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Miniota, Manitoba is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district in Prairie View Municipality, Manitoba, Canada. [1] It is located northwest of Virden near the intersection of PTH 83 and PTH 24. The post office opened in 1885 on 36-13-27W. It was originally named Parkisimo and changed to its present name in 1900. It had two railways in its history: the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Grand Trunk Railway (now Canadian National Railway). Both had rail points about one mile apart, and there was a Miniota Station on the latter. [ citation needed ]

Miniota has a K-8 school, and a motel, and the biggest employer is the local co-op. There is also the Miniota Municipal Museum. [ citation needed ]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Miniota had a population of 282 living in 120 of its 135 total private dwellings, a change of

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References

  1. ↑ "Local Urban Districts Regulation". Government of Manitoba. April 23, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved September 3, 2022.

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