Shuniah is a municipal
township bordering the city of
Thunder Bay,
Ontario,
Canada on the east. Shuniah was incorporated by an act of the Ontario
legislature in 1873, and at that time included much of present-day Thunder Bay and its predecessor and surrounding municipalities. Shuniah, named after the Ojibwa word "
zhooniyaa" for "money" or "silver" (see the
French ), was settled largely due to silver mining potential identified in the mid-19th century.