Demographics: Walpole Island has approximately 3000 citizens with about 2,200 being year round residents.

Language

Linguistic Affiliation:

Algonkian

Mother Tongue

Ojibwa

Pottawatomi

Spoken Language

English

85%

Aboriginal

11%

English & Aboriginal

7%

French & Other

1%

Nearly all of the households on Walpole Island are directly or indirectly involved with hunting, fishing and trapping activities. Recreational tourism is the number one industry. The second largest is agriculture. The third ranking sector is government services and the fastest growing.

The remainder are involved in manufacturing, trade industries, transportation, communications and other utility industries, and miscellaneous commercial activites. Local facilites include an economic development and industrial-training complex.

Unfortunately, during the transitional seasons, unemployment rises to nearly 70% for the whole reserve.

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