railway station on Station Road. The city operates a public transit system, North Bay Transit. Police Service The North Bay Police Service was founded in 1882, and is overseen by the North Bay City Council's Police Services Board. In 2018, it had a budge of C$18.6 Million. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, North Bay had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In 2021 11.7% of the population was Indigenous, compared to 5.0% nationally. 4.4% of residents were visible minorities compared to 26.5% nationally. The remaining 83.9% of the population was white/European. The largest visible minority groups in North Bay were South Asian (1.4%), Black (1.1%), and Chinese (0.5%). 81.1% of the population spoke English as their mother tongue. French was the first language of 11.3% of residents, compared to 3.3% in all of Ontario. In terms of non-official languages, the most common were Italian (0.6%), Chinese languages (0.3%), German (0.3%), and Spanish (0.3%). 2.2% of residents listed both English and French as mother tongues, while 0.7% listed both English and a non-official language. 56.3% of residents were Christian, down from 73.2% in 2011. 35.2% were Catholic, 13.2% were Protestant, 4.1% were Christian n.o.s and 3.8% belonged to other Christian denominations and Christian-related traditions. 41.6% of the population were non-religious or secular, up from 25.4% in 2011. All other religions made up 2.0% of the population. The largest non-Christian religion was Hinduism (0.5%). North Bay census agglomeration population was 70,378 as of 2016. It had a land area of . Notable people Sam Jacks, inventor of Ringette and Floor hockey Giles Blunt, author Mike Bolan, former Liberal MP, Superior Court judge Kirsten Bos, researcher of ancient DNA Gerald Bull, aerospace engineer, expert in ballistics, assassinated Amanda Burk, artist Chuck Cadman, politician and member of Parliament Jessica Cameron, actress Harvey Charters, silver medalist at 1936 Olympics in canoeing Mike Conroy, WHA hockey player Billy Coutu, NHL hockey player Ab DeMarco Sr, former NHL hockey player Nick Denis, former mixed martial arts fighter and biochemist Kevin Frankish, Toronto-area media personality. He co-hosts Breakfast Television on City. Bobby Gimby, orchestra leader, singer/songwriter who wrote the Canadian Centennial song Mike Harris, former Premier of Ontario Alison Herst, Olympian (Kayak: 1992 Barcelona; 1996