Constance Lake First Nation is an Oji-Cree First Nation in Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, Canada,[1] directly north of the community of Calstock along a continuation of Ontario Highway 663.[2] In 2010, the First Nation had a total registered population of 1,477 people, of which the on-reserve population was 820.
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The First Nation elects its leadership for a two-year term through the Act Electoral System. As of 2010[update], the leadership is held by chief Roger Wesley, together with six (6) councillors: Charlie Baxter, Sr., Allen Ferris, Darius Ferris, Beatrice Ineese, Ken Neegan and Fred Sackaney.[3]
As a signatory to Treaty 9, the First Nation is a member of Matawa First Nations, a Regional Chiefs' Council; the Regional Chiefs' Council, in turn, is a member of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation, a Tribal Political Organization representing many of the First Nations in Northern and Northwestern Ontario.
Constance Lake First Nation have two reserves: the 3,110.5-hectare (7,686.2-acre) Constance Lake 92 Indian Reserve[4] and the 3,108-hectare (7,680-acre) English River 66 Indian Reserve,[5] of which Constance Lake 92 serves as the main reserve. The community has existed in this area since the early 1940s, when the reserve was first established.[6]
Constance Lake is policed by the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service, an Aboriginal based service.
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