Communities in the province ofManitoba , Canada includeincorporated municipalities ,unincorporated communities andFirst Nations communities.
Types of incorporated municipalities include urban municipalities,rural municipalities and local government districts. Urban municipalities can be named ascities ,towns ,villages or simply urban municipalities.[ 1]
The administration of urban and rural municipalities is regulated byThe Municipal Act .[ 1]
In the2011 Census , Manitoba's communities combined for a total provincial population of 1,208,268.[ 2]
Urban municipalities [ edit ] Manitoba has 79 urban municipalities, which includes the sub-types of cities, towns and villages.
Manitoba has 10 cities.
Cities in Manitoba Name Region [ 3] Council type[ 4] Council size[ 4] 2021 Canadian census [ 5] Incorporation date Population Population Change Land2 ) Population Brandon Westman Ward 10 51,313 48,883 +5.0% 79.04 2 May 30, 1882 [ 6] Dauphin Parkland At-large 6 8,368 8,369 12.67 2 March 20, 1998 [ 7] Flin Flon (part)[ a] Northern At-large 6 4,940 4,991 −1.0% 13.14 376.1/km2 June 26, 1970 [ 9] Morden Pembina Valley [ 10] At-large 6 9,929 8,668 +14.5% 16.29 609.6/km2 August 24, 2012 [ 11] Portage la Prairie Central Plains At-large 6 13,270 13,304 −0.3% 24.72 2 February 13, 1907 [ 12] Selkirk Interlake &Winnipeg [ 13] [ 14] At-large 6 10,504 10,278 +2.2% 24.47 2 June 26, 1998 [ 15] Steinbach Eastman At-large 6 17,806 16,022 +11.1% 37.56 2 October 10, 1997 [ 16] Thompson Northern At-large 8 13,035 13,678 −4.7% 16.62 2 July 7, 1970 [ 17] Winkler Pembina Valley [ 10] At-large 6 13,745 12,660 +8.6% 20.73 663.1/km2 April 7, 2002 [ 18] Winnipeg Winnipeg Ward 15 749,607 705,244 +6.3% 461.78 2 November 8, 1873 [ 19] All cities 892,517 842,097 +6.0% 707.02 2 — Manitoba[ b] 1,342,153 1,278,365 +5.0% 540,310.19 2 —
Manitoba has 25 towns.
Name Incorporation 2016 Census of Population Population Population Change Land area2 ) Population Altona December 31, 1945 4,212 4,088 +3.0% 9.38 2 Arborg January 1, 1964 1,232 1,152 +6.9% 2.21 2 Beausejour November 5, 1908 3,219 3,126 +3.0% 5.42 2 Carberry December 20, 1889 1,738 1,669 +4.1% 4.96 2 Carman November 3, 1899 3,164 3,027 +4.5% 4.34 2 Churchill January 1, 1959 899 813 +10.6% 53.96 2 Gillam May 1, 1966 1,265 1,332 −5.0% 1,996.34 2 Grand Rapids March 1, 1962 268 279 −3.9% 87.04 2 Lac du Bonnet December 31, 1947 1,089 1,069 +1.9% 2.15 2 Leaf Rapids December 1, 1971 582 498 +16.9% 1,272.83 2 Lynn Lake May 9, 1959 494 674 −26.7% 910.23 2 Melita May 15, 1902 1,042 1,069 −2.5% 3.04 2 Minnedosa March 2, 1883 2,449 2,587 −5.3% 15.39 2 Morris January 29, 1883 1,885 1,797 +4.9% 6.10 2 Neepawa November 23, 1883 4,609 3,629 +27.0% 17.35 2 Niverville January 1, 1969 4,610 3,540 +30.2% 8.69 2 Pas The Pas May 17, 1912 5,369 5,513 −2.6% 49.52 2 Powerview-Pine Falls January 1, 1951 1,316 1,314 +0.2% 5.02 2 Snow Lake June 2, 1947 899 723 +24.3% 1,211.89 2 Ste. Anne January 1, 1963 2,114 1,626 +30.0% 4.23 2 Stonewall August 14, 1906 4,809 4,536 +6.0% 5.99 2 Swan River May 11, 1908 4,014 3,907 +2.7% 7.16 2 Teulon May 6, 1919 1,201 1,124 +6.9% 3.23 2 Virden August 2, 1890 3,322 3,114 +6.7% 8.97 2 Winnipeg Beach November 2, 1909 1,145 1,011 +13.3% 3.87 2 Total — 56,946 53,217 +7.0% 5,699.31 2
Manitoba has 2 villages. The second section of this table shows places that are no longer villages, but that were villages just before their reclassification in 2015 (or in some cases an earlier date).
Villages of Manitoba Name Population[ 20] Population[ 20] Change[ 20] Area[ 20] Population[ 20] Dunnottar 763 696 8.7 2.8 272.5 St-Pierre-Jolys 1,170 1,099 6.5 2.6 450.0 Total villages 1,933 1,795 7.7 5.4 358.0 Name Dissolved Currently part of Benito January 1, 2015 Municipality of Swan Valley West Binscarth January 1, 2015 Municipality of Russell – Binscarth Bowsman January 1, 2015 Municipality of Minitonas – Bowsman Cartwright January 1, 2015 Cartwright – Roblin Municipality Crystal City January 1, 2015 Municipality of Louise Elkhorn January 1, 2015 Rural Municipality of Wallace – Woodworth Ethelbert January 1, 2015 Municipality of Ethelbert Foxwarren January 1, 1967 [ 21] Prairie View Municipality Garson January 1, 2003 [ 22] Rural Municipality of Brokenhead Glenboro January 1, 2015 Municipality of Glenboro – South Cypress Great Falls January 1, 1973 [ 23] Rural Municipality of Alexander McCreary January 1, 2015 Municipality of McCreary Napinka January 1, 1986 Municipality of Brenda – Waskada Notre Dame de Lourdes January 1, 2015 Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Manitoba Powerview May 1, 2005 [ 24] Town of Powerview-Pine Falls Riverton January 1, 2015 Municipality of Bifrost – Riverton St. Claude January 1, 2015 Rural Municipality of Grey St. Lazare January 1, 2015 Rural Municipality of Ellice – Archie Somerset January 1, 2015 Municipality of Lorne Waskada January 1, 2015 Municipality of Brenda – Waskada Wawanesa January 1, 2015 Municipality of Oakland – Wawanesa Winnipegosis January 1, 2015 Rural Municipality of Mossey River
Rural municipalities [ edit ] Manitoba has 116 rural municipalities.
Rural municipalities of Manitoba Rural municipality (RM) Administrative seat[ 25] Incorporation[ 26] 2016 Census of Population [ 27] Population Population Change Land area2 ) Population
Local government districts [ edit ] Manitoba has two local government districts.
Name Population[ 2] Population[ 2] Change[ 2] Area[ 2] Population[ 2] Mystery Lake 10 0 — 3,464.06 0 Pinawa 1,444 1,450 −0.4 128.47 11.2 Total local government districts 1,454 1,450 0.3 3,592.53 0.4
Unincorporated communities [ edit ] Four unincorporated places in Manitoba are designated ashamlets .[ 28]
Northern communities [ edit ] Manitoba recognizes 57 unincorporated places as northern communities.[ 28]
Manitoba recognizes 12 unincorporated places assettlements .[ 28]
Communities in Canada's provinces and territories
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