List of francophone communities in Manitoba

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This is a list of francophone communities in Manitoba, i.e., municipalities and neighbourhoods with a high percentage of French-speakers in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

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The provincial average of Manitobans whose mother tongue is French is 2.8%, with a total of 36,740 people in Manitoba who identify French as their mother tongue in 2021. While several communities in these have sizeable French minorities, no municipalities have francophone majorities.

There are several Franco-Manitoban communities throughout Manitoba, although the majority are based in either the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region or the Eastman Region.

The centre of the Franco-Manitoban community is the Saint Boniface neighbourhood of Winnipeg, which also ranks as the largest francophone community in Western Canada. [1]

Francophone communities

MunicipalityTypeCounty, district, or regional municipalityTotal population (French and non-French speaking) [2] Percentage of population whose mother tongue is French [2]
Alexander Rural municipality Eastman 3,8548%
Cartier Rural municipality Winnipeg Metropolitan Region 3,3446%
Cornwallis Rural municipality Westman 4,5684%
De Salaberry Rural municipality Eastman 3,91827%
Emerson-Franklin Rural municipality Pembina Valley 2,4374%
Grey Rural municipality Pembina Valley 2,51716%
Île-des-Chênes Rural municipality Eastman 1,60613%
La Broquerie Rural municipality Eastman 6,72511%
Lac du Bonnet Rural municipality Eastman 3,5635%
Lakeshore Rural municipality Parkland 1,1863%
Lorne Rural municipality Pembina Valley 2,90428%
Macdonald Rural municipality Winnipeg Metropolitan Region 8,1204%
Montcalm Rural municipality Pembina Valley 1,27829%
Morris Rural municipality Pembina Valley 3,0493%
Morris Town Pembina Valley 1,9755%
Niverville Town Eastman 5,9474%
Norfolk-Treherne Rural municipality Pembina Valley 1,77013%
Pinawa Local government district Eastman 1,5583%
Piney Rural municipality Eastman 1,8438%
Powerview-Pine Falls Town Eastman 1,2396%
Reynolds Rural municipality Eastman 1,3444%
Ritchot Rural municipality Eastman 7,46918%
Saint Boniface [3] Neighbourhood (provincial riding) Winnipeg 22,34524.4%
St. François Xavier Rural municipality Winnipeg Metropolitan Region 1,4494%
St. Laurent Rural municipality Interlake 1,54216%
St-Pierre-Jolys Village Eastman 1,30539%
Ste. Anne Rural municipality Eastman 5,58414%
Ste. Anne Town Eastman 2,89121%
Ste. Rose Rural municipality Parkland 1,59119%
Taché Rural municipality Eastman 11,91612%
Victoria Rural municipality Central Plains 1,1885%

A number of small municipalities also have high francophone populations. Small francophone-minority municipalities include: Argyle (4%), Buffalo Point (7%), Ellice-Archie (15%) and Victoria Beach (4%).

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  2. 1 2 "2021 Census Profile". 29 March 2023.
  3. https://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/downloads/Profile/Pdf/StBoniface.pdf