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These communities include cities, towns, villages, reserves inhabited by First Nations, a local government district that is urban in nature, designated places, and population centres. A population centre, according to Statistics Canada, is an area with a population of at least 1,000 and a density of 400 or more people per square kilometre. [1]
Manitoba's smallest municipality by population is the Local Government District of Mystery Lake with 0 residents. [3] The largest municipality by land area is the Rural Municipality (RM) of Reynolds at 3,559.65 km 2 (1,374.39 sq mi), while the smallest by land area is the Village of Arborg at 2.22 km 2 (0.86 sq mi).
The administration of urban and rural municipalities is regulated by The Municipal Act. [1] 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. [2]
Cities and towns in Manitoba. A town is an incorporated urban municipality in the Canadian province of Manitoba. [1] Under current legislation, a community must have a minimum population of 1,000 and a minimum density of 400 people per square kilometre to incorporate as an urban municipality. [2]
Cities and towns in Manitoba. Manitoba is one of the three Prairie provinces located in Western Canada. [1] According to the 2021 Canadian census, it is the fifth most populous province in Canada with 1,342,153 inhabitants, and the sixth largest province by land area, covering 540,310.19 square kilometres (208,614.93 sq mi).
Statistics Canada divides the province of Manitoba into 23 census divisions. 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.
Manitoba Census Division No. 11, which includes both the City of Winnipeg and the Rural Municipality of Headingley, had a 2011 population of 666,832 (an increase of 4.8%). The Rural Municipality of Headingley had a 2011 census population of 3,215 (an increase of 17.9% from 2006) but is not counted as part of the Urban Area by Census Canada.
Designated place types in Manitoba include 9 dissolved municipalities, 44 local urban districts, 46 northern communities, and 48 unincorporated urban centres. [5] In 2021, the 148 designated places had a cumulative population of 89,803 and an average population of 607. Manitoba's largest designated place is Oakbank with a population of 5,041. [6]