Rural Municipality of Thompson

This article is about the rural municipality. For the city, see Thompson, Manitoba.

Thompson is a rural municipality (RM) in the Pembina Valley Region of Manitoba, Canada. It had a population of 1,259 according to the Canada 2006 Census.

Rural Municipality of Thompson
Rural municipality
Miami Railway Station
Location of the RM of Thompson in Manitoba
Coordinates: 49°22′37″N 98°14′21″W
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Region	Pembina Valley
Area
• Land	531.24 km2 (205.11 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	1,518
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes	204 and 431
Website	www.rmofthompson.com

The RM was incorporated on 1 November 1908. It took its name from an early settler and its first postmaster, William Thompson. Thompson homesteaded on 5-5-6W in about 1874 and his home was central to the early community. The area was known locally as Thompsonville at that time.

Communities

• Deerwood
• Miami - The main village in Thompson.
• Rosebank

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Thompson had a population of 1,518 living in 434 of its 471 total private dwellings, a change of 6.8% from its 2016 population of 1,422. With a land area of 531.24 km² (205.11 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.9/km² (7.4/sq mi) in 2021.^[1]