St. Claude, Manitoba

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St. Claude
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St. Claude
Location of St. Claude in Manitoba
Coordinates: 49°39′26″N98°20′47″W / 49.65722°N 98.34639°W / 49.65722; -98.34639
Country Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba
Region Central Plains
Census Division No. 9
Government
 • Governing Body Rural Municipality of Grey Council
 •  MP Branden Leslie
 •  MLA Lauren Stone
Area
 • Total
1.81 km2 (0.70 sq mi)
Population
 (2016 [1] )
 • Total
603
Time zone UTC−6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−5 (CDT)
Postal Code
R0G 1Z0
Area code(s) 204, 431

St. Claude is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district [2] in the Rural Municipality of Grey within the Canadian province of Manitoba that held village status prior to January 1, 2015.

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Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, St. Claude had a population of 625 living in 262 of its 277 total private dwellings, a change of

Location and features

It is located to the west of Winnipeg and is home to the world's second largest smoking pipe, after Saint-Claude, Jura. It is named the dairy capital of Manitoba as it is home to one of Manitoba's largest dairy processing plants and also displays a dairy museum filled with many artifacts. [4] One of the other museums holds a two-headed calf, which was born over 120 years ago. It had a population of 590 in 2014.

St. Claude also has a bilingual library, two grocery stores, a curling rink, a skating rink (which hosts public skating every Friday during the winter), a Chinese food restaurant, two gas stations and a clinic. Despite being a small community, St. Claude has many activities such as the annual Winter Carnival, the annual Summer Rodeo and the community-wide yard sales which occurs the first Saturday in May.

The community is also a host to the Saint-Claude Gaol Museum (c. 1912), which was designated a municipal heritage site in 2005. [5] At the gaol, local people have their photo taken and put in the local newspaper, The Gazette. It is featured in the 2006 film "One Week" starring Joshua Jackson.

There are two running schools, École communautaire Gilbert-Rosset is the community's French-speaking school. Complexe Scolaire St. Claude School Complex is the community's bilingual school. It educates the greater portion of students in St. Claude.

Name

St. Claude was named for Saint-Claude, Jura in France. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "2016 St. Claude Census profile". Census Canada . Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Local Urban Districts Regulation". Government of Manitoba. April 23, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Tourism in St. Claude". Rural Municipality Of Grey. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  5. ↑ Saint-Claude Gaol Museum . Canadian Register of Historic Places . Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  6. ↑ Geographic Board of Canada (1933). Place-names of Manitoba. Ottawa: J. O. Patenaude, acting King's printer. p. 76. hdl:2027/mdp.39015027929515 . Retrieved October 11, 2017.
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