Mantario
human settlement in Saskatchewan, Canada
Mantario is a special service area in the Rural Municipality of Chesterfield No. 261 in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.It held village status prior to June 30, 2007. The population was five people in 2011. The community is located 70 kilometres (43 mi) southwest of the town of Kindersley on Highway 44.
Mantario is a portmanteau of Manitoba and Ontario. It was named after two provinces in imitation of nearby Alsask.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Mantario had a population of 15 living in 5 of its 7 total private dwellings, a change of 200% from its 2016 population of 5. With a land area of 0.77 km2 (0.30 sq mi), it had a population density of 19.5/km2 (50.5/sq mi) in 2021.
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