Thompson is a

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(RM) in the

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, Canada. It had a population of 1,259 according to the

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. The RM was incorporated on 1 November 1908. It took its name from an early settler and its first postmaster, William Thompson. Thompson homesteaded on 5-5-6W in about 1874 and his home was central to the early community. The area was known locally as Thompsonville at that time.

Communities

* Deerwood *

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- The main village in Thompson. * Rosebank

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Thompson had a population of 1,518 living in 434 of its 471 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,422. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

References

''Manitoba Municipalities: Rural Municipality of Thompson''
* ''Geographic Names of Manitoba'' (pg. 273) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada
Thompson RM, MB Community Profile

Map of Thompson R.M. at Statcan
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