Businesses in Sioux Lookout

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Sioux Lookout

Industry Description	Number of Establishments	Average Age of Business
Public administration	65	28 years
Other accommodation	33	24 years
Shopping	28	23 years
Restaurants	27	24 years
Health and medical	20	23 years
Education	17	23 years
Social work	15	25 years
Sports and recreation	14	26 years
Lawyers legal	11	23 years
Car repair	11	—
Beauty salons	10	—
Hospitals	10	38 years
Professional membership organizations	10	39 years
Physicians and surgeons	9	—
Construction of buildings	9	25 years

Sioux Lookout Facts

Area	564.7 km²
Population	5,393
Male Population	2,635 (48.9%)
Female Population	2,758 (51.1%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	-51.8%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	-19.2%
Median Age	36.2 years (Male: 36.3, Female: 36.2)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$28,607 (2022)
Area Codes	807
Local Time
Timezone	Central Daylight Time
Lat & Lng	50.10007, -91.91697
Postal Codes	P8T

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Sioux Lookout Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	11,197	8,337	6,677	4,713	5,393	5,578	5,740
Population Density	19.8 / km²	14.8 / km²	11.8 / km²	8.3 / km²	9.6 / km²	9.9 / km²	10.2 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Sioux Lookout Population change from 2000 to 2020

Decrease of 19.2% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Sioux Lookout	-51.8%	-35.3%	-19.2%
Ontario	—	—	—
Canada	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Sioux Lookout Median Age

Median Age: 36.2 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Sioux Lookout	36.2 yrs	36.2 yrs	36.3 yrs
Ontario	40.6 yrs	41.4 yrs	39.6 yrs
Canada	40.6 yrs	41.5 yrs	39.6 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Sioux Lookout Population Density

Population Density: 9.6 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Sioux Lookout	5,393	564.7 km²	9.6 / km²
Ontario	13.8 million	1,078,182.8 km²	12.8 / km²
Canada	35.5 million	9,875,295.4 km²	3.6 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Sioux Lookout Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 400 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Price Distribution

Business distribution by price for Sioux Lookout

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Sioux Lookout Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$32,186	$32,990	$36,214	$42,938	$32,748	$31,360	$28,893	$28,607
Total GDP	$201.7M	$211.4M	$228.9M	$254.6M	$173.3M	$155.5M	$149.6M	$150M

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Sioux Lookout CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Sioux Lookout	77,849 tn	14.44 tn	137.9 tons/km²
Ontario	197,940,137 tn	14.38 tn	183.6 tons/km²
Canada	521,999,336 tn	14.7 tn	52.9 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Sioux Lookout CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	77,849 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	14.44 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	137.9 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	High (9)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Research Institute for Climate and Society - IRI - Columbia University. 2005. Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
2/11/84	11:26 AM	3.9	27.2 km	18,000 m	Ontario, Canada	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Sioux Lookout

Sioux Lookout is a town in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. It has a population of about 5,000 people and an elevation of 390 metres (1,280 ft). Known locally as the "Hub of the North", it is serviced by the Sioux Lookout Airport, Highway 72, and the Si..

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