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Southern Regional Health Authority
Southern Health-Santé Sud (SH-SS) is the governing body responsible for healthcare delivery and regulation for the eponymous health region in southern Manitoba—covering southeastern and south-central Manitoba, in particular. Southern Health-Santé Sud is one of 5 regional health authorities (RHAs) in Manitoba and is a designated bilingual RHA. It was formed in 2012 by the merger of the former South Eastman Health/Santé Sud-Est and Regional Health Authority - Central Manitoba Health Authorities. Covering an area of more than , the region stretches from the 49th parallel up to the Trans-Canada Highway, from the Manitoba/Ontario border to Winnipeg, and then follows the southwest edge of Lake Manitoba down to the Pembina Escarpment in the west. The region includes: 20 rural municipalities, 7 municipalities, 4 cities, 4 towns, 1 village, and 1 unorganized territory; as well as 7 First Nation communities, 61 Hutterite colonies, and various other cultures and communities such as M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Manitoba
Southern Manitoba is the southernmost area of the Canadian province of Manitoba. Southern Manitoba encompasses the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region, Westman Region, Central Plains Region, Eastman Region, and Pembina Valley Region, as well as the Manitoba portion of Red River Valley. Holding a population of over one million, seven of the ten cities in Manitoba are located in this area, including Winnipeg, Brandon, Portage la Prairie, Selkirk, Morden, Winkler, and Steinbach. Geography Southern Manitoba provides water corridors for the Red, Souris River and Assiniboine River. Natural vegetation ranges from prairie grassland to aspen, and boreal forest in the Whiteshell Provincial Park in southeast Manitoba. At Spruce Woods Provincial Park, near Carberry, Manitoba a remnant of a sandy delta of the Assiniboine River created a rare Canadian desert area with sand dunes and cacti. Manitoba's most fertile farmlands correspond to the rich black soils found along the Red River Valley and south ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Municipalities In Manitoba
Manitoba is the fifth most populous province in Canada with 1,342,153 residents as of 2021 and is the sixth largest in land area at . Manitoba's 137 municipalities cover only of the province's land mass yet are home to of its population. These municipalities provide local government services to their residents. A municipality in Manitoba is "a municipality that is continued or formed under" the ''Municipal Act'', which was enacted in 1996. Municipalities that can be formed under this legislation include urban municipalities (cities, towns and villages) and rural municipalities. The ''Local Government Districts Act'', enacted in 1987, allows the formation of local government districts as another municipality type. Of Manitoba's 137 municipalities, 37 of them are urban municipalities (10 cities, 25 towns and 2 villages), 98 are rural municipalities and 2 are local government districts. The ''Municipal Act'' and the ''Local Government Districts Act'' stipulate governance of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rural Municipality Of Dufferin
Dufferin is a rural municipality in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. The separately administered town of Carman lies near its centre. The R.M. was named after Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava who was Governor General of Canada (1872–78). The now rural municipality was described as a ''new settlement'' in 1874. Communities * Barnsley * Graysville * Homewood * Roseisle * Stephenfield Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ..., Dufferin had a population of 2,543 living in 761 of its 806 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 2,435. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. References ''Manitob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rural Municipality Of De Salaberry
De Salaberry (french: Municipalité rurale De Salaberry) is a rural municipality in the province of Manitoba in western Canada. The administratively separate village of St-Pierre-Jolys and St. Malo Provincial Park lie within the geographical borders of the municipality. The municipality is named after Charles de Salaberry. Communities * Carey * Dufrost * La Rochelle * Otterburne * St. Malo Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ..., De Salaberry had a population of 3,918 living in 1,191 of its 1,295 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 3,580. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. References ''Manitoba Historical Society - Rural Munici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rural Municipality Of Alonsa
Alonsa is a rural municipality (RM) in the province of Manitoba, western Canada. It lies on the west side of Lake Manitoba. Located within the borders of the municipality is the Indian reserve of Ebb and Flow 52, as well as the Margaret Bruce Beach Provincial Park, located east of the town of Alonsa, on one of a series of sand ridges that extend the length of the west side lake. The park is currently under lease to a private operator but development plans include a provincial campground and day use facility. Recreation Parks, Planning Section 3, Gov of Manitoba Conservation The incorporation of Alonsa on 1 January 1945 was as a |
Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Manitoba
Notre Dame de Lourdes is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district in the Municipality of Lorne within the Canadian province of Manitoba that held village status prior to January 1, 2015. It is located within the Central Plains Region, 100 km southwest of Winnipeg. The community had a population of 683 inhabitants in the 2011 census, an increase of 16.0% from the 589 inhabitants during the 2006 census. The community's name (English: Our Lady of Lourdes) is a reference to the Marian apparition that is said to have appeared before Saint Bernadette in Lourdes, France. History The site of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes lies in Ojibwa country. Canadian pioneer explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye traveled through the area in 1738 while seeking to establish a route to the western oceans. The first settlers, from present-day Quebec, arrived in the 1880s. The post office was established in 1892 on 36-6-9W. Father Dom Benoît became the parish's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morden, Manitoba
Morden is a city located in the Pembina Valley region of southern Manitoba, Canada near the United States border. It is about west of the neighbouring city of Winkler; together Morden and Winkler are often referred to as Manitoba's Twin Cities. Morden, which is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Stanley, is the eighth largest and fastest-growing city in Manitoba. According to Statistics Canada, the city had a population of 9,929 in 2021, an increase of 14.5% from 2016, making it Manitoba's fastest growing city. History Morden was founded in 1882, when the Canadian Pacific Railway built a railway line crossing the Dead Horse Creek (called ''Le Cheval Mort'' by the French fur traders) at a place then known as Cheval. This spot became a popular resting place as it was ideal to provide water for drinking and locomotives. The settlement was renamed "Morden", after Alvey Morden, on whose family's land the community was established. Morden was incorporated as a municipality on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Broquerie
La Broquerie is a local urban district in the Rural Municipality of La Broquerie, Manitoba, Canada. It is a predominantly Francophone community located approximately 10 kilometres east of Steinbach, Manitoba and 70 kilometres southeast of the provincial capital Winnipeg, at the confluence of Highways 52, 210, and 302. For most of the community’s history, La Broquerie has been ranked as Manitoba’s largest dairy producer. A distinctive display at the south entrance to the community features a moderately sized, decorative cow. The area's geography makes it attractive to winter sports. One can snowmobile and cross-country ski along the nature trails in the town as well as throughout the entire Sandilands Provincial Forest area. The community also has a golf course, La Verendrye Golf, named after the family of 18th century explorers. The St. Joachim Museum contains historic artifacts pertaining to the history of the French and Belgian settlers since 1877. Demographics In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister Of Health (Manitoba)
Manitoba Health (formerly Health, and Seniors Care, MHSC; also known as Manitoba Health) is the department of the Executive Council of Manitoba, Government of Manitoba that is responsible for leading the development of policy and Socialized medicine, publicly-administered health system planning in the Manitoba, province of Manitoba; the overall funding, performance requirements, oversight, and accountability within the system; promoting prevention and positive health practices; and administering other non-devolved health services in the province.About the Department ''Health, Seniors and Active Living''. Winnipeg, MB: Government of Manitoba. Retrieved 2021 January 11. The department operates under the Minister of Health, who has been Audrey Gordon . The Chief Provincial Public Health Officer, Brent Roussin (), serves un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mennonites
Mennonites are groups of Anabaptist Christian church communities of denominations. The name is derived from the founder of the movement, Menno Simons (1496–1561) of Friesland. Through his writings about Reformed Christianity during the Radical Reformation, Simons articulated and formalized the teachings of earlier Swiss founders, with the early teachings of the Mennonites founded on the belief in both the mission and ministry of Jesus, which the original Anabaptist followers held with great conviction, despite persecution by various Roman Catholic and Mainline Protestant states. Formal Mennonite beliefs were codified in the Dordrecht Confession of Faith in 1632, which affirmed "the baptism of believers only, the washing of the feet as a symbol of servanthood, church discipline, the shunning of the excommunicated, the non-swearing of oaths, marriage within the same church, strict pacifistic physical nonresistance, anti-Catholicism and in general, more emphasis on "true Christ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francophone Canadian
Francophone Canadians (or French-speaking Canadians) are citizens of Canada who speak French. In 2011, 9,809,155 people in Canada, or 30.1% of the population, were Francophone, including 7,274,090 people, or 22% of the population, who declared that they had French as their mother tongue. Distribution Six million French-speaking Canadians reside in Quebec, where they constitute the main linguistic group, and another one million reside in other Canadian regions. The largest portion of Francophones outside Quebec live in Ontario, followed by New Brunswick, but they can be found in all provinces and territories. The presence of French in Canada comes mainly from French colonization in America that occurred in the 16th to 18th centuries. Francophones in Canada are not all of French Canadian or French descent, particularly in the English-speaking provinces of Ontario and Western Canada. Canadians of French Canadian or French origin are also not all Francophone, even if a very large m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Métis In Manitoba
The Manitoba Metis Federation (MMF) a federally recognized Métis in Canada, Métis organization provincially incorporated in Manitoba, Canada, on 28 December 1967. Its current president is David Chartrand. In September of 2021, the MMF withdrew from the Métis National Council, due to that organization's failure to uphold th2002 nationally accepted definition of Métis Leadership The first non-elected Board of Directors was Adam Cuthand, Joe Keeper and Alfred Disbrowe. The successive presidents of the MMF have been the following. Activities During the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, COVID-19 pandemic, MMF received a $460,200 grant from the Public Health Agency of Canada's Immunization Partnership Fund to increase acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine, COVID-19 vaccines among Métis citizens in Manitoba. Further reading * Barkwell, Lawrence J., Leah Dorion, and Audreen Hourie. Métis legacy Michif culture, heritage, and folkways. Métis legacy series, v. 2. Saskatoon: Gabriel Dumont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
