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Central Plains Region, Manitoba

The Central Plains Region (French: Région des plaines centrales) is an informal geographic region of the Canadian province of Manitoba located in the south central part of the Canadian province of Manitoba, directly west of Winnipeg.

Its major urban centre is the City of Portage la Prairie. Together with the Pembina Valley Region to the south, the Central Plains Region composes the broader cultural region of Central Manitoba. Geographically, the region is considered to be a part of southern Manitoba, and is serviced by the Southern Regional Health Authority.

As of the 2016 census, the region had a population of 50,300 (compared to 48,289 in the 2001 census).

Major communities

Happy Rock in Gladstone

Rural municipalities and communities

Rural municipality Unincorporated communities Census division
Cartier
  • St. Eustache
No. 10
Grey No. 9
Glenella-Lansdowne No. 8
Lorne No. 8 (partly in No. 4)
Macdonald No. 10
Norfolk Treherne No. 8
North Norfolk No. 8
Portage la Prairie No. 9
St. François Xavier No. 10
Victoria No. 8
WestLake – Gladstone No. 8

First Nations and reserves

Points of interest

References

  1. ^ "North Central economic region statistics". Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  2. ^ "Manitoba's Tourist Regions". MACAP. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  3. ^ "In Your Community". Manitoba Parent Zone - Healthy Child Manitoba. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  4. ^ Statistics Canada (2017-02-08). "Division No. 9, Census division [Census division], Manitoba and Manitoba [Province] | Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2021-08-03. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  5. ^ Statistics Canada (2017-02-08). "Division No. 8, Census division [Census division], Manitoba and Manitoba [Province] | Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2021-08-03. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  6. ^ Statistics Canada (2017-02-08). "Division No. 10, Census division [Census division], Manitoba and Manitoba [Province] | Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2019-06-27. Retrieved 2021-08-03.

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