Division No. 7 (Brandon Area) is a census division located within the Westman Region in the south western area of the province of

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. Unlike in some other provinces, census divisions do not reflect the organization of local government in Manitoba. These areas exist solely for the purposes of statistical analysis and presentation; they have no government of their own. The area's major service centre is the city of

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, the second largest city in the province. The area population in 2001 was 57,148. The major industries of the Brandon area are

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manufacturing,

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production, and packaging. The

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are a major employer due to their training base (

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) near the community of Shilo.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by Statistics Canada, Division No. 7 had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Cities

Towns

* Carberry

Unincorporated communities

* Glenboro * Ingelow * Rivers * Souris * Wawanesa

Municipalities

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Elton Elton may refer to: Places England * Elton, Cambridgeshire (formerly Huntingdonshire), a village ** Elton Hall, a baronial hall * Elton, Cheshire, a village and civil parish * Elton, County Durham, a village and civil parish * Elton, Derbyshire ...

* Glenboro – South Cypress * North Cypress – Langford (part in Division No. 15) * Oakland – Wawanesa * Riverdale * Souris – Glenwood * Whitehead

References

External links

Manitoba Regional Profiles: Westman Region
07 {{Manitoba-geo-stub Westman Region, Manitoba