Grand Marais is a community in
Manitoba
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,
Canada
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within the
Rural Municipality of St. Clements
St. Clements is a List of rural municipalities in Manitoba, rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada. It is located to the north-east of Winnipeg, stretching from East St. Paul, Manitoba, East St. Paul and Birds Hill Provincial Park in the south to ...
. It is located immediately south of
Grand Beach Provincial Park
Grand Beach Provincial Park is a provincial park in Manitoba, Canada, noted for its large white sand dunes and ancient beaches from the end of the last ice age. It is located on the eastern shore of Lake Winnipeg, one of the largest freshwater l ...
on
Lake Winnipeg
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at the base of Grand Marais Point.
The community forms part of a
Statistics Canada
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designated place
A designated place (DPL) is a type of community or settlement identified by Statistics Canada that does not meet the criteria used to define municipalities or population centres. DPLs are delineated every 5 years for the Canadian census as the sta ...
named Grand Marais/Grand Beach.
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
Statistics Canada
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, Grand Marais/Grand Beach had a population of 601 living in 304 of its 1,180 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 307. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
See also
*
List of designated places in Manitoba
A designated place is a type of geographic unit used by Statistics Canada to disseminate census data. It is usually "a small community that does not meet the criteria used to define incorporated municipalities or Statistics Canada population c ...
References
* ''Geographical Names of Manitoba - Grand Marais (page 98)'' - the Millennium Bureau of Canada
Unincorporated communities in Interlake Region, Manitoba
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