Stony Mountain, Manitoba
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Stony Mountain is a small community in
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approximately north of
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on Provincial Highway 7. The town is in the
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and is the location of Stony Mountain Ski Area. The Stony Mountain Institution and Rockwood Institution prisons are in Stony Mountain. It is the birthplace of hockey hall of famer
Babe Pratt Walter Peter "Babe" Pratt (January 7, 1916 – December 16, 1988) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman/ left winger who played for the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs and the Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League between ...
.Biography
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. Retrieved on January 6, 2009.


Demographics

In the
2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...
conducted by
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, Stony Mountain had a population of 1,979 living in 438 of its 455 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,636. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.


Water

The RM owns and operates the Stony Mountain Water and Wastewater Utility serving 678 customers, including one trailer park with 26 trailers, one school, one hotel, 16 businesses and four industrial connections. At the time that this application was submitted to the Board, all but seven customers were metered. Water services to Stony Mountain Institution are provided by the Cartier Regional Water Co-Op.


Climate


See also

* List of communities in Manitoba


References

Unincorporated communities in Manitoba {{Manitoba-geo-stub