Communities in the province of
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada at the Centre of Canada, longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, fifth-most populous province, with a population ...
, Canada include
incorporated municipalities,
unincorporated communities
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and
First Nations communities.
Types of incorporated municipalities include urban municipalities,
rural municipalities
A rural municipality is a classification of municipality, a type of local government, found in several countries.
These include:
* Rural municipalities in Canada, a type of municipal status in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, a ...
and local government districts. Urban municipalities can be named as
cities
A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...
,
town
A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city.
The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
s,
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
s or simply urban municipalities.
The administration of urban and rural municipalities is regulated by ''The Municipal Act''.
Some municipalities have since amalgamated, making this list inaccurate.
In the
2011 Census, Manitoba's communities combined for a total provincial population of 1,208,268.
Municipalities
Urban municipalities
Manitoba has 79 urban municipalities, which includes the sub-types of cities, towns and villages.
Cities
Manitoba has 10 cities.
Towns
Manitoba has 25 towns.
Villages
Manitoba has 2 villages. The second section of this table shows places that are no longer villages, but that were villages just before their reclassification in 2015 (or in some cases an earlier date).
Rural municipalities
Manitoba has 116 rural municipalities.
Local government districts
Manitoba has two local government districts.
Unincorporated communities
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Alonsa
Alonsa is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district located in north central Manitoba in the Rural Municipality of Alonsa.
History
Alonsa grew in the early 1900s with the coming of the railroad. The rail line was never ...
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Angusville
Angusville is a local urban district in the Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West, Manitoba, Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend fro ...
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Anola
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Argyle
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Ashern
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Ashville
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Aubigny
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Austin
Austin refers to:
Common meanings
* Austin, Texas, United States, a city
* Austin (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
* Austin (surname), a list of people and fictional characters
* Austin Motor Company, a British car manufac ...
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Badger
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Bakers Narrows
*Balaton Beach
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Baldur
*Bender
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Bender Hamlet
Bender Hamlet, Manitoba was a Baron Maurice de Hirsch sponsored Jewish farm colony in the Rural Municipality of Armstrong, part of the Interlake region in the province of Manitoba. The centre of the settlement was located at quarter section Nor ...
*Berlo
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Birch River
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Birds Hill
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Blumenort
*Breezy Point
*Brereton Lake
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Brochet
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Brunkild
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Bruxelles
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Caliento
*Camper
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Camperville
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Chater
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Chortitz
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Clearwater
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Cottonwoods
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Cormorant
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Cranberry Portage
Cranberry Portage is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district located in the Rural Municipality of Kelsey, Manitoba. It was an important part of the pre-European contact trade routes of the Cree and Assiniboine peoples. ...
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Cromer
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The local ...
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Cross Lake
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Cypress River
*Dennis Lake
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Domain
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Law and human geography
* Demesne, in English common law and other Medieval European contexts, lands directly managed by their holder rather ...
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Dominion City
Dominion City is an unincorporated community in the Municipality of Emerson – Franklin, Manitoba Canada. It is located in southeastern part of the province, approximately north of the Canada–United States border.
Dominion City is served ...
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Douglas
Douglas may refer to:
People
* Douglas (given name)
* Douglas (surname)
Animals
* Douglas (parrot), macaw that starred as the parrot ''Rosalinda'' in Pippi Longstocking
* Douglas the camel, a camel in the Confederate Army in the American Civil ...
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Duck Bay
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Dugald
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Easterville
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East Selkirk
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Elie
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Elgin
Elgin may refer to:
Places Canada
* Elgin County, Ontario
* Elgin Settlement, a 19th-century community for freed slaves located in present-day North Buxton and South Buxton, Ontario
* Elgin, a village in Rideau Lakes, Ontario
* Elgin, Manit ...
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Elm Creek
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Elma
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Elphinstone
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Eriksdale
*Erinview
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Falcon Lake
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Fisher Branch
*Fisherton
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Forrest
Forrest may refer to:
Places
Australia
*Forrest, Australian Capital Territory
*Forrest, Victoria, a small rural township
*Division of Forrest, a federal division of the Australian House of Representatives, in Western Australia
*Electoral distric ...
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Fort Alexander
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Foxwarren
Foxwarren is a community in the Prairie View Municipality in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is located along the concurrence of Provincial Trunk Highways 16 and 83.
The community was first noted on a map in 1888 as Fox Warren. The Pos ...
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Fraserwood
Armstrong is a rural municipality in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. It lies in the southern area of the Interlake and was named after James William Armstrong, a Manitoba politician.
History
The surrounding area was settled by i ...
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Friedensfeld
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Friedensfeld West
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Friedensruh
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Garden Hill
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Gardenton
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Garson
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Gimli
*Glass
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Glenlea
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Gods Lake Narrows
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Gods River
The Gods River is a remote wilderness river in the Hudson Bay drainage basin in Northern Manitoba, Canada. Its flows from its source at Gods Lake to its mouth at the Hayes River. The Hayes River flows to Hudson Bay.
The First Nations
First ...
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Goose Creek
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Gretna, Manitoba
Gretna is an unincorporated urban community in the Municipality of Rhineland within the Canadian province of Manitoba that held town status prior to January 1, 2015. Just north of the Canada - United States border on PTH 30, Gretna had a popul ...
*Grand Marais
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Grosse Isle
Grosse Isle (, , "big island") is an island located in the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. It is one of the islands of the 21-island Isle-aux-Grues archipelago. It is part of the municipality of Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues, locate ...
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Grunthal
*Gull Harbour
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Gunton
*Gypsumville
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Hadashville
Hadashville is a small, Unincorporated area#Canada, unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of Reynolds, in Eastman Region, eastern Manitoba, Canada.
Hadashville is located in the Whitemouth River watershed north of the Sandilands Provi ...
*Hecla
*Hecla Village
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Hnausa
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Hochfeld
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Hodgson
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Holland
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*Husavik
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Île-des-Chênes
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Ilford
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*Inwood
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Isabella
Isabella may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Isabella (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
* Isabella (surname), including a list of people
Places
United States
* Isabella, Alabama, an unincorpo ...
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Island Lake
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Jackhead
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Kemnay Kemnay may refer to:
* Kemnay, Manitoba, a community in Canada
*Kemnay, Aberdeenshire
Kemnay (Scottish Gaelic language, Gaelic: ''Camnaidh'') is a village west of Aberdeen in Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
History
The village name ''Kemna ...
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Kenville
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Kenton
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Killarney
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Kleefeld
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Komarno
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La Broquerie
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La Riviere
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Lac Brochet
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Landmark
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In modern-day use, the term can also be applied to smaller structures ...
*Lester Beach
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Letellier
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Libau
*Lido Plage
*Lilyfield
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Little Grand Rapids
Little Grand Rapids is a community in east central Manitoba, Canada, near the Ontario border. It is located approximately 280 kilometers or 173 miles north-northeast from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
It is a fly-in community, with only a winter road. ...
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Lockport
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Lorette
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Lundar
*Lundar Beach
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MacGregor
*Malonton
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Marchand
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Matlock
*Meadow Lea
*Meadows
*Meleb
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Miami
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*Miklavik
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Moose Lake
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Narcisse
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Given name
* Narcisse Bambara (born 1989), Burkinabé footballer
* Narcisse Blais (1812–1888), Canadian farmer and political figure in Quebec
* Narcisse Bona ...
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Neelin
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New Bothwell
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Nelson House
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Ninette
*Norris Lake
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Norway House
Norway House is a population centre of over 5,000 people, some north of Lake Winnipeg, on the bank of the eastern channel of the Nelson River, in the province of Manitoba, Canada. The population centre shares the name ''Norway House'' with the ...
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Oakbank
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Oak Bluff
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Oakburn
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Oakville
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Olha
Olha is a Ukrainian feminine given name related to Olga. Bearers include:
* Olha Basanska (born 1992), Ukrainian footballer
* Olha Basarab (1889–1924), Ukrainian political activist and alleged spy
* Olha Bibik (born 1990), Ukrainian sprinte ...
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Onanole
Onanole is a community the Municipality of Harrison Park in Manitoba, Canada, popular as a summer colony.
Onanole is located in southwest Manitoba, at the south entrance to Riding Mountain National Park. It sits roughly due north of the city of ...
*Oswald
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Oxford House
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Pierson
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Pikwitonei
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Piney
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Pipestone
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Prawda
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Pukatawagan
The Mathias Colomb Cree Nation (MCCN) () —also known as Mathias Colomb First Nation, Mathias Colomb (Cree) First Nation, and Pukatawagan/Mathias Colomb Cree Nation—is a remote First Nations community in northern Manitoba, located north of ...
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Red Sucker Lake
Red Sucker Lake is a lake in the northeastern part of Manitoba, Canada, near its border with Ontario. It has a surface area of approximately . Adjacent to the lake is the Red Sucker Lake First Nation and the community of Red Sucker Lake, Manit ...
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Reinfeld
*Rembrandt
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Reston
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Richer
*Riding Mountain
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River Hills
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Roland
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*Rosser
*Sandy Hook
*Siglavik
*Southport
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St. Adolphe
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St. Boniface
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St. Georges
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St. François Xavier
*St. James
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St. Jean Baptiste
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St. Laurent
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St. Malo
*St. Martin Junction
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St. Theresa Point
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Sandy Bay
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Sandy Lake
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Sanford
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Seven Sisters
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Shamattawa
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Sherridon
Sherridon, Manitoba, is an unincorporated community in northern Manitoba, Canada.
History
Sherridon originated as the service centre for the nearby Sherritt Gordon Mine. The mine closed in 1952, resulting in the equipment and many of the work ...
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Shilo
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Shoal Lake
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Silver
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South Indian Lake
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South Junction
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Sperling
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Split Lake
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Sprague
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Sprucewoods
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Starbuck
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Steep Rock
*Steep Rock Junction
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Stony Mountain
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Stuartburn
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Sundance
A Sun Dance is a Native American ceremony.
Sun dance or Sundance may also refer to:
Places
;Canada
* Sundance, Calgary, Alberta, a neighbourhood
* Sundance, Manitoba, a ghost town
;United States
* Sundance, New Mexico, a census-designated pl ...
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Sundown
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Tadoule Lake
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Teulon
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Treesbank
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Tolstoi
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Tyndall
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Vassar
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Vista
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Software
*Windows Vista, the line of Microsoft Windows client operating systems released in 2006 and 2007
* VistA, (Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture) a medical records system of the United States ...
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Vita
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Waasagomach
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Wabowden
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Wanless
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Warren
Warren most commonly refers to:
* Warren (burrow), a network dug by rabbits
* Warren (name), a given name and a surname, including lists of persons so named
Warren may also refer to:
Places Australia
* Warren (biogeographic region)
* War ...
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West St. Paul
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Whitemouth
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Winnipeg
Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba. It is centred on the confluence of the Red River of the North, Red and Assiniboine River, Assiniboine rivers. , Winnipeg h ...
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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, abo ...
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Woodlands
*Woodroyd
*Whytewold
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York Factory
York Factory was a settlement and Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) factory (trading post) on the southwestern shore of Hudson Bay in northeastern Manitoba, Canada, at the mouth of the Hayes River, approximately south-southeast of Churchill.
York ...
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York Landing
*Zbaraz
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Zhoda
Hamlets
Four unincorporated places in Manitoba are designated as
hamlets
A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. This is often simply an informal description of a smaller settlement or possibly a subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. Sometimes a hamlet is defined f ...
.
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Howden
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Vogar
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Waldersee
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Wanless
Northern communities
Manitoba recognizes 57 unincorporated places as northern communities.
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Aghaming
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Baden
Baden (; ) is a historical territory in southern Germany. In earlier times it was considered to be on both sides of the Upper Rhine, but since the Napoleonic Wars, it has been considered only East of the Rhine.
History
The margraves of Ba ...
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Barrows
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Berens River
The Berens River is a river in the provinces of Manitoba and Ontario, Canada. It flows west from an unnamed lake in Kenora District, Ontario, and discharges its waters into Lake Winnipeg near the community and First Nation of Berens River, Manit ...
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Big Black River
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Bissett
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Brochet
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Camperville
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Cormorant
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Crane River
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Cross Lake
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Dallas
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Dauphin River
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Dawson Bay
Dawson may refer to:
People and fictional characters
*Dawson (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name
* Dawson (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name
Places Antarctica ...
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Duck Bay
Duck is the common name for numerous species of waterfowl in the family Anatidae. Ducks are generally smaller and shorter-necked than swans and geese, which are members of the same family. Divided among several subfamilies, they are a form ta ...
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Fisher Bay
*Fisher River
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Gods Lake Narrows
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Granville Lake
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Harwill
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Herb Lake Landing
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Homebrook
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Ilford
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Island Lake
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Little Bullhead
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Little Grand Rapids
Little Grand Rapids is a community in east central Manitoba, Canada, near the Ontario border. It is located approximately 280 kilometers or 173 miles north-northeast from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
It is a fly-in community, with only a winter road. ...
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Long Body Creek
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Loon Straits
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Mallard
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Manigotagan
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Matheson Island
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Meadow Portage
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Moose Lake
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National Mills
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Nelson House
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Norway House
Norway House is a population centre of over 5,000 people, some north of Lake Winnipeg, on the bank of the eastern channel of the Nelson River, in the province of Manitoba, Canada. The population centre shares the name ''Norway House'' with the ...
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Oxford House
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Pelican Rapids
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Pikwitonei
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Pine Dock
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Poplarville
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Powell
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Princess Harbour
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Red Deer Lake
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Red Rose
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Red Sucker Lake
Red Sucker Lake is a lake in the northeastern part of Manitoba, Canada, near its border with Ontario. It has a surface area of approximately . Adjacent to the lake is the Red Sucker Lake First Nation and the community of Red Sucker Lake, Manit ...
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Rock Ridge
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Salt Point
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Seymourville
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Sherridon
Sherridon, Manitoba, is an unincorporated community in northern Manitoba, Canada.
History
Sherridon originated as the service centre for the nearby Sherritt Gordon Mine. The mine closed in 1952, resulting in the equipment and many of the work ...
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South Indian Lake
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Spence Lake
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St. Theresa Point
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Thicket Portage
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Wabowden
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Warren Landing
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Waterhen
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Westgate
Settlements
Manitoba recognizes 12 unincorporated places as
settlements.
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Big Eddy
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Grande Pointe
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Manigotagan
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Manitoba House
Manitoba House is the name of a Hudson's Bay Company fur trading post as well as a separate settlement adjacent to the post. The site is in the present-day Rural Municipality of Alonsa.
Trading post
The first trading post at or near the Manitob ...
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Norway House
Norway House is a population centre of over 5,000 people, some north of Lake Winnipeg, on the bank of the eastern channel of the Nelson River, in the province of Manitoba, Canada. The population centre shares the name ''Norway House'' with the ...
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Oak Island
Oak Island is a privately owned island in Lunenburg County on the south shore of Nova Scotia, Canada. The tree-covered island is one of several islands in Mahone Bay, and is connected to the mainland by a causeway. The nearest community is th ...
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Oak Point
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Pasquia
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Pine Creek
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Rat River
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St. Malo
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Westbourne
See also
*
List of communities in Manitoba by population
Manitoba has 81 communities, excluding rural municipalities, that have a population of 1,000 or greater according to the 2021 Census of Canada conducted by Statistics Canada. These communities include cities, towns, villages, reserves inhabited ...
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List of municipalities in Manitoba
Manitoba is the fifth most populous province in Canada with 1,342,153 residents as of 2021 and is the sixth largest in land area at . Manitoba's 137 municipalities cover only of the province's land mass yet are home to of its population. ...
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List of regions of Manitoba
This is a list of regions in Manitoba, Canada, including Manitoba's geographic regions, economic regions, and Regional Health Authorities of Manitoba, health regions. These regions do not reflect the organization of local government in Manitoba. T ...
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List of rural municipalities in Manitoba
A Rural municipality (Canada), rural municipality (RM) is a type of incorporated municipality in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba. Under the province's ''Municipal Act'' of 1997, an area must have a mini ...
Notes
References
External links
* Government of Manitoba Community Profiles:
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Regional Map
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Municipality Profiles
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Communities
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