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Bear RiverFiscal year 2024-2025

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First Nations / Band 21 · Nova Scotia

Bear River

Fiscal year 2024-2025 · 403 registered · 118 on reserve · Confederacy Of Mainland Mi'kmaq

Statement posted, not yet captured

At a glance · FY 2024-2025

Statement posted on the FNFTA index for this year, but not yet captured into structured data. The source PDF is linked under Sources below.

Data by fiscal year

Each row is a fiscal year; every cell opens that data product. Missing data is shown, not hidden.

Fiscal yearStatement tables, notes, schedulesOperationsFinancial positionHeadline figuresCouncil paySource PDF
2024-2025viewingPosted, not captured———4 rowsPDF
2023-2024Posted, not captured———Posted, not capturedPDF
2022-2023Posted, not captured———Posted, not capturedPDF
2021-2022Posted, not captured———Posted, not capturedPDF
2020-2021Posted, not captured———Posted, not capturedPDF
2019-2020Posted, not captured———Posted, not capturedPDF
2018-2019Posted, not captured———Posted, not capturedPDF
2017-2018Posted, not captured———Posted, not capturedPDF
2016-2017Posted, not captured———Posted, not capturedPDF
2015-2016Posted, not captured———Posted, not capturedPDF
2014-2015Posted, not captured———Posted, not capturedPDF
2013-2014Posted, not captured———Posted, not capturedPDF

Statements as published · FY 2024-2025

Posted on the FNFTA index; not yet captured. Use the source PDF under Sources below.

Chief and council pay · FY 2024-2025

4 certified rows

Filed under the FNFTA as the Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses.

PositionNameRemunerationExpensesTotal
CouncilCarol Ann Potter$36,400$8,800—
ChiefCarol Dee Potter$79,846$8,800—
CouncilFred Harlow$36,492$7,400—
CouncilRobert McEwan$33,764$8,350—

Schedules of remuneration are published unaudited. These are certified compatibility rows; blank totals stay blank and the application does not manufacture a combined total. The lossless release also preserves every printed component and service term (capture method: dual vision v2). Source document

Specific land claims

All years, from the ISC specific-claims reporting centre, not the financial statement.

5.69 Acres - 1922Concluded—

Claim Resolved through Administrative Remedy

Source: Status Report on Specific Claims · as of 2026/06/19 ISC source

Bear River Pipeline - Aqua duct - ROWConcluded—

No Lawful Obligation Found

Filed 2008/10/16 · Source: Status Report on Specific Claims · as of 2026/06/19 ISC source

Gulch Hydro Pipeline ProjectInvited to Negotiate—

Active

Filed 2015/07/15 · Source: Status Report on Specific Claims · as of 2026/06/19 ISC source

Kejimkujik LandOther—

File Closed

Source: Status Report on Specific Claims · as of 2026/06/19 ISC source

Kejimkujik TimberOther—

File Closed

Source: Status Report on Specific Claims · as of 2026/06/19 ISC source

Mismanagement of Kejimkujik IRInvited to Negotiate—

Awaiting Response

Filed 2012/03/07 · Source: Status Report on Specific Claims · as of 2026/06/19 ISC source

New Germany IRConcluded—

No Lawful Obligation Found

Filed 2012/04/03 · Source: Status Report on Specific Claims · as of 2026/06/19 ISC source

Total reported settlements (7 claims)—

Community context

Governance

Chief
CAROL DEE POTTER (term to 2029-11-19)
Council
3 councillors
Election system
First Nations Elections Act
Tribal council
Confederacy Of Mainland Mi'kmaq
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  • CLARA HARLOW Councillor
  • FRED HARLOW-ROBAR Councillor
  • CAROL ANN POTTER Councillor

Reserves and location

Reserves
3 reserves
Region
ATLANTIC · near Halifax
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  • BEAR RIVER 6 · 634 ha
  • BEAR RIVER 6A · 31 ha
  • BEAR RIVER 6B · 24 ha

Population

Registered
403
On reserve
118
As of
May, 2026
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  • On own reserve: 118 · 50 M / 68 F
  • On other reserves: 1 · 0 M / 1 F
  • On own Crown land: 0 · 0 M / 0 F
  • On other band Crown land: 0 · 0 M / 0 F
  • On no band Crown land: 0 · 0 M / 0 F
  • Off reserve: 284 · 141 M / 143 F

Registry facts from the ISC First Nation profiles; land and coordinates from federal open data.