Cormorant, Manitoba

Cormorant is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Manitoba on the east shore of Cormorant Lake about 80 kilometres from The Pas. The community is in the NorMan Region of the province. It has been an Aboriginal and First Nations campsite dating back to the 1900s. The post office in the community was established in July, 1928.^[1]

Cormorant
Cormorant Location of Cormorant in Manitoba
Coordinates: 54°13′26″N 100°36′1″W
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Region	Northern Region
Census Division	No. 21
Government
• Mayor	Edie Turner
• Governing Body	Cormorant Community Council
• MP	Rebecca Chartrand
• MLA	Amanda Lathlin
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Postal Code	R0B 0G0
Area code	204
NTS Map	063K02
GNBC Code	GAFMY

NASA image of Cormorant Lake northeast of The Pas

As of 2001, the community had a population of 400 in 139 households. Community services include local water supply, waste disposal, Cormorant School, Community hall, and Cormorant Lodge.^[2]

It is governed by a mayor and council.

Fishing, trapping and logging are the primary industries.

Cormorant is served by Via Rail's Winnipeg–Churchill rail line at the Cormorant railway station.

Preceding station	Via Rail			Following station
Dering toward Churchill		Winnipeg–Churchill		Halcrow toward Winnipeg
Former services
Preceding station	Canadian National Railway			Following station
Rawebb toward Churchill		Hudson Bay Railway		Halcrow toward The Pas

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cormorant had a population of 307 living in 104 of its 123 total private dwellings, a change of -6.1% from its 2016 population of 327. With a land area of 18.37 km² (7.09 sq mi), it had a population density of 16.7/km² (43.3/sq mi) in 2021.^[3]

Canada census – Cormorant, Manitoba community profile

	2011
Population	346[4] (3.6% from 2006)
Land area	13.79 km2 (5.32 sq mi)
Population density	25.1/km2 (65/sq mi)
Median age	26.8 (M: 23.8, F: 27.9)
Private dwellings	111 (total)
Median household income

References: 2011^[5]