Austin 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 ...

in western

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on the

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about west of

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. It is part of the

Municipality of North Norfolk The Municipality of North Norfolk (french: Municipalité de North Norfolk) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. History It was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RM of North Norfolk and ...

. It sits at the western edge of the table-flat Portage Plains, but to the south and west is surrounded by miles of low wooded hills known as the Carberry sandhills. The biggest attraction is the annual rodeo and Threshermen's Reunion held at the

Manitoba Agricultural Museum The Manitoba Agricultural Museum is dedicated to collecting vintage farm machinery and buildings from 1900 and before. Located on near Austin, Manitoba in the Municipality of North Norfolk, to date they have amassed over 500 pieces of machinery a ...

the last four business days of July. Austin received its name in 1881 from the

Marquis of Lorne John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, (6 August 1845 – 2 May 1914), usually better known by the courtesy title Marquess of Lorne, by which he was known between 1847 and 1900, was a British nobleman who wa ...

, then

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while he was on a western tour during construction of 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 ...

. Many Plautdietsch-speaking immigrants of

Mennonite 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 Radic ...

denomination moved into the Austin, Manitoba area. Austin has an elementary school, a postal office, a curling/hockey rink, two grocery stores and a credit union. One of the main highlights for the community is the Austin Amateur Hockey League. This is a hockey league that was founded in 2011 with 8 teams. There are currently 12 teams playing in the Austin Amateur Hockey League. Teams in the AAHL play through the season to win the Corner Cup. Teams that have won the Corner Cup include the Flames, (2012, 2014), the Oilers, (2013), and the Royals, (2015).

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Austin had a population of 415 living in 189 of its 214 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 422. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Gallery

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References

Designated places in Manitoba Local urban districts in Manitoba Mennonitism in Manitoba {{Manitoba-geo-stub