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
editName | 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
editA list of formerly incorporated villages, excluding current and former towns and cities that previously held village status.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Statistical Information 2009" (PDF). Manitoba Local Government. Retrieved December 24, 2012.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ a b c "The Municipal Act". Government of Manitoba. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Foxwarren (Unincorporated Village)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
- ^ "Garson / Lyall (Unincorporated Village)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
- ^ "Great Falls (Unincorporated Village)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
- ^ "Powerview (Village)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved May 19, 2020.