The Rural Municipality of St. Laurent (french: Municipalité rurale de Saint-Laurent) is a
rural municipality (RM) located in the Interlake Region of Manitoba and has
Lake Manitoba
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as its western boundary and is serviced by
Highway 6
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. The community of
St. Laurent lies within its boundaries.
The initial incorporation of the municipality took place on 25 May 1881. It functioned as a Local Government District from 1944 until 1974 when it regained RM status.
Communities
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Harperville
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Oak Point
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St. Laurent
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, St. Laurent had a population of 1,542 living in 667 of its 1,260 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,338. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
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See also
*List of francophone communities in Manitoba
This is a list of francophone communities in Manitoba. Municipalities with a high percentage of French-speakers in the Canadian province of Manitoba are listed.
The provincial average of Manitobans whose mother tongue is French is 2.8%, with a ...
References
Manitoba Historical Society: Rural Municipality of St. Laurent
Official website
St. Laurent
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