Ste. Anne () is a

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(RM) in the

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, Canada, lying southeast of

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. The separately-administered town of

Ste. Anne Ste. Anne, or Sainte-Anne-des-Chênes, is a town in Manitoba, Canada, located about 42 km southeast of Winnipeg. The population was 2,114 in 2016, 1,524 in 2011, and 1,513 in 2011. It is known for being located on the Seine River (Manitoba ...

lies within the geographic borders of the municipality, in its northwestern part. It includes Paradise Village, a 55-plus

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, founded in early 1990, many of whose residents are "

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". The municipality has five privately-owned public

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courses—Cottonwood, Oakwood, Ridgewood, Girouxsalem, and Quarry Oaks—and five privately-owned

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—Lilac, Wild Oaks, Rock Garden, Ridgewood and Cherry Hill. The municipality is one of the earliest-settled areas of Manitoba.

History

The first settlers of Ste. Anne arrived in 1856 at Pointe-des-Chênes ('where the oaks meet') from

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in search of

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. The main industry within this initial settlement to the area, which included 198 families, was purposed towards supplying

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for the construction of the

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. By the end of the decade, the

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established a

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in the community, which eventually brought the settlement a hotel,

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, and a jail. The Rural Municipality of Ste. Anne was incorporated in February 1881, but soon after amalgamated with the Rural Municipality of LaBroquerie in 1890. Nearly two decades later, in 1908 the RM of Ste. Anne became re-established by an Act of the Legislature.

Communities

Giroux Giroux is a French language, French surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexandre Giroux, Canadian ice hockey player * André Giroux (painter), French photographer and painter * André Giroux (writer), Canadian writer * Art Giroux, ...

* Greenland, Manitoba * La Coulée *

Richer Richer and Richers are surnames. Notable people and characters with these surnames include: Richer * Richer, Count in Luihgau and Hainaut (died 972) * Richer (bishop of Verdun) (fl. 1089–1107) * Bob Richer (born 1951), ice hockey defenceman, pl ...

* St. Raymond

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Ste. Anne had a population of 5,584 living in 1,981 of its 2,092 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 5,003. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

References

External links

Official website

Map of Ste. Anne R.M. at StatcanCommunity Profile: Ste. Anne Rural Municipality, Manitoba; Statistics Canada
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