Gilbert Plains | |
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 Sacred Heart Ukrainian Catholic Church in Gilbert Plains, Manitoba. | |
  Gilbert Plains Location of Gilbert Plains inManitoba | |
| Coordinates:51°08′52″N100°29′21″W / 51.14778°N 100.48917°W /51.14778; -100.48917 | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Manitoba |
| Municipality | Gilbert Plains Municipality |
| Census Division | No. 16 |
| Government | |
| • MP | Dan Mazier |
| • MLA | Ron Kostyshyn |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.70 km2 (1.04 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 785[1] |
| • Density | 291/km2 (750/sq mi) |
| • Change 2011-16 |  3.2% |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Postal Code | R0L 0C1, ROL 0X0 |
| Area code | 204 |
| Highways | PTH 5 |
| Railways | Canadian National |
| NTS Map | 62N1Dauphin |
| GNBC Code | GBSLM[2] |
| Website | [1] |
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Gilbert Plains is an unincorporated urban community in theGilbert Plains Municipality,Manitoba,Canada, that was classified as atown prior to January 1, 2015.
It is situated on theValley River, in theParkland Region betweenRiding Mountain National Park andDuck Mountain Provincial Park.[3]
Gilbert Plains was featured during season 3 of theCBC programStill Standing.[4] The episode originally aired on September 5, 2017.
Incorporated in 1906, the original townsite was some miles to the south. The community was named for Gilbert Ross, aMétis man who was living in the region when the firstEuropean settler,Glenlyon Campbell, arrived.
On 1 January 2015, theTown of Gilbert Plains relinquished its town status when it amalgamated with theRural Municipality of Gilbert Plains to form the Gilbert Plains Municipality.[5]
In the2021 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, Gilbert Plains had a population of 773 living in 356 of its 407 total private dwellings, a change of-1.5% from its 2016 population of 785. With a land area of 2.74 km2 (1.06 sq mi), it had a population density of282.1/km2 (730.7/sq mi) in 2021.[6]
A local newspaper,The Exponent, serviced both Gilbert Plains and its neighboring town,Grandview.The Exponent closed on 24 February 2017, after 117 years of operation.[7]
A weekly non-profit newspaper,The Plain View, published its first issue on 5 June 2018, and has been running ever since. It serves both Gilbert Plains and Grandview.
The community is located onHighway 5 and theCNrailway line betweenDauphin andGrandview, approximately 250 miles (400 km) northwest ofWinnipeg. Gilbert Plains railway station receivesVia Rail service.[8] The community previously had anairport.[9]
| Climate data for Gilbert Plains | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 8.0 (46.4) | 12.0 (53.6) | 23.0 (73.4) | 35.5 (95.9) | 37.5 (99.5) | 36.1 (97.0) | 36.1 (97.0) | 39.5 (103.1) | 36.1 (97.0) | 31.5 (88.7) | 21.1 (70.0) | 12.5 (54.5) | 39.5 (103.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −11.0 (12.2) | −7.7 (18.1) | −0.9 (30.4) | 9.6 (49.3) | 17.4 (63.3) | 22.1 (71.8) | 25.3 (77.5) | 24.4 (75.9) | 17.8 (64.0) | 10.0 (50.0) | −1.3 (29.7) | −8.8 (16.2) | 8.1 (46.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −16.6 (2.1) | −13.6 (7.5) | −6.9 (19.6) | 3.0 (37.4) | 10.3 (50.5) | 15.6 (60.1) | 18.5 (65.3) | 17.2 (63.0) | 11.1 (52.0) | 4.0 (39.2) | −6.1 (21.0) | −13.9 (7.0) | 1.9 (35.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −22.1 (−7.8) | −19.5 (−3.1) | −12.8 (9.0) | −3.6 (25.5) | 3.1 (37.6) | 9.0 (48.2) | 11.6 (52.9) | 9.9 (49.8) | 4.3 (39.7) | −2.1 (28.2) | −10.8 (12.6) | −18.9 (−2.0) | −4.3 (24.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −43.5 (−46.3) | −43.3 (−45.9) | −40.6 (−41.1) | −28.9 (−20.0) | −13.0 (8.6) | −3.5 (25.7) | −0.6 (30.9) | −1.5 (29.3) | −11.7 (10.9) | −20.0 (−4.0) | −38.9 (−38.0) | −40.0 (−40.0) | −43.5 (−46.3) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 20.2 (0.80) | 15.1 (0.59) | 29.1 (1.15) | 28.1 (1.11) | 58.9 (2.32) | 85.6 (3.37) | 76.4 (3.01) | 70.2 (2.76) | 53.3 (2.10) | 36.4 (1.43) | 23.6 (0.93) | 24.4 (0.96) | 524.4 (20.65) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 0.2 (0.01) | 0.4 (0.02) | 6.8 (0.27) | 12.9 (0.51) | 54.0 (2.13) | 85.6 (3.37) | 76.4 (3.01) | 70.2 (2.76) | 51.4 (2.02) | 26.7 (1.05) | 3.3 (0.13) | 0.6 (0.02) | 388.6 (15.30) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 20.0 (7.9) | 14.7 (5.8) | 22.2 (8.7) | 15.2 (6.0) | 4.9 (1.9) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 1.8 (0.7) | 9.7 (3.8) | 20.4 (8.0) | 24.4 (9.6) | 132.8 (52.3) |
| Source:Environment Canada[10] | |||||||||||||
Places adjacent to Gilbert Plains | |
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