Manitoba Communities: Minitonas (Unincorporated Rural Municipality)

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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	Rural Municipality of Minitonas (1 May 1901) Amalgamation of Minitonas, Bowsman and Minitonas (1 January 2015)
Adjoining Municipalities	Mountain, Swan River
Constituent Communities	Bowsman, Minitonas, Renwer, Sevick
Land Area (square km)	1197.67

Population

Year	Total
1901	427
1911	1164
1921	2438
1931	3085
1941	3904
1951	2926
1956	2478
1961	2221
1966	1955
1971	1652
1976	1513
1981	1369
1986	1298
1991	1227
1996	1193
2001	1152
2006	1105
2011	996

Reeves

Term	Reeve
1902	W. B. Sifton
1903	E. Widmeyer
1904-1906	J. G. A. Campbell
1907-1911	Samuel Dunn
1912-1914	Andrew McCleary (c1863-1944)
1915-1916	?
1917-1918	George Poddester Renouf (1879-1961)
1919-1921	Robert Roy Johnstone
1922-1924	George Poddester Renouf (1879-1961)
1925-1927	Andrew McCleary (c1863-1944)
1928-1932	George Poddester Renouf (1879-1961)
1933	Andrew McCleary (c1863-1944)
1934-1936	Robert Roy Johnstone
1937-1940	James H. Stephen
1941-1946	Robert Roy Johnstone
1947-1951	George William Russenholt
1952-1953	Nelson Henderson
1954-1965	John Lambert
1966-1986	John M. McIntosh
1987-1995	Sam Kublick
1996-2001	William Hart
2002-2014	Michael McIntosh
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: 19 June 2018