List of cities in Manitoba
A city is an incorporated urban municipality in the Canadian province of Manitoba.[1] Under current Manitoba legislation, an urban municipality must have a minimum population of 7,500 to be named a city.[2]
Manitoba has 10 cities, including Flin Flon that is partially located within the neighbouring province of Saskatchewan. These cities had a cumulative population of 892,507 and an average population of 89,251 in the 2021 Census.[3] The province's largest and smallest cities are Winnipeg and the Manitoba portion of Flin Flon with populations of 749,607 and 4,940 respectively.[3] The Manitoba portion of Flin Flon peaked at a population of 10,548 in 1961.[4]
Manitoba's newest and fastest-growing city is Morden, which was incorporated as a city on August 24, 2012.[5]
List[edit]
| Name | Population (2021)[3] |
Population (2016)[3] |
Change (%)[3] |
Area (km²)[3] |
Population density (2021)[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon | 51,313 | 48,883 | +5.0% | 79.04 | 649.2 |
| Dauphin[MB 1] | 8,368 | 8,369 | 0.0% | 12.67 | 660.5 |
| Flin Flon (part)[MB 2] | 4,940 | 4,991 | −1.0% | 13.14[MB 3] | 376.1 |
| Morden[MB 4] | 9,929 | 8,668 | +14.5% | 16.29 | 609.6 |
| Portage la Prairie | 13,270 | 13,304 | −0.3% | 24.72 | 536.8 |
| Selkirk | 10,504 | 10,278 | +2.2% | 24.47 | 429.3 |
| Steinbach | 17,806 | 16,022 | +11.1% | 37.56 | 474.1 |
| Thompson | 13,035 | 13,678 | −4.7% | 16.62 | 784.3 |
| Winkler | 13,747 | 12,660 | +8.6% | 20.73 | 663.1 |
| Winnipeg[MB 5] | 749,607 | 705,224 | +6.3% | 461.78 | 1,623.3 |
| Total cities | 892,507 | 841,880 | +6.0% | 707.02 | 1,262.35 |
Notes:
- ^ Dauphin is Manitoba's smallest city by area.
- ^ Flin Flon is Manitoba's smallest city by population. The balance of Flin Flon is located within Saskatchewan.
- ^ This area does not include 2.37 km2 (0.92 sq mi) in the Saskatchewan portion of Flin Flon. The city's total area in 2016 was 16.24 km2 (6.27 sq mi).
- ^ Morden is Manitoba's newest city, incorporated August 24, 2012.
- ^ Winnipeg is Canada's seventh-largest city and Manitoba's capital and largest city by both population and area. The Winnipeg census metropolitan area (CMA) is formed around the City of Winnipeg.
Former cities[edit]
Districts of Winnipeg that were incorporated as cities prior to amalgamation on January 1, 1972:[6]
- East Kildonan (1957–1972)
- St. Boniface (1908–1972)
- St. James-Assiniboia (1969–1972)
- St. James (1956–1969)[7]
- St. Vital (1961–1972)
- Transcona (1961–1972)
- West Kildonan (1961–1972)
See also[edit]
- Amalgamation of Winnipeg
- List of communities in Manitoba
- List of ghost towns in Manitoba
- List of municipalities in Manitoba
References[edit]
- ^ "Statistical Information 2009" (PDF). Manitoba Local Government. Retrieved December 23, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "The Municipal Act". Government of Manitoba. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2021. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
- ^ "1986, 2A Profile, 1986 - MAN - Northern Manitoba (72 areas) (table), 1986 (2A) basic questionnaire, Provinces to Municipalities (database), Using E-STAT (distributor)". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 24, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Morden Gets City Status". City of Morden. August 27, 2012. Archived from the original on September 23, 2012. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
- ^ "History of City Government". City of Winnipeg. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
- ^ "Manitoba Communities: St. James (Unincorporated City)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
