Thicket Portage is a community in northern Manitoba located on the Hudson Bay Railway. The community receives passenger rail service at the Thicket Portage railway station. This station used to be served by 13-14 trains per week, although as of 2001, this has been reduced to 6 trains per week.[1]
| Preceding station |  Via Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leven toward Churchill |
Winnipeg–Churchill | Hockin toward Winnipeg | ||
| Former services | ||||
| Preceding station | Canadian National Railway | Following station | ||
| Leven toward Churchill |
Hudson Bay Railway | Hockin toward The Pas | ||
The community has no all-weather road access. The community is serviced by year round train access, local airport, and winter ice roads. In the summer, it is accessible by boat/vehicle.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Thicket Portage had a population of 109 living in 29 of its 42 total private dwellings, a change of -27.3% from its 2016 population of 150. With a land area of 7.49 km2 (2.89 sq mi), it had a population density of 14.6/km2 (37.7/sq mi) in 2021.[2]
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