Manitoba Communities: Manitou (Unincorporated Town)

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This municipality is alleged to be named for an Indigenous name meaning “supernatural spirit.”

Present Status

Municipality of Pembina (1 January 2015)

Incorporation History

Village of Manitou (21 April 1897)
Town of Manitou (20 December 1999)
Amalgamated with Pembina (1 January 2015)

Adjoining Municipalities

Pembina

Land Area (square km)

2.94

Population

Year

Total

1901

617

1906

717

1911

639

1916

659

1921

618

1926

598

1931

676

1936

646

1941

665

1946

636

1951

751

1956

795

1961

863

1966

888

1971

871

1976

883

1981

861

1986

856

1991

811

1996

781

2001

775

2006

718

2011

808

Mayors

Term

Mayor

1897

Samuel D. Cruthers

1897-1899

Richard McKenzie (1858-1931)

1899-1905

George Walter Ullyot (1850-1925)

1905-1906

C. McNamara

1906-1907

Robert Wesley McClung (1871-1958)

1907-1908

William Henry Sharpe (1868-1942)

1908-1912

R. A. McIntosh

1912-1914

William C. Dales

1914-1916

Gilbert Ernest Davidson (1868-1949)

1916-1917

R. A. McIntosh

1917-1918

William F. Ellis

1919-1921

Dr. J. A. Swanson

1921-1923

William J. Pringle

1923-1927

William C. Dales

1927-1930

Charles Hodgson

1930-1932

C. P. Moores

1932-1947

William Albert Pommer (1895-1971)

1947-1957

Maurice E. Ridley (1912-1960)

1957-1959

N. H. Ashley

1959-1961

E. L. Johnston

1961-1967

N. F. Johnston

1967-1969

George Lindsay Henderson (1916-2008)

1969-1972

D. H. Voth

1972-1974

Wilfred H. Bowler

1974-1980

C. J. Riediger

1980-1986

George Kozak

1986-1992

Arthur Edmund “Bert” Hall

1992-2005

Walter Haslem Mueller (1937-2024)

2005-2014

Jake Goertzen

2015

See Pembina

Memorable Manitobans

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Historic Sites

Go here for a list of historic sites in Manitou.

History Books

Go here for a list of history books for Manitou.

Maps

Sources

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

In Rhythm With Our Roots: A History of Manitou & Area edited by Haraldine Webb and Diana Vodden, published by the Manitou Centennial Book Committee, 1997.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 26 April 2024