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Westman — southwest Manitoba Brandon Area (Division No. 7) South West Area (Division No. 5) Virden Area (Division No. 6) Western Manitoba (Division No. 15) Winnipeg Capital Region — Includes the 16 municipalities identified in Manitoba's Capital Region Partnership Act. As such, unlike the other regions, this region also includes ...
These communities include cities, towns, villages, reserves inhabited by First Nations, a local government district that is urban in nature, designated places, and population centres. A population centre, according to Statistics Canada, is an area with a population of at least 1,000 and a density of 400 or more people per square kilometre. [1]
The population of the Winnipeg Metro Region is greatly concentrated within the city of Winnipeg itself, which has 86.5% of the Region's population residing in less than 6% of its land area. On the provincial level, the city has 54.9% of the province's population, while the Region's share is 63.5%.
Cities and towns in Manitoba. Manitoba is one of the three Prairie provinces located in Western Canada. [1] According to the 2021 Canadian census, it is the fifth most populous province in Canada with 1,342,153 inhabitants, and the sixth largest province by land area, covering 540,310.19 square kilometres (208,614.93 sq mi).
Communities in the province of Manitoba, Canada include incorporated municipalities, unincorporated communities and First Nations communities. Types of incorporated municipalities include urban municipalities, rural municipalities and local government districts. Urban municipalities can be named as cities, towns, villages or simply urban ...
The province's largest and smallest towns by land area are Gillam and Lac du Bonnet with land areas of 1,996.34 km 2 (770.79 sq mi) and 2.15 km 2 (0.83 sq mi) respectively. [4] The province previously had 50 towns before a series of provincially mandated amalgamations took effect on January 1, 2015.
Over half of Manitoba's population resides in the City of Winnipeg, the provincial capital, with a population with 749,607. [3] The City of Brandon is the province's second most populous municipality with 51,313 residents. [3] Manitoba's smallest municipality by population is the Local Government District of Mystery Lake with 0 residents. [3]
Its major urban centre is the City of Portage la Prairie. Together with the Pembina Valley Region to the south, the Central Plains Region composes the broader cultural region of Central Manitoba. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Geographically, the region is considered to be a part of southern Manitoba , and is serviced by the Southern Regional Health Authority .