List of cities in Manitoba

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Cities and towns in Manitoba

A city is an incorporated urban municipality in the Canadian province of Manitoba.[1] Under current Manitoba legislation, an urban municipality must have a minimum population of 7,500 to be named a city.[2]

Manitoba has 10 cities, including Flin Flon that is partially located within the neighbouring province of Saskatchewan. These cities had a cumulative population of 892,507 and an average population of 89,251 in the 2021 Census.[3] The province's largest and smallest cities are Winnipeg and the Manitoba portion of Flin Flon with populations of 749,607 and 4,940 respectively.[3] The Manitoba portion of Flin Flon peaked at a population of 10,548 in 1961.[4]

Manitoba's newest and fastest-growing city is Morden, which was incorporated as a city on August 24, 2012.[5]

List

Winnipeg is Manitoba's capital and largest city, and the seventh-largest city in Canada by population.
Brandon is Manitoba's second-largest city by population.
Name Population
(2021)[3]
Population
(2016)[3]
Change
(%)[3]
Area
(km²)[3]
Population
density (2021)[3]
Brandon 51,313 48,883 +5.0% 79.04 649.2
Dauphin[MB 1] 8,368 8,369 0.0% 12.67 660.5
Flin Flon (part)[MB 2] 4,940 4,991 −1.0% 13.14[MB 3] 376.1
Morden[MB 4] 9,929 8,668 +14.5% 16.29 609.6
Portage la Prairie 13,270 13,304 −0.3% 24.72 536.8
Selkirk 10,504 10,278 +2.2% 24.47 429.3
Steinbach 17,806 16,022 +11.1% 37.56 474.1
Thompson 13,035 13,678 −4.7% 16.62 784.3
Winkler 13,747 12,660 +8.6% 20.73 663.1
Winnipeg[MB 5] 749,607 705,224 +6.3% 461.78 1,623.3
Total cities 892,507 841,880 +6.0% 707.02 1,262.35

Notes:

  1. ^ Dauphin is Manitoba's smallest city by area.
  2. ^ Flin Flon is Manitoba's smallest city by population. The balance of Flin Flon is located within Saskatchewan.
  3. ^ This area does not include 2.37 km2 (0.92 sq mi) in the Saskatchewan portion of Flin Flon. The city's total area in 2016 was 16.24 km2 (6.27 sq mi).
  4. ^ Morden is Manitoba's newest city, incorporated August 24, 2012.
  5. ^ Winnipeg is Canada's seventh-largest city and Manitoba's capital and largest city by both population and area. The Winnipeg census metropolitan area (CMA) is formed around the City of Winnipeg.

Former cities

Districts of Winnipeg that were incorporated as cities prior to amalgamation on January 1, 1972:[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Statistical Information 2009" (PDF). Manitoba Local Government. Retrieved December 23, 2012.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "The Municipal Act". Government of Manitoba. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2021. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  4. ^ "1986, 2A Profile, 1986 - MAN - Northern Manitoba (72 areas) (table), 1986 (2A) basic questionnaire, Provinces to Municipalities (database), Using E-STAT (distributor)". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 24, 2012.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Morden Gets City Status". City of Morden. August 27, 2012. Archived from the original on September 23, 2012. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
  6. ^ "History of City Government". City of Winnipeg. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  7. ^ "Manitoba Communities: St. James (Unincorporated City)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved May 29, 2020.