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Miniota, Manitoba is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district in Prairie View Municipality, Manitoba, Canada. It is located northwest of Virden near the intersection of PTH 83 and PTH 24. The post office opened in 1885 on 36-13-27W. It was originally named Parkisimo and changed to its present name in 1900. It had two railways in its history: the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Grand Trunk Railway (now Canadian National Railway). Both had rail points about one mile apart, and there was a Miniota Station on the latter.

Miniota has a K-8 school, and a motel, and the biggest employer is the local co-op. There is also the Miniota Municipal Museum.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Miniota had a population of 282 living in 120 of its 135 total private dwellings, a change of 23.1% from its 2016 population of 229. With a land area of 0.94 km (0.36 sq mi), it had a population density of 300.0/km (777.0/sq mi) in 2021.

References

1. "Local Urban Districts Regulation". Government of Manitoba. April 23, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
2. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved September 3, 2022.

• Geographic Names of Manitoba (p. 176) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada

v t e Places adjacent to Miniota
Birtle Saskatchewan Miniota Hamiota Virden

v t e Division No. 15, Manitoba (Western Manitoba)
Towns	Minnedosa Neepawa Former towns Birtle Erickson Hamiota Rapid City Shoal Lake
Villages	Former villages St. Lazare
Rural municipalities	Clanwilliam – Erickson Ellice – Archie Hamiota Harrison Park Minto – Odanah North Cypress – Langford (part) Oakview Prairie View Rosedale Yellowhead Former RMs Archie Birtle Blanshard Clanwilliam Ellice Harrison Langford Miniota Minto Odanah Park Saskatchewan Shoal Lake Strathclair
First Nations	Birdtail Sioux Gambler Keeseekoowenin Ojibway Rolling River
Indian reserves	Birdtail Creek 57 Gambler 63 (part) Keeseekoowenin 61 Rolling River 67 Rolling River 67B
Unincorporated communities	Arrow River Cardale Clanwilliam Decker Elphinstone Foxwarren Franklin Hilltop Isabella Manson McAuley Miniota Oakburn Oak River Onanole Reeder Sandy Lake Scandinavia Strathclair Willen
See also: Municipalities in Manitoba Census divisions of Manitoba 2015 municipal amalgamations

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