Upsala is an unincorporated community and geographic township in Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada.

[1] When established in 1882, Upsala was an important fuel and water stop for trains travelling on the then newly constructed Canadian Pacific Railway system.

Pioneer settlers included Hans Nordal, H. D. Wiseman, Hugo Carlson, C. Nordstrom, S. Kenuck, O. Hakanson, A. Greenland, G. R. Johnston and Elmer and Esther Aho.

In 1939 the Agricultural Society was established in a hall located half a mile east of Upsala on property owned by C. McGuire.

To the south there was the Upsala Inn, J. R. Ellat Store, SS#1 (the school), the community hall and Lake Milton.