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Churchill is a subarctic port town in northern Manitoba, Canada, on the west shore of Hudson Bay, roughly 140 km (87 mi) from the Manitoba–Nunavut border. It is most famous for the many polar bears that move toward the shore from inland in the autumn, leading to the nickname "Polar Bear Capital of the World" and to the benefit of its burgeoning tourism industry.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Division No. 23 had a population of 4,690 living in 1,529 of its 2,293 total private dwellings, a change of -47.7% from its 2016 population of 8,971. With a land area of 233,578.64 km 2 (90,185.22 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.0/km 2 (0.1/sq mi) in 2021. [1]
Churchill: January 1, 1959: ... List of communities in Manitoba by population; List of municipalities in Manitoba; ... This page was last edited on 24 September 2024, ...
The Pas is located in Census Division No. 21 which had a 2011 census population of 21,393 and is part of Manitoba's Northern Region. The City of Flin Flon had a 2011 census population of 5,363. The population of the Manitoba part of the Urban Area was also 5,363. Flin Flon is also located in Census Division No. 21.
Manitoba has 81 communities, excluding rural municipalities, that have a population of 1,000 or greater according to the 2021 Census of Canada conducted by Statistics Canada. These communities include cities , towns , villages , reserves inhabited by First Nations , a local government district that is urban in nature, designated places, and ...
(Q4 2024) 1,499,981 [5] ... Manitoba is especially noted for its northern polar bear population; Churchill is commonly ... 82.8 percent of Manitoba's population spoke ...
Cyril Fredlund, who works at Churchill's new scientific observatory, remembers the last time a person was killed by a polar bear in Churchill, in 1983. "It was right in town," he says.
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]