

|Nov snow cm = 40.8

|Dec snow cm = 37.8

|year snow cm = 212.9

|unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 15.2

|Feb precipitation days = 11.4

|Mar precipitation days = 11.6

|Apr precipitation days = 9.4

|May precipitation days = 14.1

|Jun precipitation days = 13.9

|Jul precipitation days = 14.2

|Aug precipitation days = 13.4

|Sep precipitation days = 14.2

|Oct precipitation days = 15.3

|Nov precipitation days = 16.8

|Dec precipitation days = 15.3

|year precipitation days = 164.7

|unit rain days = 0.2 mm

|Jan rain days = 0.9

|Feb rain days = 0.8

|Mar rain days = 2.7

|Apr rain days = 5.3

|May rain days = 13.6

|Jun rain days = 13.9

|Jul rain days = 14.3

|Aug rain days = 13.3

|Sep rain days = 14.1

|Oct rain days = 11.6

|Nov rain days = 4.1

|Dec rain days = 1.4

|year rain days = 96.0

|unit snow days = 0.2 cm

|Jan snow days = 15.2

|Feb snow days = 11.4

|Mar snow days = 9.8

|Apr snow days = 5.6

|May snow days = 2.0

|Jun snow days = 0.0

|Jul snow days = 0.0

|Aug snow days = 0.0

|Sep snow days = 0.6

|Oct snow days = 6.2

|Nov snow days = 15.1

|Dec snow days = 15.3

|year snow days = 81.0

|humidity colour = green

|time day = 1500 LST

|Jan humidity = 70.8

|Feb humidity = 60.9

|Mar humidity = 52.5

|Apr humidity = 45.3

|May humidity = 48.3

|Jun humidity = 51.8

|Jul humidity = 54.1

|Aug humidity = 55.1

|Sep humidity = 61.5

|Oct humidity = 67.9

|Nov humidity = 75.1

|Dec humidity = 76.7

|year humidity = 60.0

|source 1 = Environment and Climate Change Canada{{cite web

| url = https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1991_2020_e.html?searchType=stnProv&lstProvince=ON&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=201000000&dispBack=0

| title = Sioux Lookout (1991–2020)

| work = Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020

| publisher = Environment and Climate Change Canada

| date= 27 March 2024

| access-date = 5 June 2024}}{{cite web

| publisher = Environment and Climate Change Canada

| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1914-01-01%7C1932-12-31&mlyRange=1914-01-01%7C1932-12-01&StationID=3967&Prov=ON&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=1&searchMethod=contains&txtStationName=sioux+lookout&timeframe=2&Day=12&Year=1931&Month=6#

|title = Daily Data Report for June 1931

|work = Canadian Climate Data

|date=27 March 2024

|access-date = 5 June 2024}}{{cite web

|publisher = Environment and Climate Change Canada

|url = https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1930-07-01%7C1938-07-31&mlyRange=1930-01-01%7C1938-12-01&StationID=3968&Prov=ON&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=specDate&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2024&selRowPerPage=25&Line=0&searchMethod=contains&Month=7&Day=11&txtStationName=SIOUX+LOOKOUT&timeframe=2&Year=1936

|title = Daily Data Report for July 1936

|work = Canadian Climate Data

|date= 27 March 2024

|access-date = 5 June 2024}} (maximum from October 2023 based on incomplete data, previous record {{cvt|26.7|C|disp=sqbr}}){{cite web

|url = https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=2013-02-13%7C2024-04-05&dlyRange=2013-02-14%7C2024-04-05&mlyRange=%7C&StationID=51138&Prov=ON&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnProx&optLimit=specDate&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2024&selRowPerPage=25&Line=0&txtRadius=25&optProxType=navLink&txtLatDecDeg=50.114166666667&txtLongDecDeg=-91.905555555556&timeframe=2&Day=1&Year=2023&Month=10#

|title = Daily Data Report for October 2023

|work = Canadian Climate Data

|publisher = Environment and Climate Change Canada

|date= 27 March 2024

|access-date = 5 June 2024}}{{cite web

| url = https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=2013-02-13%7C2024-04-05&dlyRange=2013-02-14%7C2024-04-05&mlyRange=%7C&StationID=51138&Prov=ON&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnProx&optLimit=specDate&Month=11&Day=1&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2024&Year=2022&selRowPerPage=25&Line=0&txtRadius=25&optProxType=navLink&txtLatDecDeg=50.114166666667&txtLongDecDeg=-91.905555555556&timeframe=2

| title = Daily Data Report for November 2022

| work = Canadian Climate Data

| publisher = Environment and Climate Change Canada

| date= 27 March 2024

| access-date = 5 June 2024}}

}}

Demographics

In the 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statistics Canada, Sioux Lookout had a population of 5,839 living in 2,340 of its 2,647 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:5839-5272}}|5272|1}} from its 2016 population of 5,272. With a land area of {{cvt|378.02|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|5839|378.02|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Sioux%20Lookout&DGUIDlist=2021A00053560034,2021S05100763&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 | title=Sioux Lookout, Municipality (MU) Ontario [Census subdivision] and Sioux Lookout Ontario [Population centre] |work=Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Profile table| publisher=Statistics Canada | date=1 February 2023 | access-date=5 June 2024}}

{{Historical populations

| title = {{Nowrap|Historical census populations –}} Sioux Lookout

| type = Canada

| align = none

| cols = 3

| 1921 |1127

| 1931 |2088

| 1941 |1756

| 1951 |2364

| 1956 |2504

| 1961 |2453

| 1966 |2667

| 1971 |2530

| 1976 |3108

| 1981 |3074

|1986|3098

|1991|3311

|1996|5165

|2001|5336

|2006|5183

|2011|5037

|2016|5272

|2021|5839

| footnote = Population counts are not adjusted for boundary changes.

| source = Statistics Canada{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/English/census91/data/profiles/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=2&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=1&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=1&GC=0&GID=34022&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=29&PRID=0&PTYPE=89103&S=0&SHOWALL=No&SUB=0&Temporal=2006&THEME=113&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=0 |title=1991 Census Area Profiles (1991 & 1986)|date=29 March 2019|access-date=5 June 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/Table-CD-M.cfm?T=1&PR=35&CD=3560&SR=26&S=1&O=A |title=Population and Dwellings Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions (Municipalities), 2001 and 1996 Censuses - 100% Data (2001 & 1996)|date=15 August 2012|access-date=5 June 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3560034&Geo2=CD&Code2=3560&Data=Count&SearchText=Sioux%20Lookout&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |title=Sioux Lookout, MU Ontario (Census subdivision) (2011 & 2006)|date=31 May 2016|access-date=5 June 2024}}{{cite journal |title=1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical) |journal=Catalogue 92-702 Vol I, part 1 (Bulletin 1.1-2) |date=July 1973 |pages=76, 139 |publisher=Statistics Canada}}}}

As an ethnically diverse community, Sioux Lookout has a large Indigenous population (2,090 people, 1,885 First Nations and 190 Métis) along with a smaller number of individuals from all over the world.

class="wikitable" style="margin:2em"
bgcolor="#CCCCCC" !Ethnic background !Population
non-visible minority	5,350
Indigenous	2,090
Filipino	145
South Asian	105
Chinese	80
Black	20
Arab	20
Latin American	20

In 2021, the average household size was 2.5 persons. The median household income in 2020 for Sioux Lookout was $102,000, with an after tax income of $89,000. The average age in Sioux Lookout is 39.0 years old with 38.3 for men and 39.7 for women.

Economy

The main industries of Sioux Lookout are:

Services (68%)
Forestry (14%)
Transportation (12%)
Tourism (4%)

The population explodes during the spring and summer months when seasonal residents arrive. Most of Sioux Lookout's tourism comes from people wanting to experience outdoor activities. Fishing is the main tourist attraction during the summer months due to the access to numerous lakes, such as Lac Seul and Minnitaki Lake.

Government

File:Sioux Lookout ON 1.JPG

Sioux Lookout elects one mayor, six "councillors-at-large". Mayor Doug Lawrance leads a council of Joe Cassidy, Cory Lago, Joyce Timpson, Joan Cosco, Luc Beaulne, Reece Van Breda.

The town is represented in the House of Commons of Canada by Conservative MP Eric Melillo in the electoral district of Kenora, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario by New Democratic Party MPP Sol Mamakwa in the electoral district of Kiiwetinoong.

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|+Sioux Lookout federal election results{{cite web |url=https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=rep/off/44gedata&document=bypro&lang=e |title=Official Voting Results Raw Data (poll by poll results in Sioux Lookout)|publisher=Elections Canada |access-date=15 March 2023}}

! colspan="2" scope="col" | Year

! colspan="2" scope="col" | Liberal

! colspan="2" scope="col" | Conservative

! colspan="2" scope="col" | New Democratic

! colspan="2" scope="col" | Green

style="width: 0.25em; background-color: {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}|

! 2021

| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} | 18%

| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| 378

| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} | 43%

| style="text-align:right; background:#6495ED;"| 886

| {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} | 33%

| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| 696

| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} | 2%

| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| 31

style="width: 0.25em; background-color: {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}|

! 2019

| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} | 27%

| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| 653

| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} | 32%

| style="text-align:right; background:#6495ED;"| 783

| {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} | 33%

| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| 818

| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} | 7%

| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| 164

The Sioux Lookout Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment, according to the Sioux Lookout municipal government website, is composed of forty-four constables, seven First Nation constables, five special constables, six sergeants, one staff sergeant, one inspector, eight civilian employees and sixty-two part-time guards and matrons.

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|+Sioux Lookout provincial election results{{cite web |url=https://www.elections.on.ca/en/resource-centre/elections-results.html |title=Official Voting Results by polling station (poll by poll results in Sioux Lookout)|publisher=Election Ontario |access-date=March 15, 2023}}

! colspan="2" scope="col" | Year

! colspan="2" scope="col" | PC

! colspan="2" scope="col" | New Democratic

! colspan="2" scope="col" | Liberal

! colspan="2" scope="col" | Green

style="width: 0.25em; background-color: {{Canadian party colour|ON|NDP}}|

! 2022

| {{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|background}} | 37%

| style="text-align:right; background:#9999FF;"| 540

| {{Canadian party colour|ON|NDP|background}} | 48%

| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| 690

| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} | 8%

| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"|119

| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Green|background}} | 3%

| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| 39

style="width: 0.25em; background-color: {{Canadian party colour|ON|PC}}|

! 2018

| {{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|background}} | 41%

| style="text-align:right; background:#9999FF;"| 782

| {{Canadian party colour|ON|NDP|background}} | 35%

| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| 668

| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} | 19%

| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"|368

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Culture

=Blueberry Festival=

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Sioux Lookout's annual Blueberry Festival has been held the first week of August since 1983. 2022 marks the 40th anniversary of the festival, which celebrates the town and its surrounding environment. The festival includes a number of sporting events (slo-pitch, beach volleyball, bocce, tennis, and golf tournaments) along with charitable fundraisers, blueberry themed food, historical walks, musical performances including the Sioux Mountain Music Festival, a car and truck show, a farmers' market, and much more. The town mascot and face of the festival, Blueberry Bert, makes frequent appearances around town throughout the duration of the festival.

=Outdoor activities=

Hunting and fishing are popular pastimes in Sioux Lookout. The annual Walleye Weekend Tournament, organized by the Sioux Lookout Anglers and Hunters Group, is held the second weekend of June with several cash prizes available to be won. Numerous hunting and fishing camps, as well as fly-in fishing lodges, also operate in the area. These include: Anderson's Lodge, Frog Rapids Camp, Fireside Lodge, and Moosehorn Lodge among many others.

Ecotourism is growing rapidly with outfitters such as Goldwater Expeditions providing kayak, ski, and snowshoe rentals while also providing ecology based adventures, cultural education, and ecological interpretation.

=Sites of interest=

Sioux Mountain
Cedar Bay Recreational Facilities
Ojibway Provincial Park

=Arts=

==Literature==

Peggy Sanders, awarded the Order of Canada in October 2006, is Sioux Lookout's leading literary figure. She was praised by the Governor-General for "bridging cultures...and building relationships between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities for decades". She continued to note that Sanders was: "a founding member of the local anti-racism committee...and has championed literacy by founding the town's first public library." Patricia Ningewance Nadeau, from the Lac Seul First Nation, is on the board of directors at the Indigenous Language Institute. She has published a textbook on the Ojibwe language: Talking Gookom's Language and five other books. She was the first editor of Wawatay News in Sioux Lookout.

Richard Schwindt, former resident of Sioux Lookout, published a collection of short stories titled Dreams and Sioux Nights in 2003. Most of the characters and settings are based upon Sioux Lookout and the surrounding area.

Phillip Neault-Pioneer is a collection of songs and stories told by Mae Carroll to her grandchildren. Her book, edited by James R. Stevens, takes place in the two railroad towns of Fort William and Sioux Lookout in pioneer times.

The Sioux Lookout Anti-Racism Committee was a winner of the 23rd Annual Human Rights Media Awards,{{cite news|url=https://www.bnaibrith.ca/mediaawards|title=Human Rights Media Awards|work=B'nai Brith Canada|access-date=2018-06-17}} presented by the League for Human Rights of B'nai Brith Canada, for "their web site which deals with the effects and strategies of dealing with issues of racism and resources and strategies to deal with instances of racism".{{Cite web|url=http://www.sources.com/SSR/Docs/Winners42.htm|title=The Winners - Sources 42|website=www.sources.com|access-date=2018-06-17}}

The town also appears as a prominent figure in the novel, The Cunning Man by Robertson Davies.

Sioux Lookout is also a feature in Paulette Jiles' novel North Spirit: Travels Among the Cree and Ojibway Nations and Their Star Maps published in 1995 by Doubleday Canada.

==Music==

Lawrence Martin, a Juno Award-winning musician, was the mayor of Sioux Lookout during the 1990s. Martin is now mayor of Cochrane, and was once a member of the TVOntario board of directors. Also, a concert series called S.L.Y.M (Sioux Lookout Youth Music) Productions supplies the town with local and out-of- town bands for the town's ear drums. To date, S.L.Y.M has featured the local bands of Darkness Deprived, Red Radio, Double Helix, and The Four Ohms. S.L.Y.M. also regularly hosts open coffee houses to showcase local acoustic talent. The Sioux Lookout Cultural Centre for Youth and the Arts is under construction and will include a recording studio for aspiring local artists.

=Sports=

Sioux Lookout was home to the Sioux Lookout Flyers, a Junior A team in the Superior International Junior Hockey League, which folded in 2012. Also hosted every year is a First Nations hockey tournament.{{Cite web |url=http://firstnationshockey.ca/ |title=Northern First Nations Hockey Tournament |access-date=2007-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070320134533/http://www.firstnationshockey.ca/ |archive-date=2007-03-20}}

Ryan Parent, first round National Hockey League (NHL) draft pick and two-time IIHF World Junior Championship champion, was raised in Sioux Lookout. Parent returns to his home town during the off-season. As a member of the Canadian World Juniors team, Parent won two consecutive gold medals in 2006 and 2007. He was a first-round draft pick (18th overall) of the Nashville Predators in the 2005 NHL entry draft and was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers on 17 February 2007. Ryan Parent officially joined the NHL when he was recalled from the Flyer's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate team the Philadelphia Phantoms on 13 February 2008 and took a place on the roster.

Infrastructure

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New residential zones have been created in response to Sioux Lookout's continued population growth (which is one of the highest rates in Northern Ontario). In the past decade, Sioux Lookout has renovated its train station and built several new buildings including a new elementary school, a new high school, grocery store, youth centre, court house, hospital, and clinic.

=Health and medicine=

The new Sioux Lookout Meno-Ya-Win Health Centre opened its doors to patients in late 2010. The {{cvt|140000|sqft|order=flip}} hospital has brought many health care services together under one roof. The building complex provides Sioux Lookout, as well as 29 northern communities, with healthcare services. The catchment area for the health centre covers an area larger than France. The health centre—including a hospital, long term care facility, and community services—is characterized by its unique blending of mainstream and traditional Indigenous care. It has been designated as Ontario's centre of excellence for First Nations' healthcare.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oce-ontario.org/news-events/media-releases/2017/11/24/new-digital-health-solution-for-remote-patient-care-demonstrated-at-sioux-lookout-meno-ya-win-health-centre|title=New digital health solution for remote patient care demonstrated at Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre|website=www.oce-ontario.org |access-date=2018-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617043316/http://www.oce-ontario.org/news-events/media-releases/2017/11/24/new-digital-health-solution-for-remote-patient-care-demonstrated-at-sioux-lookout-meno-ya-win-health-centre |archive-date=2018-06-17}}

=Transportation=

Sioux Lookout Airport was opened in 1933; at the time it was the second busiest airport in North America next to Chicago.{{Cite web|url=http://www.siouxlookoutairport.ca/about-the-airport/aviation-history/|title=Aviation History {{!}} Sioux Lookout Airport|website=www.siouxlookoutairport.ca |access-date=2018-06-16}} Today, the airport is a mini-hub facilitating travel to and from all northern communities in Northwestern Ontario. Ornge, Ontario's air ambulance service, operates a base at the airport. Bearskin Airlines, SkyCare Air Ambulance, Slate Falls Airways, North Star Air, Bamaji Air Service, Perimeter Aviation and Wasaya Airways all operate out of the airport.

Education

=Post-secondary=

While Confederation College is based in Thunder Bay, it operates several campuses across northwestern Ontario, which include a campus in Sioux Lookout within the site of Sioux North High School. The college offers various programs for students wishing to continue their post-secondary education. Nursing, Business, Social Service, and Mechanical Techniques are just some of the programs available at the Sioux Lookout campus.

=Secondary education=

Keewatin-Patricia District School Board's Sioux North High School, located at 86 3rd Avenue provides secondary education to Sioux Lookout residents as well as to many students from remote northern First Nations communities. It replaced Queen Elizabeth District High School in 2019.{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/sioux-lookout-high-school-opening-1.5064818| title = Sioux Lookout, Ontario celebrates opening of new Sioux North High School {{!}} CBC News}} It is the only high school (public or Catholic) within Sioux Lookout.

=Elementary and other education centres=

Sioux Lookout has two major elementary schools: Sioux Mountain Public School of the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board and Sacred Heart School of the Northwest Catholic District School Board.

Other schools in the area include Cornerstone Christian Academy and Pelican Falls First Nations High School.

Hudson Public School in Hudson, Ontario was closed in 2011 by the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board and now used as Lac Seul Centre of Training Excellence. The closest elementary school near Hudson is Obishkokaang Elementary School on the north side of Lost Lake and serves students from the Lac Seul First Nation. Public school students in Hudson now must travel to Sioux Lookout.