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.
Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie | |
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Location of the RM of Portage la Prairie in Manitoba | |
| Coordinates: 50°02′56″N 98°12′58″W / 50.04889°N 98.21611°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Manitoba |
| Region | Central Plains |
| Area | |
| • Land | 1,961.97 km2 (757.52 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 6,975 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area codes | 204 and 431 |
| Website | https://www.rmofportage.ca/ |
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 km2 (761.95 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.5/km2 (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 | ||||||||||
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