Census Division No. 9 (Portage la Prairie) 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 Central Plains 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 major service centre of the area is the City of Portage la Prairie. The economic base of the area is agriculture,

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and manufacturing. The population of the area as of the 2016 census was 24,391. Also included in the division are the

Dakota Plains First Nation Dakota Plains First Nation, Dakota Plains Wahpeton Oyate, or Wakhpetunwin Otinta (Waȟpéthuŋwaŋ Otina Dakhóta Oyáte, "Leaf dwellers") is a Wahpeton band Dakota First Nations entity southwest of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. It borders the somew ...

and the largest portion of the Long Plain First Nation.

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. 9 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

* Portage la Prairie

Unincorporated communities

* Village of St. Claude

Rural municipalities

* Grey * Portage la Prairie

First Nations and reserves

(Dakota Plains 6A, Dakota Tipi 1) * Long Plain First Nation (Long Plain 6, part)

References

External links

Manitoba Comminity Profiles : Portage la Prairie area
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