Rural Municipality of Thompson

This article is about the rural municipality. For the city, see Thompson, Manitoba.

Rural Municipality of Thompson
Rural municipality
Miami Railway Station
Location of the RM of Thompson in Manitoba
Coordinates: 49°22′37″N98°14′21″W / 49.37694°N 98.23917°W / 49.37694; -98.23917
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Region	Pembina Valley
Area
• Land	531.24 km2 (205.11 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	1,518
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes	204 and 431
Website	www.rmofthompson.com

Thompson is a rural municipality (RM) in the Pembina Valley Region of Manitoba, Canada. It had a population of 1,259 according to the Canada 2006 Census.

The RM was incorporated on 1 November 1908. It took its name from an early settler and its first postmaster, William Thompson. Thompson homesteaded on 5-5-6W in about 1874 and his home was central to the early community. The area was known locally as Thompsonville at that time.

Communities

• Deerwood
• Miami - The main village in Thompson.
• Rosebank

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Thompson had a population of 1,518 living in 434 of its 471 total private dwellings, a change of 6.8% from its 2016 population of 1,422. With a land area of 531.24 km² (205.11 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.9/km² (7.4/sq mi) in 2021. ^[1]

References

1. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.

• Manitoba Municipalities: Rural Municipality of Thompson
• Geographic Names of Manitoba (pg. 273) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada
• Thompson RM, MB Community Profile
• Map of Thompson R.M. at Statcan