Major City Insights: Thunder Bay—October 2026

Sea Lion Rock at Sleeping Giant Provincial Park on the shore of Lake Superior near Thunder Bay, Ontario

Major City Insights: Thunder Bay—October 2026

Urban City Economic Analysis
10 min read

Author: Robin Wiebe

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This publication focuses on the Thunder Bay metropolitan economy.

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Rail car contract jolts the economy

This quarter, we assess what new manufacturing contracts could mean for Thunder Bay’s struggling economy.

Despite ongoing weakness in key industries and soft commodity prices, which sectors of the area’s economy will expand and add jobs this year? How is the drop in population affecting the city’s labour and housing markets? We share our outlook for the Thunder Bay economy, including GDP, employment, and population growth.

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