Division No. 5 (Southwestern area) is a census division located within the

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in the south west area 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 major

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of Westman is

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. However, there is also some

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production in the southwest area of the region.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by Statistics Canada, Division No. 5 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

* Melita

Unincorporated Urban Communities

* Boissevain * Deloraine *

Hartney Hartney is an unincorporated urban community in the Municipality of Grassland within the Canadian province of Manitoba that held town status prior to January 1, 2015. It along the Souris River. Originally established in 1882, the community is nam ...

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* Waskada

Rural municipalities

* Boissevain – Morton * Brenda – Waskada * Deloraine – Winchester *

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* Killarney – Turtle Mountain * Prairie Lakes * Two Borders

Former rural municipalities

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(amalgamated with the RMs of

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and Edward in 2015) *

(amalgamated with the RMs of

and Edward in 2015) * Brenda (amalgamated with the Village of Waskada in 2015) * Cameron (amalgamated with the Town of Hartney and RM of Whitewater in 2015) * Edward (amalgamated with the RMs of

and

in 2015) * Turtle Mountain (amalgamated with the Town of Killarney in 2007) *

Morton Morton may refer to: People * Morton (surname) * Morton (given name) Fictional * Morton Koopa, Jr., a character and boss in ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' * A character in the ''Charlie and Lola'' franchise * A character in the 2008 film '' Horton H ...

(amalgamated with the Town of Boissevain in 2015) * Riverside (amalgamated with the RM of Strathcona in 2015) * Strathcona (amalgamated with the RM of Riverside in 2015) *

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(amalgamated with the Town of Hartney and RM of Cameron in 2015) * Winchester (amalgamated with the Town of Deloraine in 2015)

References

Community Profile: Census Division No. 5, Manitoba; Statistics Canada

External links

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