Division No. 1, Unorganized, or Whiteshell Unorganized, is a

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 ...

census subdivision of its

Division No. 1, Manitoba Division No. 1 is a census division located within the Eastman Region of the Canadian province of Manitoba. Unlike in some other provinces, census divisions do not reflect the organization of local government in Manitoba. These areas exist solely ...

that consists of a part of the division that is not organized into either incorporated municipalities or Indian reserves. Unlike in some other provinces, census divisions do not reflect the organization of local government in Manitoba. It is located at the southeast corner of Manitoba, along the border of both the Province of Ontario and the U.S. State of Minnesota. The northern half of the subdivision consists of Manitoba's Whiteshell Provincial Park. The 2006 Census reported a population of 1,130, a 68.66% increase from the 670 reported in the 2001 Census. Several Indian reserves are located within the territory of the southern portion, although they are not administratively a part of it. They include the

Buffalo Point First Nation Buffalo Point First Nation is an Ojibwa or Saulteaux First Nations located in the southeastern corner of Manitoba, along the shores of Lake of the Woods. It is bordered largely by the unorganized portion of Division No. 1, Manitoba, and also ha ...

, Reed River 36A First Nation, Iskatewizaagegan 39 Independent First Nation, and Shoal Lake 40 First Nation Indian reserves.

Geography

According to

, the census subdivision has an area of 4,129.58 km² (1,594.44 sq mi).

Adjacent rural municipalities and counties

* Rural Municipality of Reynolds - (west) *

Rural Municipality of Whitemouth The Rural Municipality of Whitemouth is a rural municipality located in southeastern Manitoba. The community of Whitemouth is located in the municipality, which also contains the , and small parts of Manitoba's Agassiz Provincial Forest (in it ...

- (west) * Pinawa, Manitoba - (west) * Rural Municipality of Lac du Bonnet - (west) *

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 ...

- (northwest) * Unorganized Division No. 19 - (north) * Unorganized Kenora - (east) *

Shoal Lake 39A Shoal Lake 39A is a First Nations reserve straddling the border of Manitoba and Ontario on the shores of Shoal Lake. It is one of the reserves of the Iskatewizaagegan 39 Independent First Nation Shoal Lake 39 First Nation ( oj, Iskatewi-zaaga'ig ...

- (east) * Shoal Lake 40 First Nation - (east) * Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota - (southeast) *

- (south) *

Rural Municipality of Piney The Rural Municipality of Piney is a rural municipality in southeastern Manitoba, Canada, along the border with Minnesota in the United States. Geography According to Statistics Canada, the municipality has a land area of 2,433.77 km2. I ...

- (southwest)

References

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