Division No. 5, Manitoba

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Division No. 5 (Southwestern area) is a census division located within the Westman Region in the south west area of the province of Manitoba, Canada. 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.

Contents

The major industry of Westman is agriculture. However, there is also some oil production in the southwest area of the region.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Division No. 5 had a population of 13,326 living in 5,553 of its 7,027 total private dwellings, a change of

Towns

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Front Street in Melita

Unincorporated Urban Communities

Rural municipalities

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Belmont Anglican Church in the Rural Municipality of Prairie Lakes

Former rural municipalities

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References

  1. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Manitoba's Municipal History: Municipal Amalgamations (2015)". The Manitoba Historical Society. December 1, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  3. "The Town of Killarney and the Rural Municipality of Turtle Mountain Amalgamation Regulation (Regulation 160/2006)" (PDF). Queen's Printer for the Province of Manitoba. August 21, 2006. Retrieved May 16, 2018.

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