Rural Municipality Of Portage La Prairie
Portage la Prairie is a rural municipality (RM) in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. It surrounds the city of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba's fifth-largest city. Also within the borders of the municipality are the Dakota Plains First Nation and most of the Long Plain First Nation Indian reserves.
Communities
- Bloom
- Curtis
- Delta Beach
- Edwin
- Fortier
- Fulton
- High Bluff
- Layland
- Longburn
- Macdonald
- Newton
- Oakland
- Oakville
- Poplar Point
- Rignold
- St. Ambroise
- Southport
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Portage la Prairie had a population of 6,888 living in 2,167 of its 2,456 total private dwellings, a change of -1.2% from its 2016 population of 6,975. With a land area of 1,973.45 km (761.95 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.5/km (9.0/sq mi) in 2021.
| Panethnic group | 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | 2006 | 2001 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
| European | 4,255 | 78.51% | 4,410 | 77.57% | 4,405 | 81.88% | 5,780 | 85.06% | 6,005 | 88.44% |
| Indigenous | 1,045 | 19.28% | 1,165 | 20.49% | 840 | 15.61% | 1,000 | 14.72% | 730 | 10.75% |
| African | 40 | 0.74% | 50 | 0.88% | 0 | 0% | 10 | 0.15% | 0 | 0% |
| East Asian | 25 | 0.46% | 40 | 0.7% | 65 | 1.21% | 20 | 0.29% | 35 | 0.52% |
| Southeast Asian | 25 | 0.46% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 15 | 0.22% |
| South Asian | 20 | 0.37% | 25 | 0.44% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Middle Eastern | 0 | 0% | 20 | 0.35% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 10 | 0.15% |
| Latin American | 0 | 0% | 10 | 0.18% | 25 | 0.46% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Other/multiracial | 0 | 0% | 10 | 0.18% | 35 | 0.65% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Total responses | 5,420 | 78.69% | 5,685 | 81.51% | 5,380 | 82.45% | 6,795 | 100.03% | 6,790 | 99.99% |
| Total population | 6,888 | 100% | 6,975 | 100% | 6,525 | 100% | 6,793 | 100% | 6,791 | 100% |
| Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses | ||||||||||