A village is an incorporated urban municipality in the Canadian province of Manitoba.[1] Under the province's Municipal Act of 1997, a community must have a minimum population of 1,000 and a minimum density of 400 people per square kilometre to incorporate as an urban municipality.[2] As an urban municipality, the community has the option to be named a village, town or urban municipality.[2] It also has the option of being named a city once it has a minimum population of 7,500.[2]

Manitoba has two villages that have a cumulative population of 1,933 in the Canada 2016 census.[3] There were several communities with village status prior to January 1, 2015, when most were eliminated through municipal amalgamations.[3] St-Pierre-Jolys, which has a population of 1,170, is the only village surpassing the Municipal Act's 1,000-person threshold. Dunnottar, which has a population of 763, has been granted an exemption from the minimum population requirement.[3]

List

Name Population
(2016)[3] 		Population
(2011)[3] 		Change
(%)[3] 		Area
(km²)[3] 		Population
density[3]
Dunnottar 763 696 8.7 2.8 272.5
St-Pierre-Jolys 1,170 1,099 6.5 2.6 450.0
Total villages 1,933 1,795 7.7 5.4 358.0

Former villages

A list of formerly incorporated villages, excluding current and former towns and cities that previously held village status.

Name Dissolved Currently part of
Benito January 1, 2015 Municipality of Swan Valley West
Binscarth January 1, 2015 Municipality of Russell – Binscarth
Bowsman January 1, 2015 Municipality of Minitonas – Bowsman
Cartwright January 1, 2015 Cartwright – Roblin Municipality
Crystal City January 1, 2015 Municipality of Louise
Elkhorn January 1, 2015 Rural Municipality of Wallace – Woodworth
Ethelbert January 1, 2015 Municipality of Ethelbert
Foxwarren January 1, 1967[4] Prairie View Municipality
Garson January 1, 2003[5] Rural Municipality of Brokenhead
Glenboro January 1, 2015 Municipality of Glenboro – South Cypress
Great Falls January 1, 1973[6] Rural Municipality of Alexander
McCreary January 1, 2015 Municipality of McCreary
Napinka January 1, 1986 Municipality of Brenda – Waskada
Notre Dame de Lourdes January 1, 2015 Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Manitoba
Powerview May 1, 2005[7] Town of Powerview-Pine Falls
Riverton January 1, 2015 Municipality of Bifrost – Riverton
St. Claude January 1, 2015 Rural Municipality of Grey
St. Lazare January 1, 2015 Rural Municipality of Ellice – Archie
Somerset January 1, 2015 Municipality of Lorne
Waskada January 1, 2015 Municipality of Brenda – Waskada
Wawanesa January 1, 2015 Municipality of Oakland – Wawanesa
Winnipegosis January 1, 2015 Rural Municipality of Mossey River

See also

References

  1. ^ "Statistical Information 2009" (PDF). Manitoba Local Government. Retrieved December 24, 2012.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b c "The Municipal Act". Government of Manitoba. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Manitoba)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  4. ^ "Foxwarren (Unincorporated Village)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  5. ^ "Garson / Lyall (Unincorporated Village)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  6. ^ "Great Falls (Unincorporated Village)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  7. ^ "Powerview (Village)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
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