Division No. 7 (Brandon Area) 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 Westman Region in the south western area 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 area's major service centre is the city of Brandon, the second largest city in the province. The area population in 2001 was 57,148. The major

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of the Brandon area are agriculture, fertilizer manufacturing, livestock production, and packaging. The Canadian Forces are a major employer due to their training base ( CFB Shilo) near the community of Shilo.

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

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, Division No. 7 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.

Cities

* Brandon

Towns

* Carberry

Unincorporated communities

Glenboro Glenboro is an unincorporated urban community in the Municipality of Glenboro – South Cypress within the Canadian province of Manitoba that held village status prior to January 1, 2015. it is located about 80 km southeast of the City of B ...

* Ingelow *

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* Souris * Wawanesa

Municipalities

* Cornwallis * Elton * Glenboro – South Cypress * North Cypress – Langford (part in Division No. 15) * Oakland – Wawanesa * Riverdale * Souris – Glenwood * Whitehead

References

External links

Manitoba Regional Profiles: Westman Region
07 {{Manitoba-geo-stub Westman Region, Manitoba