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Flin Flon is a picturesque mining community and a tourist's paradise.

The Flin Flon area is located in the Flin Flon Belt, a Precambrian volcanic belt that was an element of the Trans-Hudson Orogen.  The majority of the belt was formed approximately 1.9 billion years ago by aquatic volcanic eruptions; these intense eruptions and multiple episodes of glaciation left us the present unique landscape. The belt is the source of our vast mineral deposits, which are primarily zinc, copper, silver and gold. Flin Flon is in close proximity with the Saskatchewan communities of Creighton and Denare Beach, all of which are located within a 20 km area.

Tom Creighton and David Collins discovered the main lens of the Flin Flon volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposit in 1914. Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Company quickly established a fully-functional mine with one of the largest smelters in Canada. This investment by HBM&S quickly developed Flin Flon into a thriving community.

Today, Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Company is still the major employer in the area, and mining is at the heart of the economy. Flin Flon has an above-average household income, making it possible to sustain a healthy retail sector. We have a prosperous business area with a number of stores, hotels, restaurants, and services.

Flin Flon is Manitoba's ninth largest community, with approximately 6200 people. Flin Flon is a border community there is approximately 300 people in Flin Flon Saskatchewan making Flin Flon one of two border communities in Canada the other being Lloydminster on the Saskatchewan/Alberta border. We share the same latitude as Belfast, Copenhagen and Moscow, and are just over 740 km north-northwest of Manitoba's capital city of Winnipeg.