Census Division No. 18 (North Interlake) is a

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located within the

Interlake Region The Interlake Region is an informal geographic region of the Canadian province of Manitoba that lies roughly between Lake Winnipeg and Lake Manitoba in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The region comprises 14 rural municipalities, one city (the ...

of the province of

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. Unlike in some other provinces, census divisions do not reflect the organization of local government in Manitoba. These areas exist solely for the purposes of statistical analysis and presentation; they have no government of their own. The economy of the region is based on

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and

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. The population of the area as of the 2006 census was 23,861. The division contains all of the south basin of

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, and borders the west shore of the north basin (which is part of Division No. 19). It also contains

Hecla-Grindstone Provincial Park Hecla-Grindstone Provincial Park is a provincial park in Manitoba, Canada, which includes Hecla Island, Grindstone (the area located on the mainland peninsula along the west shore of Lake Winnipeg), Black Island and a number of other small island ...

at its northeast corner. Also included in the division are the main reserves of the

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(Dog Creek 46), the

Little Saskatchewan First Nation Little Saskatchewan First Nation ( oj, Kaakiiskakamigaag) is a First Nations community in the Interlake Region of central Manitoba. Its main reserve is the Little Saskatchewan 48. It is a signatory of Treaty 2 ''Treaty 2'' was entered in t ...

, and the Pinaymootang First Nation (Fairford 50).

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Division No. 18 had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Towns

* Arborg *

Winnipeg Beach Winnipeg Beach is a town in the Interlake Region, in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The town was founded in 1900 by Sir William Whyte and is located at the junction of Highway 9 and Highway 229 on the southwestern shore of Lake Winnipeg, ab ...

Unincorporated communities

* Gimli * Riverton

Municipalities

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* Bifrost – Riverton * Coldwell *

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* Gimli * Grahamdale * St. Laurent * West Interlake

Reserves

* Dog Creek 46 * Fairfield 50 (part) * Little Saskatchewan 48

References

External links

Manitoba CDommunity Profiles: North Interlake
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