Communities in the Province of
Manitoba
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incorporated municipalities,
unincorporated communities
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and
First Nation
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s communities.
Types of incorporated municipalities include urban municipalities,
rural municipalities and local government districts. Urban municipalities can be named as
cities
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,
town
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s,
village
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s or simply urban municipalities.
The administration of urban and rural municipalities is regulated by ''The Municipal Act''.
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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
*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
*Badger
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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
*Baldur
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*Bender
*Bender Hamlet
*Berlo
* Birch River
* Birds Hill
* Blumenort
*Breezy Point
*Brereton Lake
*Brochet
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Aircraft design and construction
Initially, the firm s ...
* Brunkild
*Bruxelles
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* 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
* Cottonwoods
* Cormorant
* Cranberry Portage
*Cromer
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*Cross Lake
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* Cypress River
*Dennis Lake
*Domain
* Dominion City
*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
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* 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
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The ...
* Goose Creek
*Gretna, Manitoba
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*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
*Hodgson
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*Holland
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*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
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* Kenville
* Kenton
*Killarney
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* 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
* Landmark
* 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
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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
*Miami
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*Miklavik
* Moose Lake
* Narcisse
* 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
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* Onanole
*Oswald
* Oxford House
* Pierson
* Pikwitonei
* Piney
* Pipestone
* Prawda
*Pukatawagan
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* 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
* Sandy Bay
* Sandy Lake
* Sanford
* Seven Sisters
*Shamattawa
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*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
*Silver
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* South Indian Lake
* South Junction
* Sperling
* Split Lake
*Sprague
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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
* Tolstoi
*Tyndall
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* Vassar
*Vista
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* Vita
* 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
*Warren
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* West St. Paul
* Whitemouth
*Winnipeg
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* Winnipeg Beach
*Woodlands
*Woodroyd
*Whytewold
*York Factory
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* York Landing
*Zbaraz
* Zhoda
Hamlets
Four unincorporated places in Manitoba are designated as hamlets
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.
*Howden
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* Vogar
* Waldersee
* Wanless
Northern communities
Manitoba recognizes 57 unincorporated places as northern communities.[
* Aghaming
*]Baden
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History
The margraves of Baden originated from the House of Zähringen. Baden i ...
* Barrows
*Berens River
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* Big Black River
* Bissett
*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 ...
* Camperville
* Cormorant
* Crane River
*Cross Lake
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*Dallas
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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
* Duck Bay
* Fisher Bay
*Fisher River
*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 ...
*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
* Mallard
* 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
*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 ...
* Oxford House
* Pelican Rapids
* Pikwitonei
* Pine Dock
* Poplarville
* Powell
* Princess Harbour
* Red Deer Lake
* Red Rose
* Red Sucker Lake
*Rock Ridge
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* Salt Point
* Seymourville
*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 ...
* South Indian Lake
* Spence Lake
* St. Theresa Point
* Thicket Portage
*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 ...
* Warren Landing
* Waterhen
* Westgate
Settlements
Manitoba recognizes 12 unincorporated places as settlements.[
* Big Eddy
* Grande Pointe
* Manigotagan
* Manitoba House
*]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 ...
* Oak Island
* Oak Point
* Pasquia
* Pine Creek
* Rat River
* St. Malo
* Westbourne
See also
* List of communities in Manitoba by population
Manitoba has 81 communities, excluding rural municipalities, that have a population of 1,000 or greater according to the 2021 Census of Canada conducted by Statistics Canada. These communities include cities, towns, villages, reserves inhabited ...
* List of municipalities in Manitoba
Manitoba is the fifth most populous province in Canada with 1,342,153 residents as of 2021 and is the sixth largest in land area at . Manitoba's 137 municipalities cover only of the province's land mass yet are home to of its populatio ...
* List of regions of Manitoba
* List of rural municipalities in Manitoba
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References
External links
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