Grandview is an unincorporated urban community in the

Grandview Municipality Grandview Municipality is a rural municipality (RM) in the Parkland Region of Manitoba, Canada. It is located in a valley between Duck Mountain Provincial Forest & Park and Riding Mountain National Park, which both lie partially within the R ...

within the Canadian province of

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that held town status prior to January 1, 2015. It is located 45 kilometres west of the City of Dauphin along the

Valley River A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams ove ...

. The community was named for the picturesque views of both the Duck Mountains to the north and the Riding Mountains to the south. The main access to the community is Provincial Highway 5. Grandview railway station is served by

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. The local economy is agriculturally and service industry based. However, at one time a thriving economy was also based on a local wood mill.

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, Grandview had a population of 808 living in 410 of its 460 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 864. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

References

Designated places in Manitoba Unincorporated communities in Parkland Region, Manitoba Unincorporated urban communities in Manitoba Former towns in Manitoba Populated places disestablished in 2015 2015 disestablishments in Manitoba {{Manitoba-geo-stub