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  • Walter Anzi Tuomi (c.1913 - 1957)
    Death notice Port Arthur News-Chronicle Tuomi, Walter 43 03 Sep 1957 FW 4 Sep 1957 p.2
  • Tyko Victor Tuomi (c.1918 - 1989)
    Death notice Chronicle-Journal Tuomi, Victor T. 71 21 May 1989 Thunder Bay 24 May 1989 p.26
  • Irma Campbell (1912 - 1942)
    Birth 1912 Sault Ste Marie, ON Death notice Port Arthur News-Chronicle Campbell, Irma Edith 30 1 Oct 1942 FW 2 Oct 1942 p.3 pic
  • Lydia Tuomi (Markkanen) (c.1889 - 1967)
    Marriage 1911 Sault Ste Marie, ON Death notice Port Arthur News-Chronicle Tuomi, Lydia (Mrs.) 78 01 Mar 1967 PA 2 Mar 1967 p.3
  • Victor Tuomi (1890 - 1966)
    Marriage 1911 Sault Ste Marie, ON Canada Census 1921 Fort William, 302 Robertson St Death notice Port Arthur News-Chronicle Tuomi, Victor 76 01 Jan 1966 PA 3 Jan 1966 p.2/3

The province of Ontario was a primary destination for Finnish emigration to Canada. Finns settled most often in Thunder Bay district for its farming and logging opportunities, Sudbury district for the Copper Cliff mines, and Cochrane district for the Porcupine gold mines near Timmins. Ontario still has the largest Finnish-descending population in Canada.

Largest Finnish communities in Canada Census of 1971 (source: Raivio, Yrjö, Kanadan suomalaisten historia, Copper Cliff 1975)

  • Thunder Bay district - 11105
  • Toronto district - 7775
  • Sudbury district - 7095
  • Algoma district - 2805
  • Cochrane district - 1610

The project serves as an umbrella of local projects for Ontario communities with significant Finnish population. If there is no suitable local project, you can add profiles of Finnish immigrants and their descendants also to this project.

Please start a project discussion if you would like to have a new project established for a particular area.

Existing local projects:

Thunder Bay Finns

Useful links

Cemeteries of Ontario