The Ininew Friendship Centre was incorporated on November 19, 1974 and became a member of the Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC) in 1975. The centre’s founding directors are Marie Theresa Hall, Joseph Thomas Sackaney, Alice Anne Doris Louttit, Jacob Rupert’s House Diamond, Marvin Gerald Lawrence Mountney, Richard Robert Moore, and Laughton Oconnel Binns.
The surrounding communities that the Ininew Friendship Centre serves upon request are: Kashechewan, Fort Albany, Attawapiskat, Peawanuk, Fort Severn, Smooth Rock Falls, Kapuskasing, Hearst, Constance Lake, Hornepayne, Timmins, Foleyet, Chapleau, Iroquois Falls, Montieth, Matheson, Kirkland Lake and Haileybury.
