Census Division No. 23 (Churchill - Northern Manitoba) is a
census division
Census divisions, in Canada and the United States of America, United States, are areas delineated for the purposes of statistical analysis and presentation; they have no government in and of themselves. The census divisions of Canada are second-lev ...
located within the
Northern Region of the Province of
Manitoba,
Canada. Unlike in some other provinces, census divisions do not reflect the organization of local government in Manitoba. These areas exist solely for the purposes of statistical analysis and presentation; they have no government of their own.
The census division contains the Atlantic deep sea
Port of Churchill.
The population of the census division was 8,252 in the 2006 census. The census division has a very diversified economic base ranging from
mining,
forestry,
trapping,
transportation and
arctic resupply.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Division No. 23 had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Towns
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Churchill
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Gillam
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Leaf Rapids
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Lynn Lake
Unincorporated communities
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Amery
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Belcher
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Charlebois
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Herchmer
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Lawledge
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Weir River
First Nations reserves
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Brochet 197
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Fox Lake 2
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Granville Lake
Granville Lake ( cr, ᐅᑳᐏᒥᖨᐦᑳᓈᓂ, okâwimithihkânâni) is an Indian settlement located on a peninsula on the south shore of Granville Lake (part of the Churchill River system) in northern Manitoba. The community is primarily ...
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Highrock 199
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Lac Brochet 197A
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Pukatawagan 198
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Shamattawa 1
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South Indian Lake
Unorganized areas
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Unorganized Division No. 23
See also
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Northern Manitoba
References
External links
Manitoba Community Profiles: Churchill - Northern ManitobaMap of Division No. 23, Manitoba at Statcan
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Northern Region, Manitoba
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