An Odawa and Ojibwe community located in the Manitoulin District, the First Nation has two distinct parcels of land.

[3] The second, located on Cockburn Island and legally designated as Zhiibaahaasing 19,[7] had no permanent population in the same census.

[2] There was a significant amount of controversy surrounding a stockpile of more than one million tires within the Zhiibaahaasing First Nation.

Many area residents were concerned about the health and environmental consequences should there be a tire fire.

[10] In September, 2006, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada agreed to provide funding for the removal of the tires.