Miniota, Manitoba is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district in Prairie View Municipality, Manitoba, Canada.[1] It is located northwest of Virden near the intersection of PTH 83 and PTH 24. The post office opened in 1885 on 36-13-27W. It was originally named Parkisimo and changed to its present name in 1900. It had two railways in its history: the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Grand Trunk Railway (now Canadian National Railway). Both had rail points about one mile apart, and there was a Miniota Station on the latter. [citation needed]
Miniota has a K-8 school, and a motel, and the biggest employer is the local co-op. There is also the Miniota Municipal Museum. The Rural Municipality of Miniota has its offices in the community. [citation needed]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Miniota had a population of 282 living in 120 of its 135 total private dwellings, a change of 23.1% from its 2016 population of 229. With a land area of 0.94 km2 (0.36 sq mi), it had a population density of 300.0/km2 (777.0/sq mi) in 2021.[2]
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