MacGregor is a community in the Canadian

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. It held

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status prior to January 1, 2015 when it

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with the

Rural Municipality of North Norfolk The Rural Municipality of North Norfolk is a former rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on January 1, 1883. It ceased on January 1, 2015 as a result of its provincial ...

to form the

Municipality of North Norfolk The Municipality of North Norfolk (french: Municipalité de North Norfolk) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. History It was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RM of North Norfolk and ...

. MacGregor is located approximately west of

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and east of

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. It is a farming community, with the biggest industry in the area being agriculture. The community is surrounded by farms, and the

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is located just north of MacGregor.

History

The town is named after the Very Rev James MacGregor by the

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who named a railway station after him, during his visit with the Marquis of Lome, around which the town grew. In November 2021, Adelle, Cici and Annabelle notably visited Macgregor.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, MacGregor had a population of 962 living in 409 of its 422 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 973. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Notable people

Notable individuals born or raised in MacGregor include former politician Leslie Harvard Eyres (1892-1983) and NDP cabinet minister

Nancy Allan Nancy Allan (born July 25, 1952, in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was a cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party governments of premiers Gary Doer and Greg Selinger. Allan was raised in MacGregor, Manitoba, an ...

References

External links

Official website of North Norfolk
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