Ninette is an unincorporated community recognized as a

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located in

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, Canada at the north end of Pelican Lake. It is located in the

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. Ninette has many small businesses, and is known locally for its wide range of sports facilities. In the summer, activities such as boating, fishing, and hunting are offered, while snowmobiling and ice fishing are offered during the wintertime.

History

Ninette's original post office was established in 1883 on a site near Overend Lake. It was later moved, following the construction of the

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in the area, to its current site near Pelican Lake, closer to the railway. In June 1926, Ninette became an unincorporated village. There are multiple theories as to the name of the community, including being named informally for a French actress or waitress, the deceased daughter of a local resident, or a character in a novel that was being read by a postal inspector in the area, the name being short for Antoinette. The Manitoba Sanatorium, a

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for tuberculosis patients in the province, opened in May 1910 nearby on Pelican Lake's north shore, causing a growth in Ninette's population from the sanatorium's staff and patients' families, especially as its capacity quadrupled in its first 13 years. The sanatorium closed in 1972 after the development and prevalence of tuberculosis drugs and other treatments made the facility obsolete.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Ninette had a population of 249 living in 120 of its 142 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 221. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the

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, the median age was 53.7 years old, 12.7 years older than the national average of 41.0. There were 110 private dwellings, 105 of which were occupied. English-speakers comprise the vast majority of Ninette's population. In terms of Canada's official languages, 95.3% of the population speaks exclusively

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, while the remaining 4.7% speaks both English and

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. No other languages are spoken or known in the community. Of those in Ninette aged 15 or older, 48.7% are

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, 15.4% are living with a

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, 23% have never been married, 2.6% are separated, 5.1% are

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d, and 7.7% are

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ed. Of the census families in Ninette, 71.4% consist of two persons, 21.4% consist of three persons, and the remaining 7.1% consist of five or more persons. The average size of a census family is 2.4 persons. Out of all of Ninette's couple census families, 66.7% are without children, while 25% have one child, and 8.3% have three or more children.

Transportation

Ninette is located along the intersection of Manitoba Highways 18 and 23, which connects it to several other communities in the region, as well as the

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border and the

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of the province.

Climate

Ninette has a

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'') It falls into the NRC

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