page_title: Downtown Fort William, Ontario
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Downtown Fort William, Ontario / Economy
caption_attribution_description: Victoria Street in Thunder Bay, Ontario
context_page_description: Downtown Fort William, also known as Downtown Thunder Bay South or the South Core, is the urban core of the former city of Fort William, the southern half of Thunder Bay, Ontario. It is centred on Victoriaville Civic Centre, an indoor shopping mall and civic centre built as part of an urban renewal project in the 1980s. It is separated from the Kaministiquia River by the Canadian Pacific Railway line, and its topography is relatively flat.
  Downtown Fort William is the location of Thunder Bay City Hall, and numerous other government offices.
context_section_description: Neither of Thunder Bay's downtown cores overshadowed the other, and both are today less important economically than the Intercity area. However, the South Core continues to be an employment centre. Several thousand people work in the core every day. The largest employers in the area include the city government of Thunder Bay, the StarTek Call Centre, and various businesses in the Victoriaville Civic Centre. The core is home to branches of four of Canada's five major banks, and several credit unions.
  Several industrial businesses are located in the neighbourhood, primarily on the eastern side of the neighbourhood, and the Canadian Pacific Train Station is located in the southernmost part of the neighbourhood.
caption: Victoria Avenue East
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