Parkland Region

Parkland is an informal geographic region of the Canadian province of Manitoba, located between Lakes Manitoba and Winnipegosis on the east and the Manitoba–Saskatchewan border on the west.

Parkland Region
Region of Manitoba
The grain elevator row in Inglis, Manitoba, a national historic site.
The grain elevator row in Inglis, Manitoba, a national historic site.
Map of the Parkland Region of Manitoba.
Map of the Parkland Region of Manitoba.
CountryCanada Canada
ProvinceManitoba Manitoba
Area
 • Total28,163.15 km2 (10,873.85 sq mi)
Population
 (2021[1])
 • Total41,575
 • Density1.5/km2 (3.8/sq mi)

The largest population centre is the city of Dauphin, and the second largest is the town of Swan River. Riding Mountain National Park, Duck Mountain Provincial Park, and Asessippi Provincial Park are also located in the region, as well as Manitoba's highest point, Baldy Mountain.

Together with the Westman Region to the south, Parkland composes the broader Prairie Mountain region,[2] and is provided health services via Prairie Mountain Health.[3] As of 2016, the Parkland region had a population of 43,787.[4]

Major communities

Urban municipalities:

Unorganized areas:

Rural municipalities and communities
Rural municipality Unincorporated communities Census division[5]
Alonsa
  • Alonsa
  • Amaranth
  • Bacon Ridge
  • Bluff Creek
  • Cayer
  • Eddystone
  • Harcus
  • Kinosota
  • Lonely Lake
  • Moore Dale
  • Portia
  • Reedy Creek
  • Reykjavik
  • Shergrove
  • Silver Ridge
 No. 17
Dauphin No. 17
Ethelbert No. 17
Gilbert Plains No. 17
Grandview No. 17
Lakeshore No. 17
McCreary No. 17
Minitonas – Bowsman No. 20
Mossey River No. 17
Mountain No. 20
Riding Mountain West No. 16
Roblin
  • Bield
  • Boggy Creek
  • Deepdale
  • Makaroff
  • Merridale
  • Roblin (UUC)
  • San Clara
  • Shevlin
  • Shortdale
  • Tummel
  • Walkerburn
  • Zelena
 No. 16
Rossburn No. 16
Russell – Binscarth No. 16
Ste. Rose No. 17
Swan Valley West No. 20

First Nations and reserves

Recreation and points of interest

Parks and geography

Transport

Recreation and other

Sports teams

References
  1. "Parklands economic region statistics". Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  2. "In Your Community". Manitoba Parent Zone - Healthy Child Manitoba. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  3. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2015-12-16). "Health Regions: Boundaries and Correspondence with Census Geography". www150.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-06-04. Retrieved 2021-08-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2013-04-05). "Economic Regions - SGC 2006 - Classification structure - 4670 - Parklands". www23.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  6. "Parkland Region | Places To Go". Travel Manitoba. Retrieved 2021-08-03.

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