Communities in the Province of Manitoba, Canada include incorporated municipalities, unincorporated communities and First Nations communities.
Types of incorporated municipalities include urban municipalities, rural municipalities and local government districts. Urban municipalities can be named as cities, towns, villages or simply urban municipalities.[1]
The administration of urban and rural municipalities is regulated by The Municipal Act.[1] Some municipalities have since amalgamated, making this list inaccurate.
In the 2011 Census, Manitoba's communities combined for a total provincial population of 1,208,268.[2]
Manitoba has 79 urban municipalities, which includes the sub-types of cities, towns and villages.
Main article: List of cities in Manitoba |
Manitoba has 10 cities.
Cities of Manitoba | |||||
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Name | Population (2021)[3] |
Population (2016)[3] |
Change (%)[3] |
Area (km²)[3] |
Population density (2021)[3] |
Brandon | 51,313 | 48,883 | +5.0% | 79.04 | 649.2 |
Dauphin[MB 1] | 8,368 | 8,369 | 0.0% | 12.67 | 660.5 |
Flin Flon (part)[MB 2] | 4,940 | 4,991 | −1.0% | 13.14[MB 3] | 376.1 |
Morden[MB 4] | 9,929 | 8,668 | +14.5% | 16.29 | 609.6 |
Portage la Prairie | 13,270 | 13,304 | −0.3% | 24.72 | 536.8 |
Selkirk | 10,504 | 10,278 | +2.2% | 24.47 | 429.3 |
Steinbach | 17,806 | 16,022 | +11.1% | 37.56 | 474.1 |
Thompson | 13,035 | 13,678 | −4.7% | 16.62 | 784.3 |
Winkler | 13,747 | 12,660 | +8.6% | 20.73 | 663.1 |
Winnipeg[MB 5] | 749,607 | 705,224 | +6.3% | 461.78 | 1,623.3 |
Total cities | 892,507 | 841,880 | +6.0% | 707.02 | 1,262.35 |
Main article: List of towns in Manitoba |
Manitoba has 25 towns.
Name | Incorporation date |
2016 Census of Population | ||||
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Population (2016) |
Population (2011) |
Change |
Land area (km²) |
Population density | ||
Altona | December 31, 1945 | 4,212 | 4,088 | +3.0% | 9.38 | 449.0/km2 |
Arborg | January 1, 1964 | 1,232 | 1,152 | +6.9% | 2.21 | 557.5/km2 |
Beausejour | November 5, 1908 | 3,219 | 3,126 | +3.0% | 5.42 | 593.9/km2 |
Carberry | December 20, 1889 | 1,738 | 1,669 | +4.1% | 4.96 | 350.4/km2 |
Carman | November 3, 1899 | 3,164 | 3,027 | +4.5% | 4.34 | 729.0/km2 |
Churchill | January 1, 1959 | 899 | 813 | +10.6% | 53.96 | 16.7/km2 |
Gillam | May 1, 1966 | 1,265 | 1,332 | −5.0% | 1,996.34 | 0.6/km2 |
Grand Rapids | March 1, 1962 | 268 | 279 | −3.9% | 87.04 | 3.1/km2 |
Lac du Bonnet | December 31, 1947 | 1,089 | 1,069 | +1.9% | 2.15 | 506.5/km2 |
Leaf Rapids | December 1, 1971 | 582 | 498 | +16.9% | 1,272.83 | 0.5/km2 |
Lynn Lake | May 9, 1959 | 494 | 674 | −26.7% | 910.23 | 0.5/km2 |
Melita | 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 | 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 | January 1, 1951 | 1,316 | 1,314 | +0.2% | 5.02 | 262.2/km2 |
Snow Lake | June 2, 1947 | 899 | 723 | +24.3% | 1,211.89 | 0.7/km2 |
Ste. Anne | January 1, 1963 | 2,114 | 1,626 | +30.0% | 4.23 | 499.8/km2 |
Stonewall | 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 | May 6, 1919 | 1,201 | 1,124 | +6.9% | 3.23 | 371.8/km2 |
Virden | August 2, 1890 | 3,322 | 3,114 | +6.7% | 8.97 | 370.3/km2 |
Winnipeg Beach | 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 |
Main article: List of villages in Manitoba |
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).
Main article: List of rural municipalities in Manitoba |
Manitoba has 116 rural municipalities.
Rural municipalities of Manitoba | |||||||
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Rural municipality (RM) | Administrative seat[9] | Incorporation date[10] |
2016 Census of Population[11] | ||||
Population (2021) |
Population (2016) |
Change |
Land area (km2) |
Population density |
Manitoba has two local government districts.
Name | Population (2011)[2] |
Population (2006)[2] |
Change (%)[2] |
Area (km²)[2] |
Population density[2] |
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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 |
Four unincorporated places in Manitoba are designated as hamlets.[12]
Manitoba recognizes 57 unincorporated places as northern communities.[12]
Manitoba recognizes 12 unincorporated places as settlements.[12]