List of towns in Manitoba
A town is an incorporated urban municipality in the Canadian province of Manitoba.[1] Under current legislation, a community must have a minimum population of 1,000 and a minimum density of 400 people per square kilometre to incorporate as an urban municipality.[2] As an urban municipality, the community has the option to be named a town, village or urban municipality.[2] It also has the option of being named a city once it has a minimum population of 7,500 (there are no towns currently eligible for city status; the closest is Niverville, with a population of 5,947 in the Canada 2021 Census).[2]
Manitoba has 25 towns[3] that had a cumulative population of 56,946 in the 2016 census.[4] The province's largest and smallest towns by population are The Pas and Grand Rapids with populations of 5,369 and 268 respectively.[4] The province's largest and smallest towns by land area are Gillam and Lac du Bonnet with land areas of 1,996.34 km2 (770.79 sq mi) and 2.15 km2 (0.83 sq mi) respectively.[4] The province previously had 50 towns before a series of provincially mandated amalgamations took effect on January 1, 2015.
Communities meeting the population minimum are not always incorporated as urban municipalities. There are 22 unincorporated communities with a population of more than 1,000 within Manitoba's rural municipalities. The largest of these is Oakbank in the Rural Municipality of Springfield with a population of 4,604.
List[edit]
| Name | Incorporation date[5] |
2016 Census of Population[4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population (2016) |
Population (2011) |
Change |
Land area (km2) |
Population density | ||
| Altona[a] | December 31, 1945 | 4,212 | 4,088 | +3.0% | 9.38 | 449.0/km2 |
| Arborg[a] | January 1, 1964 | 1,232 | 1,152 | +6.9% | 2.21 | 557.5/km2 |
| Beausejour[a] | November 5, 1908 | 3,219 | 3,126 | +3.0% | 5.42 | 593.9/km2 |
| Carberry[a] | December 20, 1889 | 1,738 | 1,669 | +4.1% | 4.96 | 350.4/km2 |
| Carman[a] | November 3, 1899 | 3,164 | 3,027 | +4.5% | 4.34 | 729.0/km2 |
| Churchill[b] | January 1, 1959 | 899 | 813 | +10.6% | 53.96 | 16.7/km2 |
| Gillam[b] | May 1, 1966 | 1,265 | 1,332 | −5.0% | 1,996.34 | 0.6/km2 |
| Grand Rapids[b] | March 1, 1962 | 268 | 279 | −3.9% | 87.04 | 3.1/km2 |
| Lac du Bonnet[a] | December 31, 1947 | 1,089 | 1,069 | +1.9% | 2.15 | 506.5/km2 |
| Leaf Rapids[b] | December 1, 1971 | 582 | 498 | +16.9% | 1,272.83 | 0.5/km2 |
| Lynn Lake[b] | May 9, 1959 | 494 | 674 | −26.7% | 910.23 | 0.5/km2 |
| Melita[a] | May 15, 1902 | 1,042 | 1,069 | −2.5% | 3.04 | 342.8/km2 |
| Minnedosa | March 2, 1883 | 2,449 | 2,587 | −5.3% | 15.39 | 159.1/km2 |
| Morris | January 29, 1883 | 1,885 | 1,797 | +4.9% | 6.10 | 309.0/km2 |
| Neepawa | November 23, 1883 | 4,609 | 3,629 | +27.0% | 17.35 | 265.6/km2 |
| Niverville[a] | January 1, 1969 | 4,610 | 3,540 | +30.2% | 8.69 | 530.5/km2 |
| The Pas | May 17, 1912 | 5,369 | 5,513 | −2.6% | 49.52 | 108.4/km2 |
| Powerview-Pine Falls[a][c] | January 1, 1951 | 1,316 | 1,314 | +0.2% | 5.02 | 262.2/km2 |
| Snow Lake[b] | June 2, 1947 | 899 | 723 | +24.3% | 1,211.89 | 0.7/km2 |
| Ste. Anne[a] | January 1, 1963 | 2,114 | 1,626 | +30.0% | 4.23 | 499.8/km2 |
| Stonewall[a] | August 14, 1906 | 4,809 | 4,536 | +6.0% | 5.99 | 802.8/km2 |
| Swan River | May 11, 1908 | 4,014 | 3,907 | +2.7% | 7.16 | 560.6/km2 |
| Teulon[a] | May 6, 1919 | 1,201 | 1,124 | +6.9% | 3.23 | 371.8/km2 |
| Virden[a] | August 2, 1890 | 3,322 | 3,114 | +6.7% | 8.97 | 370.3/km2 |
| Winnipeg Beach[a] | November 2, 1909 | 1,145 | 1,011 | +13.3% | 3.87 | 295.9/km2 |
| Total | — | 56,946 | 53,217 | +7.0% | 5,699.31 | 10.0/km2 |
- Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n The towns of Altona, Arborg, Beausejour, Carberry, Carman, Lac du Bonnet, Melita, Niverville, Powerview-Pine Falls, Ste. Anne, Stonewall, Teulon, Virden and Winnipeg Beach were originally incorporated as villages.[5]
- ^ a b c d e f The towns of Churchill, Gillam, Grand Rapids, Leaf Rapids, Lynn Lake and Snow Lake were originally incorporated as local government districts.[5]
- ^ The Town of Powerview-Pine Falls originally incorporated under the name of the Village of Powerview. Its renaming occurred on May 1, 2005 when it simultaneously absorbed the neighbouring community of Pine Falls and changed to town status.[6]
Former towns[edit]
A list of formerly incorporated towns, excluding current and former cities that previously held town status.[a][b]
- Notes
- ^ The cities of Dauphin, Flin Flon, Morden, Portage la Prairie, Selkirk, Steinbach, Thompson and Winkler were formerly incorporated as towns.
- ^ The former cities of St. Boniface, East Kildonan, Transcona, and West Kildonan (all amalgamated into the City of Winnipeg in 1972) were also formerly incorporated as towns prior to becoming cities.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa The Manitoba government amalgamated 65 rural municipalities, 25 towns, and 17 villages into 47 municipalities on January 1, 2015 in order to bring these municipalities into compliance with the minimum population requirements of the Municipal Act.[2][5]
- ^ The Town of Brooklands amalgamated with the City of St. James in 1969; part of the City of Winnipeg since January 1, 1972.[7]
- ^ The former Town of East Selkirk was incorporated in 1883 and later dissolved in 1904.[8]
- ^ The former Town of Emerson amalgamated with the municipality of West Lynne in 1883 and briefly held city status from 1883 to 1886.[9]
- ^ The former Town of Shoal Lake amalgamated with the former Rural Municipality (RM) of Shoal Lake to form the now-former Municipality of Shoal Lake on January 1, 2011; part of RM of Yellowhead since January 1, 2015.[10]
- ^ The former Town of Tuxedo and eleven other municipalities were amalgamated with the City of Winnipeg on January 1, 1972.[7]
See also[edit]
- List of communities in Manitoba
- List of ghost towns in Manitoba
- List of municipalities in Manitoba
- Manitoba municipal amalgamations, 2015
References[edit]
- ^ "Statistical Information 2009" (PDF). Manitoba Local Government. Retrieved December 24, 2012. [permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d "The Municipal Act". Government of Manitoba. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
- ^ "Interim List of Changes to Municipal Boundaries, Status, and Names: From January 2, 2012 to January 1, 2013" (pdf). Statistics Canada. pp. 6–7. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Manitoba)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
- ^ a b c d "MHS Resources: Manitoba's Municipal History". The Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
- ^ "Manitoba Municipalities: Powerview-Pine Falls". The Manitoba Historical Society. April 22, 2013. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
- ^ a b "Manitoba Communities: Brooklands (Unincorporated Town)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ "Manitoba Communities: East Selkirk (Unincorporated Town)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ "Emerson" (PDF). Manitoba Historical Society. p. 24. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ "Manitoba Communities: Shoal Lake (Unincorporated Town)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
