Communities in the Province of

Manitoba Manitoba ( ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada at the Centre of Canada, longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, fifth-most populous province, with a population o ...

, Canada include

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and

First Nation Indigenous peoples are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, maintain the language and culture of those original people ...

s communities. Types of incorporated municipalities include urban municipalities, rural municipalities and local government districts. Urban municipalities can be named as

cities A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

s or simply urban municipalities. The administration of urban and rural municipalities is regulated by ''The Municipal Act''. Some municipalities have since amalgamated, making this list inaccurate. In the 2011 Census, Manitoba's communities combined for a total provincial population of 1,208,268.

Municipalities

Urban municipalities

Manitoba has 79 urban municipalities, which includes the sub-types of cities, towns and villages.

Cities

Manitoba has 10 cities.

Towns

Manitoba has 25 towns.

Villages

Manitoba has 2 villages.

Rural municipalities

Manitoba has 116 rural municipalities.

Local government districts

Manitoba has two local government districts.

Unincorporated communities

Alonsa Alonsa is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district located in north central Manitoba in the Rural Municipality of Alonsa Alonsa is a rural municipality (RM) in the province of Manitoba, western Canada. It lies on the west ...

Angusville Angusville is a local urban district in the Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West, Manitoba, Canada. It was named after a pioneer family with the surname Angus. The Trans Canada Trail passes through Angusville. History The Angusville U ...

Anola Anola is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is located east of Winnipeg and north of Steinbach in the Rural Municipality of Springfield. The community has a population of approximately 200 people. History Th ...

* Argyle *

Ashern AshernCanada 2016 Censuspopulation 565) is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district located in the Municipality of West Interlake in Manitoba's Interlake Region. The RM of Siglunes was incorporated in 1917. Ashern was na ...

Ashville Ashville or Asheville may refer to: Places United States * Ashville, Alabama * Ashville, Louisville, Kentucky * Ashville, New York * Asheville, North Carolina ** Asheville metropolitan area ** Asheville School ** Asheville High School ** Ashe ...

* Aubigny *

Austin Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 11th-most-populous city ...

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Bakers Narrows Bakers Narrows, Manitoba, is a small residential community approximately southeast of Flin Flon on Lake Athapapuskow. There are five subdivisions located near the lakeshore with a total of approximately 150 cottages, many of which are permanent ...

*Balaton Beach *

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*Bender *Bender Hamlet *Berlo * Birch River * Birds Hill * Blumenort *Breezy Point *Brereton Lake *

Brochet ''Constructions Aéronautiques Maurice Brochet'' was a French manufacturer of light aircraft established by Maurice Brochet (18 June 1899 – 16 June 1969) in Neauphle-le-Château in 1947. Aircraft design and construction Initially, the firm s ...

* Brunkild *

Bruxelles Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

* Caliento *Camper * Camperville *

Chater Chater may refer to: People *Arthur Reginald Chater (1896–1979), Royal Marines general *Dan Chater (1870–1959), British politician *David Chater (born 1953), British broadcast journalist *Elizabeth Chater (1910–2004), Canadian author of novel ...

* Chortitz *

Clearwater Clearwater or Clear Water may refer to: Places Canada * Clear Water Academy, a private Catholic school located in Calgary, Alberta * Clearwater (provincial electoral district), a former provincial electoral district in Alberta * Clearwater, Briti ...

* Cottonwoods *

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Cranberry Portage Cranberry Portage is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district located in the Rural Municipality of Kelsey, Manitoba. It was an important part of the pre-European contact trade routes of the Cree and Assiniboine peoples. L ...

Cromer Cromer ( ) is a coastal town and civil parish on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk. It is north of Norwich, north-northeast of London and east of Sheringham on the North Sea coastline. The local government authorities are Nor ...

Cross Lake Cross Lake is a lake on the border of Cayuga and Onondaga Counties in New York, United States. The lake lies within the boundaries of the traditional Onondaga Indian Nation, and is reputed in local tradition to be the boyhood home of Hiawatha, ...

* Cypress River *Dennis Lake *Domain *

Dominion City Dominion City is an unincorporated community in the Municipality of Emerson – Franklin, Manitoba Canada. It is located in southeastern part of the province, approximately north of the Canada–United States border. Dominion City is served b ...

Douglas Douglas may refer to: People * Douglas (given name) * Douglas (surname) Animals * Douglas (parrot), macaw that starred as the parrot ''Rosalinda'' in Pippi Longstocking *Douglas the camel, a camel in the Confederate Army in the American Civi ...

* Duck Bay * Dugald * Easterville *

East Selkirk East Selkirk is a community of 675 (2016 Census) in the Rural Municipality (RM) of St. Clements in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is directly across the Red River from Selkirk, Manitoba. The village of East Selkirk is connected to Win ...

Elie Elie and Earlsferry is a coastal town and former royal burgh in Fife, and parish, Scotland, situated within the East Neuk beside Chapel Ness on the north coast of the Firth of Forth, eight miles east of Leven. The burgh comprised the linked v ...

* Elgin * Elm Creek * Elma * Elphinstone * Eriksdale *Erinview * Falcon Lake * Fisher Branch *Fisherton * Forrest * Fort Alexander * Foxwarren *

Fraserwood Armstrong is a rural municipality in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. It lies in the southern area of the Interlake and was named after James William Armstrong, a Manitoba politician. History The surrounding area was settled by immig ...

* Fridensfeld * Friedensruh * Garden Hill * Gardenton * Garson * Gimli *Glass * Glenlea *

Gods Lake Narrows God's Lake Narrows is a community located in northeastern Manitoba in Canada. The community is located on the shores of Gods Lake, which is the 7th largest lake in the province. God's Lake has a maximum depth of 75 meters. Located 550 k ...

Gods River The Gods River is a remote wilderness river in the Hudson Bay drainage basin in Northern Region, Manitoba, Northern Manitoba, Canada. Its flows from its source at Gods Lake to its mouth at the Hayes River. The Hayes River flows to Hudson Bay. The ...

* Goose Creek *

Gretna, Manitoba Gretna is an unincorporated urban community in the Municipality of Rhineland within the Canadian province of Manitoba that held town status prior to January 1, 2015. Just north of the Canada - United States border on PTH 30, Gretna had a populati ...

*Grosse Isle * Grunthal *Gull Harbour * Gunton *Gypsumville *

Hadashville Hadashville is a small, unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of Reynolds, in eastern Manitoba, Canada. Hadashville is located in the Whitemouth River watershed north of the Sandilands Provincial Forest, about east of Winnipeg on Hi ...

*Hecla *Hecla Village *Hnausa * Hochfeld *

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Holland Holland is a geographical regionG. Geerts & H. Heestermans, 1981, ''Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal. Deel I'', Van Dale Lexicografie, Utrecht, p 1105 and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands. From the 10th to the 16th c ...

*Husavik * Île-des-Chênes * Ilford *Inwood *

Isabella Isabella may refer to: People and fictional characters * Isabella (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Isabella (surname), including a list of people Places United States * Isabella, Alabama, an unincorpor ...

* Island Lake * Jackhead *

Kemnay Kemnay ( Gaelic: ''Camnaidh'') is a village west of Aberdeen in Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. History The village name ''Kemnay'' is believed to originate from the Celtic words that mean "little crook in the river" due to the village loc ...

* Kenville * Kenton *

Killarney Killarney ( ; ga, Cill Airne , meaning 'church of sloes') is a town in County Kerry, southwestern Ireland. The town is on the northeastern shore of Lough Leane, part of Killarney National Park, and is home to St Mary's Cathedral, Ross Castl ...

* Kleefeld * Komarno *

La Broquerie La Broquerie is a local urban district in the Rural Municipality of La Broquerie, Manitoba, Canada. It is a predominantly Francophone community located approximately 10 kilometres east of Steinbach, Manitoba and 70 kilometres southeast of the ...

* La Riviere * Lac Brochet *

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* Letellier * Libau *Lido Plage *Lilyfield * Little Grand Rapids * Lockport * Lorette *

Lundar Lundar is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district situated in Manitoba, Canada. It is located in the Rural Municipality of Coldwell, in Manitoba's Interlake Region, 99 km north of Winnipeg on Hwy 6. Nearby attractio ...

*Lundar Beach *

MacGregor MacGregor or Macgregor may refer to: People * MacGregor (surname) * MacGregor (filmmaker), a Spanish commercial cinematographer and film director * Clan Gregor, a Scottish clan * Macgregor baronets, related individuals including a British Army Br ...

*Malonton * Marchand * Matlock *Meadow Lea *Meadows *Meleb *

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*Miklavik * Moose Lake *

Narcisse Narcisse can be both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Narcisse Bambara (born 1989), Burkinabé footballer * Narcisse Blais (1812–1888), Canadian farmer and political figure in Quebec * Narcisse Bona ...

* Neelin *

New Bothwell New Bothwell, originally called Kronsthal, is a local urban district in the Rural Municipality of Hanover, Manitoba, Canada. It is located approximately northwest of Steinbach on Provincial Road 216, one kilometre south of Provincial Road 311 ...

* Nelson House * Ninette *Norris Lake *

Norway House Norway House is a population centre of over 5,000 people, some north of Lake Winnipeg, on the bank of the eastern channel of Nelson River, in the province of Manitoba, Canada. The population centre shares the name ''Norway House'' with the north ...

* Oakbank * Oak Bluff * Oakburn * Oakville *

Olha Olha is a Ukrainian feminine given name related to Olga (name), Olga. Bearers include: * Olha Basanska (born 1992), Ukrainian footballer * Olha Basarab (1889–1924), Ukrainian political activist and alleged spy * Olha Bibik (born 1990), Ukrainian ...

* Onanole *Oswald * Oxford House * Pierson * Pikwitonei * Piney * Pipestone * Prawda *

Pukatawagan Pukatawagan is a First Nations community about north of The Pas in Manitoba. It is part of the Mathias Colomb First Nation. It can be reached by train from The Pas by a branch of the Keewatin Railway Company, a passenger service provided by Vi ...

* Red Sucker Lake * Reinfeld *Rembrandt * Reston * Richer *Riding Mountain * River Hills *Roland *Rosser *Sandy Hook *Siglavik *Southport * St. Adolphe * St. Boniface * St. Georges * St. François Xavier *St. James * St. Jean Baptiste * St. Laurent * St. Malo *St. Martin Junction *

St. Theresa Point St. Theresa Point First Nation (Oji-Cree: Minithayinikam) is a First Nations community in northern Manitoba. It has 3 reserves in total, the largest and most populated of which is St. Theresa Point, which is bordered by the unorganized portion of ...

* Sandy Bay * Sandy Lake * Sanford * Seven Sisters *

Shamattawa The Shamattawa First Nation ( cr, ᑭᓭᒫᑖᐘ, kisêmâtâwa) () is a Remote community, remote First Nations in Manitoba, First Nations community in Northern Region, Manitoba, northern Manitoba, Canada, located in the Indian reserve, reserve o ...

Sherridon Sherridon, Manitoba is an unincorporated community in Manitoba, Canada. History Sherridon originated as the service centre for the nearby Sherritt Gordon nickel mines. The mine closed in 1952, resulting in the equipment and many of the workers ...

* Shilo * Shoal Lake *

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South Indian Lake South Indian Lake is an Indian settlement located on the southeast shore of Southern Indian Lake in northern Manitoba, Canada, about north of the city of Thompson by air. It had a population of 981 in 2016, and is the main settlement of the O-Pi ...

* South Junction * Sperling * Split Lake *

Sprague Sprague may refer to: Places ;Canada * Sprague, Manitoba, a small town near the Minnesota/Manitoba border ;United States * Sprague, Alabama, Montgomery County, Alabama * Sprague, Connecticut * Sprague, Missouri * Sprague, Nebraska * Sprague ...

* Sprucewoods * Starbuck *Steep Rock *Steep Rock Junction * Stony Mountain * Stuartburn * Sundance * Sundown * Tadoule Lake * Teulon * Treesbank *

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Tyndall Tyndall (the original spelling, also Tyndale, "Tindol", Tyndal, Tindoll, Tindall, Tindal, Tindale, Tindle, Tindell, Tindill, and Tindel) is the name of an English family taken from the land they held as tenants in chief of the Kings of Engla ...

* Vassar *

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* Waasagomach *

Wabowden Wabowden is a community in northern Manitoba. It is situated on Provincial Trunk Highway No. 6, which is the main route between Thompson and the provincial capital, Winnipeg. History The community originated in the early 20th century as a ...

* Wanless *

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* West St. Paul * Whitemouth *

Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,6 ...

Winnipeg Beach Winnipeg Beach is a town in the Interlake Region, in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The town was founded in 1900 by Sir William Whyte and is located at the junction of Highway 9 and Highway 229 on the southwestern shore of Lake Winnipeg, ab ...

*Woodlands *Woodroyd *Whytewold *

York Factory York Factory was a settlement and Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) factory (trading post) located on the southwestern shore of Hudson Bay in northeastern Manitoba, Canada, at the mouth of the Hayes River, approximately south-southeast of Churchill. Yo ...

* York Landing *Zbaraz * Zhoda

Hamlets

Four unincorporated places in Manitoba are designated as

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* Vogar * Waldersee * Wanless

Northern communities

Manitoba recognizes 57 unincorporated places as northern communities. * Aghaming *

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* Barrows *

Berens River The Berens River is a river in the provinces of Manitoba and Ontario, Canada. It flows west from an unnamed lake in Kenora District, Ontario, and discharges its waters into Lake Winnipeg near the community and First Nation of Berens River, Manit ...

* Big Black River * Bissett *

* Camperville *

* Crane River *

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Dauphin River The Dauphin River is a river of Manitoba, Canada. The Dauphin is part of the connection from Lake Manitoba to Lake Winnipeg Lake Winnipeg (french: Lac Winnipeg, oj, ᐑᓂᐸᑲᒥᐠᓴᑯ˙ᑯᐣ, italics=no, Weenipagamiksaguygun) is a ver ...

Dawson Bay Dawson may refer to: People and fictional characters * Dawson (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name *Dawson (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name Places Antarctica ...

* Duck Bay * Fisher Bay *Fisher River *

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 ...

* Harwill * Herb Lake Landing * Homebrook * Ilford * Island Lake * Little Bullhead * Little Grand Rapids * Long Body Creek * Loon Straits *

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* Manigotagan * Matheson Island * Meadow Portage * Moose Lake *

National Mills National Mills is a community in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is part of a group of five communities in the region, all built to serve logging operations in the Porcupine Provincial Forest. The others are Powell, Baden, Red Deer Lake, ...

* Nelson House *

* Oxford House * Pelican Rapids * Pikwitonei * Pine Dock * Poplarville * Powell * Princess Harbour * Red Deer Lake * Red Rose * Red Sucker Lake *

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* Salt Point * Seymourville *

* Spence Lake *

* Thicket Portage *

* Warren Landing * Waterhen * Westgate

Settlements

Manitoba recognizes 12 unincorporated places as settlements. * Big Eddy * Grande Pointe * Manigotagan *

Manitoba House Manitoba House is the name of a Hudson's Bay Company fur trading post as well as a separate settlement adjacent to the post. The site is in the present-day Rural Municipality of Alonsa. Trading post The first trading post at or near the Manitoba ...

* Oak Island * Oak Point * Pasquia * Pine Creek * Rat River * St. Malo * Westbourne

Notes

References

External links

* Government of Manitoba Community Profiles: *
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Communities A community is a Level of analysis, social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place (geography), place, Norm (social), norms, religion, values, Convention (norm), customs, or Identity (social science), identity. Communiti ...