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Manitou, Manitoba

Community in Manitoba, Canada

Field	Value
name	Manitou
image_skyline	St. Andrew's United Church, Manitou.jpg
image_caption	St. Andrew's United Church in Manitou, constructed in 1901.
pushpin_map	Manitoba#Canada
pushpin_label_position
pushpin_map_caption	Location of Manitou in Manitoba
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Canada
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Manitoba
subdivision_type2	Region
subdivision_name2	Pembina Valley
subdivision_type3	Census Division
subdivision_name3	No. 4
leader_title2	MP
leader_name2	Grant Jackson (politician)
leader_title3	MLA
leader_name3	Doyle Piwniuk
unit_pref	Metric
area_land_km2	3.36
population_as_of	2021 Census
population_total	812
population_density_km2	249.9
timezone	CST
utc_offset	−06:00
timezone_DST	CDT
utc_offset_DST	−05:00
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
postal_code_type	Postal Code
postal_code	R0G 1G0
area_code	204
blank1_name	NTS Map
blank1_info	062G02
blank2_name	GNBC Code
blank2_info	GBSLG

Manitou is an unincorporated urban community in the Municipality of Pembina within the Canadian province of Manitoba that held town status prior to January 1, 2015. The Boundary Trail Railway is based in Manitou. The community's motto is "More Than A Small Town". The community is adjacent to PTH 3 and PR 244. Manitou is located near Mennonite communities such as Winkler, Manitoba and is right next to the St. Leon Wind Farm, the largest wind farm in Manitoba and one of the largest in Canada.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Manitou had a population of 812 living in 363 of its 379 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 840. With a land area of 3.38 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

Media

Manitou had a weekly newspaper, the Western Canadian which was founded in March 1900 and ran until April 2023 when it was merged with the Pilot Mound Sentinel Courier to form the Hometown View.

Arts and culture

Built in 1930, in the Arts and Crafts movement style, the Manitou Opera House is a local heritage landmark known for its unique acoustics. In 2007, Winnipeg folk musician Christine Fellows recorded parts of her album Nevertheless in the Manitou Opera House. It is booked for over 200 events per year.

Two historic houses associated with writer and activist Nellie McClung were renovated and relocated to the town in 2017 and reopened as museums.

Transportation

Highway 3
Provincial Road 244
Manitou Airport

Notable people

Thelma Forbes, politician
Robert Ironside, businessman
Nellie McClung, writer

References

(February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile". Statistics Canada.
Manitoba Hydro. (2011). "St. Leon Wind Farm".
(February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". [[Statistics Canada]].
"MHS Centennial Business: Manitou Western Canadian".
"History". Manitou Opera House.
(7 September 2017). "Home, at last". Winnipeg Free Press.

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