''For the municipality, see: the

Rural Municipality of Alexander The Rural Municipality of Alexander (french: Municipalité rurale d'Alexander) is a rural municipality in the Eastman Region of Manitoba, Canada. The town of Powerview-Pine Falls lies adjacent to the municipality, as does the Sagkeeng First Nation ...

'' Alexander, Manitoba is an unincorporated community recognized as a

local urban district A local urban district is a type of unincorporated community within the Canadian province of Manitoba. According to ''The Municipal Act'', a local urban district is a locality wholly within a rural municipality that "has at least 250 residents and ...

on Highway 1 west of

Brandon Brandon may refer to: Names and people *Brandon (given name), a male given name * Brandon (surname), a surname with several different origins Places Australia *Brandon, a farm and 19th century homestead in Seaham, New South Wales *Brandon, Q ...

located in the Rural Municipality of Whitehead. The post office opened on 10-10-21W as Pulteney in 1882. It became Alexander Station in 1885 and was moved to 17-10-21W and changed to Alexander in 1891. It was made a rail point on the

Canadian Pacific Railway The Canadian Pacific Railway (french: Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique) , also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadi ...

in 1882. The community was named for an early settler named Alexander Speers. The community's closest city is Brandon and their school is part of the

Brandon School Division The Brandon School Division is a school division in Brandon, Manitoba, Brandon, Manitoba. It is overseen by a board of nine trustees. Elementary schools are: Alexander School (Alexander, Manitoba, Alexander), Betty Gibson School, Earl Oxford Schoo ...

Demographics

In the

2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...

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 ...

, Alexander had a population of 321 living in 119 of its 131 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 334. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

References

* ''Geographic Names of Manitoba'' (pg. 7) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada
Alexander School
Designated places in Manitoba Local urban districts in Manitoba Unincorporated communities in Westman Region {{Manitoba-geo-stub