List of designated places in Manitoba
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A designated place is a type of geographic unit used by Statistics Canada to disseminate census data.[1] It is usually "a small community that does not meet the criteria used to define incorporated municipalities or Statistics Canada population centres (areas with a population of at least 1,000 and no fewer than 400 persons per square kilometre)."[2] Provincial and territorial authorities collaborate with Statistics Canada in the creation of designated places so that data can be published for sub-areas within municipalities.[2] Starting in 2016, Statistics Canada allowed the overlapping of designated places with population centres.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population, Manitoba had 148 designated places,[3] an increase from 135 in 2016.[4] Designated place types in Manitoba include 9 dissolved municipalities, 44 local urban districts, 46 northern communities, and 48 unincorporated urban centres.[5] In 2021, the 148 designated places had a cumulative population of 89,803 and an average population of 607. Manitoba's largest designated place is Oakbank with a population of 5,041.[6]
| Name[6] | Type[5] | 2021 Census of Population[6] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population (2021) |
Population (2016) |
Change (%) |
Land area (km2) |
Population density (per km2) | ||
| Aghaming | Northern community | 10 | 15 | −33.3% | 3.16 | 3.2/km2 |
| Alexander | Local urban district | 321 | 334 | −3.9% | 1.38 | 232.6/km2 |
| Ashern | Local urban district | 616 | 565 | +9.0% | 3.01 | 204.7/km2 |
| Austin | Local urban district | 415 | 422 | −1.7% | 1.9 | 218.4/km2 |
| Baden | Northern community | 10 | 17 | −41.2% | 0.67 | 14.9/km2 |
| Baldur | Local urban district | 297 | 320 | −7.2% | 2.14 | 138.8/km2 |
| Barrows | Northern community | 83 | 98 | −15.3% | 2.68 | 31.0/km2 |
| Benito | Unincorporated urban centre | 360 | 370 | −2.7% | 0.85 | 423.5/km2 |
| Berens River | Northern community | 71 | 135 | −47.4% | 5.12 | 13.9/km2 |
| Binscarth | Unincorporated urban centre | 420 | 407 | +3.2% | 1.4 | 300.0/km2 |
| Birch River | Local urban district | 144 | 198 | −27.3% | 1.84 | 78.3/km2 |
| Birtle | Unincorporated urban centre | 625 | 642 | −2.6% | 9.26 | 67.5/km2 |
| Bissett | Northern community | 115 | 108 | +6.5% | 31.62 | 3.6/km2 |
| Blumenort | Local urban district | 1,738 | 1,675 | +3.8% | 3.17 | 548.3/km2 |
| Boissevain | Dissolved municipality | 1,577 | 1,656 | −4.8% | 2.9 | 543.8/km2 |
| Bowsman | Unincorporated urban centre | 237 | 262 | −9.5% | 2.74 | 86.5/km2 |
| Brochet | Northern community | 64 | 118 | −45.8% | 2.76 | 23.2/km2 |
| Camperville | Northern community | 90 | 487 | −81.5% | 8.7 | 10.3/km2 |
| Cartwright | Unincorporated urban centre | 353 | 352 | +0.3% | 1.88 | 187.8/km2 |
| Cormorant | Northern community | 307 | 327 | −6.1% | 18.37 | 16.7/km2 |
| Cranberry Portage (Kelsey) | Local urban district | 608 | 771 | −21.1% | 7.26 | 83.7/km2 |
| Crane River | Northern community | 111 | 152 | −27.0% | 25.11 | 4.4/km2 |
| Cross Lake | Northern community | 521 | 443 | +17.6% | 20.42 | 25.5/km2 |
| Crystal City | Local urban district | 401 | 389 | +3.1% | 2.78 | 144.2/km2 |
| Dallas/Red Rose | Northern community | 40 | 40 | 0.0% | 317.9 | 0.1/km2 |
| Dauphin River | Northern community | 5 | 20 | −75.0% | 1.25 | 4.0/km2 |
| Dawson Bay | Northern community | 31 | 21 | +47.6% | 1.72 | 18.0/km2 |
| Deloraine | Unincorporated urban centre | 962 | 978 | −1.6% | 2.52 | 381.7/km2 |
| Dominion City | Unincorporated urban centre | 319 | 353 | −9.6% | 2.56 | 124.6/km2 |
| Duck Bay | Northern community | 350 | 374 | −6.4% | 10.81 | 32.4/km2 |
| Dugald | Unincorporated urban centre | 614 | 580 | +5.9% | 3.02 | 203.3/km2 |
| Easterville | Northern community | 20 | 44 | −54.5% | 3.12 | 6.4/km2 |
| Elie | Local urban district | 705 | 696 | +1.3% | 8 | 88.1/km2 |
| Elkhorn | Local urban district | 455 | 479 | −5.0% | 2.76 | 164.9/km2 |
| Elm Creek | Local urban district | 405 | 339 | +19.5% | 2.68 | 151.1/km2 |
| Emerson | Local urban district | 660 | 678 | −2.7% | 7.35 | 89.8/km2 |
| Erickson | Unincorporated urban centre | 473 | 461 | +2.6% | 1.29 | 366.7/km2 |
| Ethelbert | Unincorporated urban centre | 314 | 277 | +13.4% | 2.66 | 118.0/km2 |
| Falcon Lake | Unincorporated urban centre | 383 | 272 | +40.8% | 22.11 | 17.3/km2 |
| Fisher Bay | Northern community | 42 | 34 | +23.5% | 56.85 | 0.7/km2 |
| Fisher Branch | Local urban district | 465 | 452 | +2.9% | 2.01 | 231.3/km2 |
| Garson (Tyndall-Garson) | Local urban district | 748 | 647 | +15.6% | 1.13 | 661.9/km2 |
| Gilbert Plains | Unincorporated urban centre | 773 | 785 | −1.5% | 2.74 | 282.1/km2 |
| Gillam | Retired population centre | 836 | 1,036 | −19.3% | 1.01 | 827.7/km2 |
| Gimli | Dissolved municipality | 2,070 | 1,975 | +4.8% | 2.21 | 936.7/km2 |
| Gladstone | Unincorporated urban centre | 928 | 889 | +4.4% | 2.39 | 388.3/km2 |
| Glenboro | Unincorporated urban centre | 544 | 624 | −12.8% | 2.69 | 202.2/km2 |
| Gods Lake Narrows | Northern community | 141 | 89 | +58.4% | 1.62 | 87.0/km2 |
| Grand Marais/Grand Beach | Unincorporated urban centre | 601 | 307 | +95.8% | 2.56 | 234.8/km2 |
| Grandview | Unincorporated urban centre | 808 | 864 | −6.5% | 2.82 | 286.5/km2 |
| Gretna | Unincorporated urban centre | 511 | 541 | −5.5% | 2.71 | 188.6/km2 |
| Grunthal | Local urban district | 1,782 | 1,680 | +6.1% | 2.69 | 662.5/km2 |
| Hamiota | Unincorporated urban centre | 856 | 841 | +1.8% | 3.35 | 255.5/km2 |
| Hartney | Unincorporated urban centre | 499 | 462 | +8.0% | 2.68 | 186.2/km2 |
| Harwill | Northern community | 15 | 19 | −21.1% | 259.6 | 0.1/km2 |
| Herb Lake Landing | Northern community | 16 | 10 | +60.0% | 7.49 | 2.1/km2 |
| Holland | Local urban district | 354 | 354 | 0.0% | 2.7 | 131.1/km2 |
| Homebrook - Peonan Point | Northern community | 26 | 39 | −33.3% | 361.28 | 0.1/km2 |
| Iles des Chenes | Unincorporated urban centre | 1,606 | 1,546 | +3.9% | 2.03 | 791.1/km2 |
| Island Lake | Northern community | 54 | 79 | −31.6% | 3.54 | 15.3/km2 |
| Killarney | Dissolved municipality | 2,490 | 2,366 | +5.2% | 5.11 | 487.3/km2 |
| La Broquerie | Local urban district | 1,715 | 1,401 | +22.4% | 8.02 | 213.8/km2 |
| La Rivière | Local urban district | 228 | 208 | +9.6% | 2.9 | 78.6/km2 |
| La Salle | Unincorporated urban centre | 2,687 | 2,069 | +29.9% | 6.97 | 385.5/km2 |
| Landmark | Local urban district | 1,326 | 1,292 | +2.6% | 2.97 | 446.5/km2 |
| Laurier | Unincorporated urban centre | 177 | 154 | +14.9% | 5.4 | 32.8/km2 |
| Little Grand Rapids | Northern community | 0 | 15 | −100.0% | 1.47 | 0.0/km2 |
| Lockport part A | Unincorporated urban centre | 445 | 458 | −2.8% | 2.47 | 180.2/km2 |
| Lockport part B | Unincorporated urban centre | 301 | 288 | +4.5% | 0.44 | 684.1/km2 |
| Loon Straits | Northern community | 5 | 10 | −50.0% | 2.31 | 2.2/km2 |
| Lorette | Local urban district | 3,512 | 3,208 | +9.5% | 4.72 | 744.1/km2 |
| Lundar | Local urban district | 499 | 462 | +8.0% | 1.1 | 453.6/km2 |
| MacGregor | Unincorporated urban centre | 962 | 973 | −1.1% | 2.13 | 451.6/km2 |
| Mallard | Northern community | 102 | 78 | +30.8% | 11.21 | 9.1/km2 |
| Manigotagan | Northern community | 173 | 176 | −1.7% | 37.06 | 4.7/km2 |
| Manitou | Unincorporated urban centre | 812 | 840 | −3.3% | 3.38 | 240.2/km2 |
| Matheson Island | Northern community | 136 | 101 | +34.7% | 22.16 | 6.1/km2 |
| McCreary | Unincorporated urban centre | 497 | 507 | −2.0% | 1.84 | 270.1/km2 |
| Meadow Portage | Northern community | 72 | 67 | +7.5% | 115.61 | 0.6/km2 |
| Miami | Local urban district | 464 | 434 | +6.9% | 1.2 | 386.7/km2 |
| Miniota | Unincorporated urban centre | 282 | 229 | +23.1% | 0.94 | 300.0/km2 |
| Minitonas | Unincorporated urban centre | 465 | 465 | 0.0% | 2.19 | 212.3/km2 |
| Mitchell | Local urban district | 2,828 | 2,279 | +24.1% | 3.3 | 857.0/km2 |
| Moose Lake | Northern community | 135 | 200 | −32.5% | 9.75 | 13.8/km2 |
| National Mills | Northern community | 0 | 0 | NA | 2.62 | 0.0/km2 |
| Nelson House | Northern community | 70 | 71 | −1.4% | 3.43 | 20.4/km2 |
| Ninette | Local urban district | 249 | 221 | +12.7% | 2.02 | 123.3/km2 |
| Norway House | Northern community | 363 | 478 | −24.1% | 114.53 | 3.2/km2 |
| Notre Dame de Lourdes | Local urban district | 756 | 744 | +1.6% | 2.83 | 267.1/km2 |
| Oak Bluff | Unincorporated urban centre | 1,442 | 1,051 | +37.2% | 2.52 | 572.2/km2 |
| Oak Lake | Unincorporated urban centre | 381 | 407 | −6.4% | 2.61 | 146.0/km2 |
| Oakbank | Unincorporated urban centre | 5,041 | 4,604 | +9.5% | 5.39 | 935.3/km2 |
| Oakville | Local urban district | 652 | 621 | +5.0% | 2.71 | 240.6/km2 |
| Pelican Rapids | Northern community | 64 | 72 | −11.1% | 3.14 | 20.4/km2 |
| Pierson | Local urban district | 174 | 190 | −8.4% | 1.94 | 89.7/km2 |
| Pikwitonei | Northern community | 55 | 64 | −14.1% | 7.94 | 6.9/km2 |
| Pilot Mound | Local urban district | 675 | 627 | +7.7% | 2.65 | 254.7/km2 |
| Pine Dock | Northern community | 38 | 47 | −19.1% | 9.65 | 3.9/km2 |
| Pine Falls (Powerview-Pine Falls) | Dissolved municipality | 616 | 632 | −2.5% | 2.41 | 255.6/km2 |
| Plum Coulee | Unincorporated urban centre | 1,040 | 904 | +15.0% | 2.44 | 426.2/km2 |
| Plumas | Local urban district | 235 | 243 | −3.3% | 0.96 | 244.8/km2 |
| Powell | Northern community | 15 | 15 | 0.0% | 1.19 | 12.6/km2 |
| Powerview (Powerview-Pine Falls) | Dissolved municipality | 623 | 684 | −8.9% | 2.41 | 258.5/km2 |
| Princess Harbour | Northern community | 0 | 5 | −100.0% | 1.9 | 0.0/km2 |
| Rapid City | Local urban district | 796 | 478 | +66.5% | 5.19 | 153.4/km2 |
| Red Deer Lake | Northern community | 20 | 10 | +100.0% | 6.61 | 3.0/km2 |
| Red Sucker Lake | Northern community | 10 | 15 | −33.3% | 0.65 | 15.4/km2 |
| Reston | Local urban district | 659 | 569 | +15.8% | 5.32 | 123.9/km2 |
| Richer | Local urban district | 607 | 582 | +4.3% | 5.37 | 113.0/km2 |
| Rivers | Dissolved municipality | 971 | 1,325 | −26.7% | 7.98 | 121.7/km2 |
| Riverton | Unincorporated urban centre | 475 | 538 | −11.7% | 1.19 | 399.2/km2 |
| Roblin | Dissolved municipality | 1,709 | 1,697 | +0.7% | 3.75 | 455.7/km2 |
| Rock Ridge | Northern community | 64 | 73 | −12.3% | 0.88 | 72.7/km2 |
| Rosenfeld | Local urban district | 318 | 338 | −5.9% | 2.72 | 116.9/km2 |
| Rosenort | Local urban district | 798 | 701 | +13.8% | 10.54 | 75.7/km2 |
| Rossburn | Unincorporated urban centre | 489 | 512 | −4.5% | 3.43 | 142.6/km2 |
| Russell | Dissolved municipality | 1,740 | 1,599 | +8.8% | 3.14 | 554.1/km2 |
| Salt Point | Northern community | 10 | 5 | +100.0% | 30.22 | 0.3/km2 |
| Sandy Lake | Local urban district | 301 | 264 | +14.0% | 2.01 | 149.8/km2 |
| Sanford | Unincorporated urban centre | 991 | 937 | +5.8% | 6.24 | 158.8/km2 |
| Seymourville | Northern community | 76 | 95 | −20.0% | 23.14 | 3.3/km2 |
| Sherridon | Northern community | 56 | 99 | −43.4% | 11.88 | 4.7/km2 |
| Shoal Lake | Unincorporated urban centre | 652 | 701 | −7.0% | 2.52 | 258.7/km2 |
| Somerset | Local urban district | 420 | 437 | −3.9% | 2.32 | 181.0/km2 |
| Souris | Dissolved municipality | 1,970 | 1,974 | −0.2% | 3.35 | 588.1/km2 |
| Spence Lake | Northern community | 70 | 53 | +32.1% | 29.13 | 2.4/km2 |
| St. Adolphe | Unincorporated urban centre | 1,006 | 1,057 | −4.8% | 1.38 | 729.0/km2 |
| St. Claude | Local urban district | 625 | 603 | +3.6% | 1.84 | 339.7/km2 |
| St. Francois Xavier | Unincorporated urban centre | 845 | 662 | +27.6% | 3.39 | 249.3/km2 |
| St. Jean Baptiste | Local urban district | 576 | 563 | +2.3% | 2.02 | 285.1/km2 |
| St. Malo | Local urban district | 1,323 | 1,227 | +7.8% | 6.91 | 191.5/km2 |
| Starbuck | Unincorporated urban centre | 363 | 342 | +6.1% | 1.26 | 288.1/km2 |
| Ste. Agathe | Unincorporated urban centre | 643 | 637 | +0.9% | 4.01 | 160.3/km2 |
| Ste. Rose du Lac | Unincorporated urban centre | 997 | 1,021 | −2.4% | 2.48 | 402.0/km2 |
| St-Lazare | Local urban district | 233 | 257 | −9.3% | 2.73 | 85.3/km2 |
| Stony Mountain | Unincorporated urban centre | 1,979 | 1,636 | +21.0% | 2.67 | 741.2/km2 |
| Swan Lake | Local urban district | 276 | 255 | +8.2% | 0.71 | 388.7/km2 |
| Thicket Portage | Northern community | 109 | 150 | −27.3% | 7.49 | 14.6/km2 |
| Treherne | Unincorporated urban centre | 650 | 615 | +5.7% | 2.04 | 318.6/km2 |
| Tyndall (Tyndall-Garson) | Local urban district | 1,001 | 935 | +7.1% | 2.23 | 448.9/km2 |
| Vita | Local urban district | 512 | 479 | +6.9% | 3.06 | 167.3/km2 |
| Wabowden | Northern community | 400 | 442 | −9.5% | 30.36 | 13.2/km2 |
| Warren | Local urban district | 1,015 | 818 | +24.1% | 5.39 | 188.3/km2 |
| Waskada | Unincorporated urban centre | 161 | 167 | −3.6% | 0.8 | 201.3/km2 |
| Waterhen | Northern community | 195 | 152 | +28.3% | 154.1 | 1.3/km2 |
| Wawanesa | Unincorporated urban centre | 653 | 594 | +9.9% | 2.04 | 320.1/km2 |
| Whitemouth | Unincorporated urban centre | 387 | 303 | +27.7% | 3.06 | 126.5/km2 |
| Winnipegosis | Unincorporated urban centre | 945 | 617 | +53.2% | 2.54 | 372.0/km2 |
| Total designated places | — | 89,803 | 85,642 | +4.9% | 2,117.00 | 42.4/km2 |
| Province of Manitoba | — | 1,342,153 | 1,278,365 | +5.0% | 540,310.19 | 2.5/km2 |
