List of towns in Manitoba

A town is an incorporated urban municipality in the Canadian province of Manitoba.^[1] Under current legislation, 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 town, village or urban municipality.^[2] It also has the option of being named a city once it has a minimum population of 7,500 (there are no towns currently eligible for city status; the closest is Niverville, with a population of 5,947 in the Canada 2021 Census).^[2]

Cities and towns in Manitoba

Manitoba has 25 towns^[3] that had a cumulative population of 60,963 in the 2021 census.^[4] The province's largest and smallest towns by population are Niverville and Grand Rapids with populations of 5,947 and 213 respectively.^[4] The province's largest and smallest towns by land area are Gillam and Arborg with land areas of 1,994.44 km² (770.06 sq mi) and 2.22 km² (0.86 sq mi) respectively.^[4] The province previously had 50 towns before a series of provincially mandated amalgamations took effect on January 1, 2015.

Communities meeting the population minimum are not always incorporated as urban municipalities. There are 22 unincorporated communities with a population of more than 1,000 within Manitoba's rural municipalities. The largest of these is Oakbank in the Rural Municipality of Springfield with a population of 4,604.^{[needs update]}

List

Name	Incorporation date[5]	2021 Census of Population[4]
		Population (2021)	Population (2016)	Change	Land area (km2)	Population density
Altona[a]	December 31, 1945	4,267	4,212	+1.3%	9.35	456.4/km2
Arborg[a]	January 1, 1964	1,279	1,232	+3.8%	2.22	576.1/km2
Beausejour[a]	November 5, 1908	3,307	3,219	+2.7%	5.42	610.1/km2
Carberry[a]	December 20, 1889	1,818	1,738	+4.6%	4.80	378.8/km2
Carman[a]	November 3, 1899	3,114	3,164	−1.6%	4.32	720.8/km2
Churchill[b]	January 1, 1959	870	899	−3.2%	50.83	17.1/km2
Gillam[b]	May 1, 1966	1,007	1,201	−16.2%	1,994.44	0.5/km2
Grand Rapids[b]	March 1, 1962	213	268	−20.5%	74.27	2.9/km2
Lac du Bonnet[a]	December 31, 1947	1,064	1,089	−2.3%	2.26	470.8/km2
Leaf Rapids[b]	December 1, 1971	351	582	−39.7%	1,237.66	0.3/km2
Lynn Lake[b]	May 9, 1959	579	494	+17.2%	867.53	0.7/km2
Melita[a]	May 15, 1902	1,041	1,042	−0.1%	3.19	326.3/km2
Minnedosa	March 2, 1883	2,741	2,449	+11.9%	14.95	183.3/km2
Morris	January 29, 1883	1,975	1,885	+4.8%	5.91	334.2/km2
Neepawa	November 23, 1883	5,685	4,609	+23.3%	17.09	332.7/km2
Niverville[a]	January 1, 1969	5,947	4,610	+29.0%	8.70	683.6/km2
PasThe Pas	May 17, 1912	5,639	5,369	+5.0%	44.69	126.2/km2
Powerview-Pine Falls[a][c]	January 1, 1951	1,239	1,316	−5.9%	4.82	257.1/km2
Snow Lake[b]	June 2, 1947	1,088	899	+21.0%	1,166.64	0.9/km2
Ste. Anne[a]	January 1, 1963	2,891	2,114	+36.8%	4.14	698.3/km2
Stonewall[a]	August 14, 1906	5,046	4,809	+4.9%	5.96	846.6/km2
Swan River	May 11, 1908	4,049	4,014	+0.9%	6.81	594.6/km2
Teulon[a]	May 6, 1919	1,196	1,201	−0.4%	3.23	370.3/km2
Virden[a]	August 2, 1890	3,118	3,322	−6.1%	8.96	348.0/km2
Winnipeg Beach[a]	November 2, 1909	1,439	1,145	+25.7%	3.91	368.0/km2
Total	—	60,963	56,882	+7.2%	5,552.10	11.0/km2

Notes

1. The towns of Altona, Arborg, Beausejour, Carberry, Carman, Lac du Bonnet, Melita, Niverville, Powerview-Pine Falls, Ste. Anne, Stonewall, Teulon, Virden and Winnipeg Beach were originally incorporated as villages.^[5]
2. The towns of Churchill, Gillam, Grand Rapids, Leaf Rapids, Lynn Lake and Snow Lake were originally incorporated as local government districts.^[5]
3. The Town of Powerview-Pine Falls originally incorporated under the name of the Village of Powerview. Its renaming occurred on May 1, 2005 when it simultaneously absorbed the neighbouring community of Pine Falls and changed to town status.^[6]

Former towns

A list of formerly incorporated towns, excluding current and former cities that previously held town status.^[a][b]

Name	Dissolved	Currently part of
Birtle[c]	January 1, 2015	Prairie View Municipality
Boissevain[c]	January 1, 2015	Municipality of Boissevain – Morton
Brooklands[d]	January 1, 1969	City of Winnipeg
Deloraine[c]	January 1, 2015	Municipality of Deloraine – Winchester
East Selkirk[e]	February 8, 1904	Rural Municipality of St. Clements
Emerson[c][f]	January 1, 2015	Municipality of Emerson – Franklin
Erickson[c]	January 1, 2015	Municipality of Clanwilliam – Erickson
Ethelbert[c]	January 1, 2015	Municipality of Ethelbert
Gilbert Plains[c]	January 1, 2015	Gilbert Plains Municipality
Gladstone[c]	January 1, 2015	Municipality of WestLake – Gladstone
Grandview[c]	January 1, 2015	Grandview Municipality
Gretna[c]	January 1, 2015	Municipality of Rhineland
Hamiota[c]	January 1, 2015	Hamiota Municipality
Hartney[c]	January 1, 2015	Municipality of Grassland
MacGregor[c]	January 1, 2015	Municipality of North Norfolk
Manitou[c]	January 1, 2015	Municipality of Pembina
Minitonas[c]	January 1, 2015	Municipality of Minitonas – Bowsman
Oak Lake[c]	January 1, 2015	Rural Municipality of Sifton
Pilot Mound[c]	January 1, 2015	Municipality of Louise
Plum Coulee[c]	January 1, 2015	Municipality of Rhineland
Rapid City[c]	January 1, 2015	Rural Municipality of Oakview
Rivers[c]	January 1, 2015	Riverdale Municipality
Roblin[c]	January 1, 2015	Municipality of Hillsburg – Roblin – Shell River
Rossburn[c]	January 1, 2015	Rossburn Municipality
Russell[c]	January 1, 2015	Municipality of Russell – Binscarth
Shoal Lake[c][g]	January 1, 2011	Rural Municipality of Yellowhead
Souris[c]	January 1, 2015	Municipality of Souris – Glenwood
Sainte Rose du Lac[c]	January 1, 2015	Municipality of Ste. Rose
Treherne[c]	January 1, 2015	Municipality of Norfolk Treherne
Tuxedo[h]	January 1, 1972	City of Winnipeg

Notes

1. The cities of Dauphin, Flin Flon, Morden, Portage la Prairie, Selkirk, Steinbach, Thompson and Winkler were formerly incorporated as towns.
2. The former cities of St. Boniface, East Kildonan, Transcona, and West Kildonan (all amalgamated into the City of Winnipeg in 1972) were also formerly incorporated as towns prior to becoming cities.
3. The Manitoba government amalgamated 65 rural municipalities, 25 towns, and 17 villages into 47 municipalities on January 1, 2015 in order to bring these municipalities into compliance with the minimum population requirements of the Municipal Act.^[2][5]
4. The Town of Brooklands amalgamated with the City of St. James in 1969; part of the City of Winnipeg since January 1, 1972.^[7]
5. The former Town of East Selkirk was incorporated in 1883 and later dissolved in 1904.^[8]
6. The former Town of Emerson amalgamated with the municipality of West Lynne in 1883 and briefly held city status from 1883 to 1886.^[9]
7. The former Town of Shoal Lake amalgamated with the former Rural Municipality (RM) of Shoal Lake to form the now-former Municipality of Shoal Lake on January 1, 2011; part of RM of Yellowhead since January 1, 2015.^[10]
8. The former Town of Tuxedo and eleven other municipalities were amalgamated with the City of Winnipeg on January 1, 1972.^[7]

See also

• List of communities in Manitoba
• List of ghost towns in Manitoba
• List of municipalities in Manitoba
  • List of cities in Manitoba
  • List of rural municipalities in Manitoba
    • List of local urban districts in Manitoba
  • List of villages in Manitoba
• Manitoba municipal amalgamations, 2015