Manitoba Communities: Minitonas (Unincorporated Town)

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This municipality is believed to be named for a nearby hill bearing a Saulteaux word meaning “Home of Little God.”

Present Status	Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History	Village of Minitonas (1 July 1949) Town of Minitonas (20 March 1998) Amalgamation of Minitonas, Bowsman and Minitonas (1 January 2015)
Adjoining Municipalities	Minitonas
Land Area (square km)	2.01

Population

Year	Total
1951	678
1956	663
1961	606
1966	621
1971	610
1976	605
1981	628
1986	559
1991	544
1996	598
2001	538
2006	497
2011	522

Mayors

Term	Mayor
1949	?
1950	J. H. Tiffin
1951-1954	J. B. Buchanan
1955-1956	J. E. Cryderman
1957-1958	Frank Dvorak
1959-1961	Douglas E. “Doug” Leslie (?-2008)
1962-1966	C. R. Till
1967-1969	Douglas E. “Doug” Leslie (?-2008)
1970-1971	J. Nemetchek
1972	?
1973-1998	Edward A. Hart
1998-2002	Lawrence Bartley Beals (1953-2018)
2002-2014	Henry Barkowski
2015	See Minitonas-Bowsman

Memorable Manitobans

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Historic Sites

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History Books

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Maps

Sources

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 28 November 2018