Manigotagan, Manitoba

Manigotagan
Unincorporated community
Manigotagan
Coordinates: 51°06′32″N 96°18′17″W
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Census division	Division No. 19
Census subdivision	Unorg. Div. No. 19
Area [1]
• Land	37.06 km^2 (14.31 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	173
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	204, 431, and 584

Manigotagan is a settlement in the Canadian province of Manitoba.[2][3] It is located near the mouth of the Manigotagan River at Lake Winnipeg.

History

From circa 1887 to circa 1893, the Hudson's Bay Company operated a fur trade outpost here, called Bad Throat Post, and functioned as an outpost for Fort Alexander. The exact date that it was abandoned is unknown.[4]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Manigotagan had a population of 173 living in 69 of its 273 total private dwellings, a change of -1.7% from its 2016 population of 176. With a land area of 37.06 km^2 (14.31 sq mi), it had a population density of 4.7/km^2 (12.1/sq mi) in 2021.[5]

Historical census populations – Manigotagan, Manitoba

Year Pop. ±% 1985 230 —     1991 197 −14.3% 1996 173 −12.2% 2001 192 +11.0%	Year Pop. ±% 2006 191 −0.5% 2011 213 +11.5% 2016 176 −17.4% 2021 173 −1.7%
Population count for 2016 based on revised count from 2021. Source: Statistics Canada, Government of Manitoba[6]

References

1. "Manigotagan, Northern community (NCM) Manitoba [Designated place] Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
2. "Geographical Names" (Esri shapefile). Manitoba Land Initiative. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
3. "Manigotagan". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
4. "Hudson's Bay Company - Bad Throat Post". pam.minisisinc.com. Archives of Manitoba - Keystone Archives Descriptive Database. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
5. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
6. "Manigotagan community profile" (PDF). www.gov.mb.ca. Government of Manitoba. March 2011. Retrieved May 8, 2023.