Census Division No. 23 (Churchill - Northern Manitoba) is a census division located within the Northern Region 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 census division contains the Atlantic deep sea

Port of Churchill The Port of Churchill is a privately-owned port on Hudson Bay in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Routes from the port connect to the North Atlantic through the Hudson Strait. , the port had four deep-sea berths capable of handling Panamax-size vesse ...

. The population of the census division was 8,252 in the 2006 census. The census division has a very diversified economic base ranging from

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and

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resupply.

Demographics

In the

2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...

conducted by Statistics Canada, Division No. 23 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

Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1 ...

* Gillam *

Leaf Rapids Leaf Rapids is a town in north west Manitoba, Canada. The town was developed as an experimental model; a model that other northern communities could replicate as they strove for modern convenience and luxury in a northern environment. The communit ...

Lynn Lake Lynn Lake is a town in the northwest region of Manitoba, Canada, approximately from Winnipeg. The town is the fourth-largest town in Manitoba in terms of land area. It is centred on the original urban community of Lynn Lake. The town was named ...

Unincorporated communities

* Amery * Belcher * Charlebois * Herchmer * Lawledge * Weir River

First Nations reserves

* Brochet 197 * Fox Lake 2 *

Granville Lake Granville Lake ( cr, ᐅᑳᐏᒥᖨᐦᑳᓈᓂ, okâwimithihkânâni) is an Indian settlement located on a peninsula on the south shore of Granville Lake (part of the Churchill River system) in northern Manitoba. The community is primarily ...

* Highrock 199 * Lac Brochet 197A * Pukatawagan 198 * Shamattawa 1 * South Indian Lake

Unorganized areas

* Unorganized Division No. 23

References

External links

Manitoba Community Profiles: Churchill - Northern Manitoba

Map of Division No. 23, Manitoba at Statcan
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