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Division No. 11, Manitoba

census division of Canada in Manitoba, Canada

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ967511 ↗
Source-derived summary

Census Division No. 11 (Winnipeg) is a census division centred on the Winnipeg Capital Region of the province of Manitoba, Canada. Unlike in some other provinces, census divisions do not reflect the organization of local government in Manitoba. These areas exist solely for the purposes of statistical analysis and presentation; they have no government of their own.

The City of Winnipeg is the Capital city of the province and comprises the largest portion of the census division. The population of the area as of the 2006 census was 636,177. The area's economic base is very diversified, covering financial, manufacturing, transportation, food and beverage production, retail and tourism. It is coextensive with the 1972-1993 boundaries of Winnipeg, including Headingley which is currently a separate rural municipality.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Division No. 11 had a population of 753,938 living in 301,738 of its 316,807 total private dwellings, a change of 6.4% from its 2016 population of 708,823.

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The public source identifies “Division No. 11, Manitoba” as census division of Canada in Manitoba, Canada. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Division, Manitoba and census.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2006, 1972, 1993, 2021—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Division, Manitoba and census providing the first useful test.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q967511. Authority coordinates are 49.900, -97.133. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2006, 1972, 1993 and 2021.

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This entry incorporates text from “Division No. 11, Manitoba” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.