Pikangikum 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:

• Child and Family Services worker on-reserve provided through Tikinagan Child and Family Services in Sioux Lookout
• Hospital services available at Margaret Cochenour Hospital in Red Lake and Meno Ya Win Health Centre in Sioux Lookout
• Ontario First Nation Policing arrangements through Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)
• Provides several small private businesses and a Northern Store housing a Tim Horton's, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Pizza Hut
• Provides the Whitefeather Laundromat
• Offers a small business centre housing the Pikangikum Hotel, Weseeneawegamic Restaurant and other offices
• Operates a Canada Post postal station
• Provides a band-run community radio station
• Operates the Whitefeather Forest Management Corp
• Provides the locally-owned Eshkotay Wayab Power Authority
• Serviced by Wasaya Airways flights through the Pikangikum Airport located 1.9 km NE of the community
• Served also by the Pikangikum Water Aerodrome located on Pikangikum Lake
• Participates in Project Journey, initiated in Feb 2014, a partnership between the National Crime Prevention Strategy of Public Safety Canada, the OPP and the community of Pikangikum with a goal to prevent and reduce youth crime and anti-social behaviours among at-risk youth between the ages of 6-18 years of age in the community
• Provides an Early Childhood Daycare Centre
• Provides health care at the Pikangikum Nursing Station
• Coordinates health programs through the Pikangikum Health Authority (PHA)
• Provides educational services through Pikangikum Education Authority, which administers Eenchokay Birchstick School for students from JK-Grade 12
• Offers the Whitefeather Forest Management Corporation
• Became the first community to be connected to Ontario's power grid through the Wataynikaneyap Power project in Dec 2018; completion of the Pikangikum transmission line eliminates the community's dependence on diesel fuel
• Connected to SpaceX Starlink broadband Internet in Dec 2020, making Pikangikum the first Northern community to do so
• New bail bed facility opened in Dec 2020

Services and Programs:

• Extended Health Benefits
• Housing Department
• Ontario Works
• Public Works Department
• Kii-we-yan Bail Bed and Transition Home - Bail Bed and Transition Facility
• Nursing Station