Nibinamik First Nation - Band Office

Functions as the governing office for the community; oversees all community programs, services and facilities

Activities and services for community members also include but are not limited to the following:

• Hospital services available at Geraldton and Thunder Bay
• Ontario First Nation Policing arrangements through Nishnawbe-Aski Police Services (NAPS) Northwest Region, Nibinamik Detachment; local phone: 807-593-2151; fax: 807-593-2125
• Child & Family services provided by Tikinagan Child & Family Services, head office in Thunder Bay
• Offers a few private businesses including Summer Beaver Gas Service, Timmins Wabasse Convenience Store, Anik's Store and Nibinamik Fur Trading Co
• Provides the Northern Store and a Canada Post postal station
• Offers a local taxi service and a laundromat
• Offers the Anglican Church of Canada with Sunday services conducted in the Native language
• Serviced with flights to/from Summer Beaver Airport, 4.6 km SW of the community; administered and operated by Ministry of Transportation
• Provides a community Daycare Program
• Offers health care and health programs through the Nursing Station
• Administers Nibinamik Education Centre and education services under Nibinamik Education Authority
• Operates a Volunteer Fire Department
• People of Nibinamik are famous for their creative crafts through beadwork, wood carvings, and moccasins; the quality of slippers they produce is truly rare and their gifted craft is in high demand

Nibinamik is a dry community and ALL arriving passengers at airport and via winter road undergo a luggage check for alcohol and/or illegal substances

Services and Programs:

• Housing Program
• Ontario Works
• Public Works
• Recreation Department
• Volunteer Fire Department
• Nibinamik Health Centre