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This municipality was named for the predominated wooded land that comprises it.
Present Status |
Rural Municipality of Woodlands (14 February 1880) |
Incorporation History |
Rural Municipality of Woodlands (14 February 1880) |
Adjoining Municipalities |
Portage la Prairie, Rockwood, Rosser, St. Francois Xavier, St. Laurent |
Constituent Communities |
Atwell, Erinview, Lake Francis, Marquette, Meadowlea, Reaburn, Warren, Woodlands |
Land Area (square km) |
1178.04 |
Population
Year |
Total |
1871 |
503 |
1881 |
500 |
1891 |
1032 |
1896 |
987 |
1901 |
1173 |
1911 |
1539 |
1921 |
1977 |
1931 |
2008 |
1941 |
2351 |
1951 |
2041 |
1956 |
2222 |
1961 |
2346 |
1966 |
2157 |
1971 |
2258 |
1976 |
2558 |
1981 |
2935 |
1986 |
3188 |
1991 |
3334 |
1996 |
3457 |
2001 |
3453 |
2006 |
3562 |
2011 |
3521 |
2016 |
3416 |
2021 |
3797 |
Reeves
Term |
Reeve |
1880-1882 |
D. H. Scott |
1882-1886 |
John Porteous |
1886-1888 |
John Ervin Moss Firby |
1888-1892 |
Charles Stewart |
1892-1894 |
H. L. Stewart |
1894-1897 |
George Main |
1897-1905 |
David Porteous (1855-1915) |
1905-1906 |
George Main |
1906-1909 |
Alexander M. Campbell (1856-1910) |
1909-1912 |
Samuel George Sims (1870-1953) |
1912-1916 |
James Douglas (1855-?) |
1916-1920 |
Thomas Scott |
1920-1927 |
D. N. McIntyre |
1927-1937 |
Albert James Henry Proctor (1863-1945) |
1937-1943 |
Robert J. Munroe |
1943-1947 |
A. J. Pratt |
1947-1959 |
Henry Gratton “Gin” Langrell (1893-1979) |
1959-1963 |
J. E. Riddell |
1963-1969 |
C. L. Cunnington |
1969-2002 |
Edward “Ed” Peltz (1931-2016) |
2002-2014 |
Donald Walsh |
2014-2018 |
Trevor King |
2018-2022 |
Lori Schellekens |
2022-? |
Douglas Oliver |
Memorable Manitobans
Search the MHS collection of biographies for ones connected to Woodlands:
Historic Sites
Go here for a list of historic sites in Woodlands.
History Books
Go here for a list of history books for Woodlands.
Maps
Sources
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
Woodlands Echoes: History of the Townships of The Rural Municipality of Woodlands No. 8 by Madeline L. Proctor, 1960.
We thank Dale Nicol for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 October 2022
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