List of towns in Manitoba

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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] As an urban municipality, the community has the option to be named a town, village or urban municipality. [2] It also has the option of being named a city once it has a minimum population of 7,500 (there are no towns currently eligible for city status; the closest is Niverville, with a population of 5,947 in the Canada 2021 Census). [2]

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Manitoba has 25 towns [3] that had a cumulative population of 60,963 in the 2021 census. [4] The province's largest and smallest towns by population are Niverville and Grand Rapids with populations of 5,947 and 213 respectively. [4] The province's largest and smallest towns by land area are Gillam and Arborg with land areas of 1,994.44 km2 (770.06 sq mi) and 2.22 km2 (0.86 sq mi) respectively. [4] The province previously had 50 towns before a series of provincially mandated amalgamations took effect on January 1, 2015.

Communities meeting the population minimum are not always incorporated as urban municipalities. There are 22 unincorporated communities with a population of more than 1,000 within Manitoba's rural municipalities. The largest of these is Oakbank in the Rural Municipality of Springfield with a population of 4,604.[ needs update ]

List

NameIncorporation
date [5] 		2021 Census of Population [4]
Population
(2021)		Population
(2016)		Change
Land area
(km2)		Population
density
Altona [a] December 31, 19454,2674,212+1.3%9.35
Arborg [a] January 1, 19641,2791,232+3.8%2.22
Beausejour [a] November 5, 19083,3073,219+2.7%5.42
Carberry [a] December 20, 18891,8181,738+4.6%4.80
Carman [a] November 3, 18993,1143,164−1.6%4.32
Churchill [b] January 1, 1959870899−3.2%50.83
Gillam [b] May 1, 19661,0071,201−16.2%1,994.44
Grand Rapids [b] March 1, 1962213268−20.5%74.27
Lac du Bonnet [a] December 31, 19471,0641,089−2.3%2.26
Leaf Rapids [b] December 1, 1971351582−39.7%1,237.66
Lynn Lake [b] May 9, 1959579494+17.2%867.53
Melita [a] May 15, 19021,0411,042−0.1%3.19
Minnedosa March 2, 18832,7412,449+11.9%14.95
Morris January 29, 18831,9751,885+4.8%5.91
Neepawa November 23, 18835,6854,609+23.3%17.09
Niverville [a] January 1, 19695,9474,610+29.0%8.70
The Pas May 17, 19125,6395,369+5.0%44.69
Powerview-Pine Falls [a] [c] January 1, 19511,2391,316−5.9%4.82
Snow Lake [b] June 2, 19471,088899+21.0%1,166.64
Ste. Anne [a] January 1, 19632,8912,114+36.8%4.14
Stonewall [a] August 14, 19065,0464,809+4.9%5.96
Swan River May 11, 19084,0494,014+0.9%6.81
Teulon [a] May 6, 19191,1961,201−0.4%3.23
Virden [a] August 2, 18903,1183,322−6.1%8.96
Winnipeg Beach [a] November 2, 19091,4391,145+25.7%3.91
Total—60,96356,882+7.2%5,552.10
Notes
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 The towns of Altona, Arborg, Beausejour, Carberry, Carman, Lac du Bonnet, Melita, Niverville, Powerview-Pine Falls, Ste. Anne, Stonewall, Teulon, Virden and Winnipeg Beach were originally incorporated as villages. [5]
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The towns of Churchill, Gillam, Grand Rapids, Leaf Rapids, Lynn Lake and Snow Lake were originally incorporated as local government districts. [5]
  3. ↑ The Town of Powerview-Pine Falls originally incorporated under the name of the Village of Powerview. Its renaming occurred on May 1, 2005 when it simultaneously absorbed the neighbouring community of Pine Falls and changed to town status. [6]

Former towns

A list of formerly incorporated towns, excluding current and former cities that previously held town status. [a] [b]

NameDissolvedCurrently part of
Birtle [c] January 1, 2015 Prairie View Municipality
Boissevain [c] January 1, 2015 Municipality of Boissevain – Morton
Brooklands [d] January 1, 1969 City of Winnipeg
Deloraine [c] January 1, 2015 Municipality of Deloraine – Winchester
East Selkirk [e] February 8, 1904 Rural Municipality of St. Clements
Emerson [c] [f] January 1, 2015 Municipality of Emerson – Franklin
Erickson [c] January 1, 2015 Municipality of Clanwilliam – Erickson
Ethelbert [c] January 1, 2015 Municipality of Ethelbert
Gilbert Plains [c] January 1, 2015 Gilbert Plains Municipality
Gladstone [c] January 1, 2015 Municipality of WestLake – Gladstone
Grandview [c] January 1, 2015 Grandview Municipality
Gretna [c] January 1, 2015 Municipality of Rhineland
Hamiota [c] January 1, 2015 Hamiota Municipality
Hartney [c] January 1, 2015 Municipality of Grassland
MacGregor [c] January 1, 2015 Municipality of North Norfolk
Manitou [c] January 1, 2015 Municipality of Pembina
Minitonas [c] January 1, 2015 Municipality of Minitonas – Bowsman
Oak Lake [c] January 1, 2015 Rural Municipality of Sifton
Pilot Mound [c] January 1, 2015 Municipality of Louise
Plum Coulee [c] January 1, 2015 Municipality of Rhineland
Rapid City [c] January 1, 2015 Rural Municipality of Oakview
Rivers [c] January 1, 2015 Riverdale Municipality
Roblin [c] January 1, 2015 Municipality of Hillsburg – Roblin – Shell River
Rossburn [c] January 1, 2015 Rossburn Municipality
Russell [c] January 1, 2015 Municipality of Russell – Binscarth
Shoal Lake [c] [g] January 1, 2011 Rural Municipality of Yellowhead
Souris [c] January 1, 2015 Municipality of Souris – Glenwood
Sainte Rose du Lac [c] January 1, 2015 Municipality of Ste. Rose
Treherne [c] January 1, 2015 Municipality of Norfolk Treherne
Tuxedo [h] January 1, 1972 City of Winnipeg
Notes
  1. ↑ The cities of Dauphin, Flin Flon, Morden, Portage la Prairie, Selkirk, Steinbach, Thompson and Winkler were formerly incorporated as towns.
  2. ↑ The former cities of St. Boniface, East Kildonan, Transcona, and West Kildonan (all amalgamated into the City of Winnipeg in 1972) were also formerly incorporated as towns prior to becoming cities.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 The Manitoba government amalgamated 65 rural municipalities, 25 towns, and 17 villages into 47 municipalities on January 1, 2015 in order to bring these municipalities into compliance with the minimum population requirements of the Municipal Act. [2] [5]
  4. ↑ The Town of Brooklands amalgamated with the City of St. James in 1969; part of the City of Winnipeg since January 1, 1972. [7]
  5. ↑ The former Town of East Selkirk was incorporated in 1883 and later dissolved in 1904. [8]
  6. ↑ The former Town of Emerson amalgamated with the municipality of West Lynne in 1883 and briefly held city status from 1883 to 1886. [9]
  7. ↑ The former Town of Shoal Lake amalgamated with the former Rural Municipality (RM) of Shoal Lake to form the now-former Municipality of Shoal Lake on January 1, 2011; part of RM of Yellowhead since January 1, 2015. [10]
  8. ↑ The former Town of Tuxedo and eleven other municipalities were amalgamated with the City of Winnipeg on January 1, 1972. [7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Statistical Information 2009" (PDF). Manitoba Local Government. Retrieved December 24, 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. 1 2 3 4 "The Municipal Act". Government of Manitoba. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Interim List of Changes to Municipal Boundaries, Status, and Names: From January 2, 2012 to January 1, 2013" (PDF). Statistics Canada. pp. 6–7. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2021 and 2016 censuses – 100% data (Manitoba)". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "MHS Resources: Manitoba's Municipal History". The Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Manitoba Municipalities: Powerview-Pine Falls". The Manitoba Historical Society. April 22, 2013. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
  7. 1 2 "Manitoba Communities: Brooklands (Unincorporated Town)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Manitoba Communities: East Selkirk (Unincorporated Town)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Emerson" (PDF). Manitoba Historical Society. p. 24. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Manitoba Communities: Shoal Lake (Unincorporated Town)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
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