Rural_Municipality_of_Thompson

Rural Municipality of Thompson

Rural Municipality of Thompson

Rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada

This article is about the rural municipality. For the city, see Thompson, Manitoba.

Thompson is a rural municipality (RM) in the Pembina Valley Region of Manitoba, Canada. It had a population of 1,259 according to the Canada 2006 Census.

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The RM was incorporated on 1 November 1908. It took its name from an early settler and its first postmaster, William Thompson. Thompson homesteaded on 5-5-6W in about 1874 and his home was central to the early community. The area was known locally as Thompsonville at that time.

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Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Thompson had a population of 1,518 living in 434 of its 471 total private dwellings, a change of 6.8% from its 2016 population of 1,422. With a land area of 531.24 km2 (205.11 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.9/km2 (7.4/sq mi) in 2021.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
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