Loon Straits is a community in the

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in Canadian census data, the community had a population of 16 in the

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. The community had been settled by largely Metis settlers of mixed Cree/ Ojibway (Or Saulteaux as it was known in the past)/Irish/Scottish heritage.Barkwell, Lawrence J. (2018) Historic Metis settlements in Manitoba and geographical place names. Winnipeg, Manitoba: Louis Riel Institute, 2018.

Demographics

In the

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, Loon Straits had a population of 5 living in 5 of its 35 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 10. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

References

''Loon Straits Community Profile''
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