Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie
Rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada
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Portage la Prairie is a rural municipality (RM) in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. It surrounds the city of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba's fifth-largest city. Also within the borders of the municipality are the Dakota Plains First Nation and most of the Long Plain First Nation Indian reserves.
Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie | |
|---|---|
Location of the RM of Portage la Prairie in Manitoba | |
| Coordinates: 50°02′56″N 98°12′58″W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Manitoba |
| Region | Central Plains |
| Area | |
| • Land | 1,961.97 km2 (757.52 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 6,975 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area codes | 204 and 431 |
| Website | https://www.rmofportage.ca/ |
Communities
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Portage la Prairie had a population of 6,888 living in 2,167 of its 2,456 total private dwellings, a change of −1.2% from its 2016 population of 6,975. With a land area of 1,973.45 km2 (761.95 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.5/km2 (9.0/sq mi) in 2021.[2]
| Panethnic group | 2021[3] | 2016[4] | 2011[5] | 2006[6] | 2001[7] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
| European[a] | 4,255 | 78.51% | 4,410 | 77.57% | 4,405 | 81.88% | 5,780 | 85.06% | 6,005 | 88.44% |
| Indigenous | 1,045 | 19.28% | 1,165 | 20.49% | 840 | 15.61% | 1,000 | 14.72% | 730 | 10.75% |
| African | 40 | 0.74% | 50 | 0.88% | 0 | 0% | 10 | 0.15% | 0 | 0% |
| East Asian[b] | 25 | 0.46% | 40 | 0.7% | 65 | 1.21% | 20 | 0.29% | 35 | 0.52% |
| Southeast Asian[c] | 25 | 0.46% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 15 | 0.22% |
| South Asian | 20 | 0.37% | 25 | 0.44% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Middle Eastern[d] | 0 | 0% | 20 | 0.35% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 10 | 0.15% |
| Latin American | 0 | 0% | 10 | 0.18% | 25 | 0.46% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Other/multiracial[e] | 0 | 0% | 10 | 0.18% | 35 | 0.65% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Total responses | 5,420 | 78.69% | 5,685 | 81.51% | 5,380 | 82.45% | 6,795 | 100.03% | 6,790 | 99.99% |
| Total population | 6,888 | 100% | 6,975 | 100% | 6,525 | 100% | 6,793 | 100% | 6,791 | 100% |
| Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses | ||||||||||
Notes
- Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
- Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
- Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
- Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
- Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.
