St. Laurent, Manitoba

St. Laurent
St. Laurent is located in Manitoba
St. Laurent
St. Laurent
Location of St. Laurent in Manitoba
St. Laurent is located in Canada
St. Laurent
St. Laurent
St. Laurent (Canada)
Coordinates: 50°24′46″N 97°56′27″W / 50.41278°N 97.94083°W / 50.41278; -97.94083
CountryCanada
ProvinceManitoba
RegionInterlake
Census DivisionNo. 18
Government
 • Governing BodyRural Municipality of St. Laurent Council
 • MPJames Bezan
 • MLADerek Johnson
Area
 • Total465.62 km2 (179.78 sq mi)
Population
 • Total1,338[1]
 • Density2.8/km2 (7/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−05:00 (CDT)
Postal Code
R0C 2S0
Area code204
NTS Map062I05
GNBC CodeGAXYM

St. Laurent (French: Saint-Laurent) is a community on the eastern shore of Lake Manitoba. It lies within the boundaries of the Rural Municipality of St. Laurent, 70 km (43 mi) from Winnipeg. A historically-Métis settlement, St. Laurent is one of the few remaining places in which the Michif French language is still spoken.[2]

  1. ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census, St. Laurent, Rural municipality, Census subdivision, Manitoba and Manitoba Province". Statistics Canada, 2016 Census. 2016. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  2. ^ Brown & Filice 2018; Lavallee 1988.

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