General Development Description
Population: The total Beausoleil Band membership is 1455, comprising of 41% on reserve and 59% off reserve.

Language & Culture: The majority of the community members are of the Ojibway Nation, while a significant number of others trace their ancestry to the Pottawatomi Nation. The Ojibway language is spoken.

Education: Christian Island Elementary School is located on the Island. The school offers Junior kindergarten - Grade 8. Students attending High School must travel to other main centres by bus after crossing the water by ferry. Some students reside on the mainland throughout the school year, while others must board on the mainland during the period that the ferry cannot make it through the frozen channel, usually from January until Mid April.

Social Services: Christian Island offers a range of services to meet the needs of the community members. The following are a list of the services available:

• Day Care Centre
• Homemakers and Home Support
• Nutritionist (Public Health Unit)
• Visiting Order of Nurses
• Recreational Services; a Tennis Court, a Baseball Diamond, a Community Hall, West Beach -for members only and a quarter mile track.
• Police Service - 1 Sergeant, 2 Constables and 1 Office Support Personnel
• Fire Protection
• First Response Team

A helicopter pad was built and is used primarily for medical emergencies. The helicopter service is provided by the Canadian Armed Forces under contract from the Province of Ontario.

Infrastructure: The following is a list of the Band owned buildings:

• Administration Building
• Daycare Centre
• Seniors Centre
• Community Hall
• Primary School
• Fire Hall
• Garage
• Enterprise Building
• Town Houses
• Warehouse at Cedar Point
• Garage at Cedar Point
• Residential Property in Tiny Township

Band owned buildings and homes are serviced by individual septic tanks or beds. The water source is undergoing a major Water Treatment Project. The community will be fully serviced by a separate water distribution system. Estimated completion date is the fall of 1999.

• Hydro service is available to all members and cottages
• Telephone service is available throughout the community via a microwave station located on their territory.
• Volunteer firemen provide fire assistance. A fire hall, pumper truck and cube van is owned by the Band.
• Community members are served by the local community radio station 94.7 FM.