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.
Map of the Parkland Region of Manitoba.
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Area
• Total	28,163.15 km2 (10,873.85 sq mi)
Population  (2021[1])
• Total	41,575
• Density	1.5/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 2021, the Parkland region had a population of 41,575.

Major communities

Urban municipalities:

• Dauphin (city)
• Swan River (town)

Unorganized areas:

• Unorganized Division No. 17
• Unorganized North Division No. 20
• Unorganized South Division No. 20

Rural municipalities and communities

Rural municipality	Unincorporated communities	Census division[4]
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	Keld North Junction Paulson Sifton Trembowla Valley River	No. 17
Ethelbert	Ethelbert (UUC) Garland Mink Creek	No. 17
Gilbert Plains	Ashville Gilbert Plains (UUC) Halicz Venlaw Zoria	No. 17
Grandview	Grandview (UUC) Meharry	No. 17
Lakeshore	East Bay Freedale Magnet Makinak Million Moose Bay Ochre River Rorketon Toutes Aides Weiden	No. 17
McCreary	Glencairn McCreary (UUC) Norgate Reeve	No. 17
Minitonas – Bowsman	Bowsman (UUC) Minitonas (UUC) Renwer (unorganized hamlet)	No. 20
Mossey River	Fork River Oak Brae Volga Winnipegosis (UUC)	No. 17
Mountain	Bellsite Birch River Cowan Duck River Lenswood Mafeking Novra Pine River Pulp River Sclater	No. 20
Riding Mountain West	Angusville Cracknell Dropmore Endcliffe Inglis (local urban district) Lennard Petlura Shellmouth Silverton	No. 16
Roblin	Bield Boggy Creek Deepdale Makaroff Merridale Roblin (UUC) San Clara Shevlin Shortdale Tummel Walkerburn Zelena	No. 16
Rossburn	Birdtail Olha Rossburn Vista	No. 16
Russell – Binscarth	Binscarth Harrowby Johnson Millwood Russell (UUC)	No. 16
Ste. Rose	Laurier (designated place) Ste. Amélie Ste. Rose du Lac (UUC) Valpoy	No. 17
Swan Valley West	Benito Durban Kenville	No. 20

First Nations and reserves

• Ebb and Flow (Ebb and Flow 52)
• Gambler (Gambler 63, partly)
• Tootinaowaziibeeng
• Valley River 63A
• Waywayseecappo

Recreation and points of interest

Parks and geography

• Asessippi Provincial Park
• Asessippi Ski Area — Manitoba's largest ski resort^[5]
• Dauphin Lake
• Duck Mountain Provincial Forest
  • Duck Mountain Provincial Park
  • Baldy Mountain — Manitoba's highest peak^[5]
• Manipogo Provincial Park
• Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve
  • Riding Mountain National Park
• Shellmouth Reservoir
• Thunderhill Ski Area
• Valley River

Transport

• Dauphin station
• Gilbert Plains station
• Grandview railway station
• Laurier railway station
• Lt. Col W.G. (Billy) Barker VC Airport
• Ochre River station
• Roblin railway station
• Ste. Rose du Lac Airport
• Provincial Trunk Highways 5, 10, 16, 20, and 83
• Swan River Airport

Recreation and other

• Assiniboine Community College (satellite campus)
• Credit Union Place
• Dauphin’s Countryfest
• Inglis Grain Elevators National Historic Site
• Richardson Recreation and Wellness Centre
• Swan River Centennial Arena
• Waywayseecappo Wolverines Complex

Sports teams

• Dauphin Kings
• Swan Valley Stampeders
• Waywayseecappo Wolverines

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. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2013-04-05). "Economic Regions - SGC 2006 - Classification structure - 4670 - Parklands". www23.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
5. "Parkland Region | Places To Go". Travel Manitoba. Retrieved 2021-08-03.

External links

• Parkland Regional Profile
• Parkland Tourism Archived 2015-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
• Community Profile: Census Division No. 16, Manitoba; Statistics Canada
• Community Profile: Census Division No. 17, Manitoba; Statistics Canada
• Community Profile: Census Division No. 20, Manitoba; Statistics Canada

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