Eastman Region

Eastern Manitoba, or the Eastman Region (French: Région de Eastman), is an informal geographic region of the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is bounded on the north by the Winnipeg River and Lake Winnipeg, on the east by the Manitoba-Ontario border, on the south by the Canada–US border, and on the west by the Red River. With a population of 128,855 as of the 2021 Canadian census, the Eastman Region is the second most populous region outside of the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region.

Eastman Region
Map of the Eastman Region of Manitoba.
Map of the Eastman Region of Manitoba.
CountryCanada Canada
ProvinceManitoba Manitoba
Area
  Total21,074.16 km2 (8,136.78 sq mi)
Population
  Total128,855
  Density6.1/km2 (16/sq mi)

The city of Steinbach is the largest population centre in the region. The Trans-Canada Highway runs through the middle of the Eastman Region.

Major communities

Name of Population Centre Population (2021) Status
Beausejour 3,307 Town
Blumenort 1,738 LUD
Lac du Bonnet 1,064 Town
Lorette 3,208 LUD
Mitchell 3,136 LUD
Niverville 5,947 Town
Oakbank 5,041 LUD
Pinawa 1,331 Local government district
Powerview–Pine Falls 1,239 Town
St-Pierre-Jolys 1,170 Village
Ste. Anne 2,891 Town
Steinbach 17,806 City

Unorganized areas:

  • Unorganized Division 1

Rural municipalities

Rural municipality Unincorporated communities Census division Population (2021)
Alexander
  • Albert Beach
  • Belair
  • Bird River
  • Great Falls
  • Gull Lake
  • Hillside Beach
  • Lester Beach
  • Pinawa Bay
  • Poplar Bay
  • St. Georges
  • Silver Falls
  • Stead
  • Sunset Bay
  • Traverse Bay
  • White Mud Falls
No. 1 3,854
Brokenhead
  • Brokenhead
  • Cloverleaf
  • Cromwell
  • Green Bay
  • Hazelglen
  • Ladywood
  • Lydiatt
  • St. Ouens
  • Tyndall–Garson (LUD)
No. 12 5,414
De Salaberry
  • Carey
  • Dufrost
  • La Rochelle
  • Otterburne
  • St. Malo
No. 2 3,918
Emerson-Franklin
  • Arnaud
  • Carlowrie
  • Dominion City
  • Fredensthal
  • Green Ridge
  • Ridgeville
  • Rosa
  • Roseau River
  • Senkiw
  • Tolstoi
  • Woodmore
No. 2 (part in No. 3) 2,437
Hanover
  • Barkfield
  • Blumenort (LUD)
  • Bristol
  • Friedensfeld
  • Grunthal (LUD)
  • Kleefeld
  • Hochstadt
  • Mitchell (LUD)
  • New Bothwell
  • Pansy
  • Randolph
  • Sarto
  • Tourond
No. 2 17,216
La Broquerie No. 2 6,725
Lac du Bonnet
  • Allegra
  • Lee River
  • McArthur Falls
  • Milner Ridge
  • Seddons Corner (part)
  • Spring Well
No. 1 3,563
Piney
  • Badger
  • Carrick
  • Menisino
  • Middlebro
  • Piney
  • St. Labre
  • Sandilands
  • South Junction
  • Sprague
  • Vassar
  • Wampum
  • Woodridge
No. 1 1,843
Reynolds
  • Culver
  • East Braintree
  • Hadashville
  • Hazel
  • Hocter
  • Indigo
  • Larkhall
  • McMunn
  • Medika
  • Molson
  • Prawda
  • Rennie
  • Ste. Rita
  • Spruce Siding
No. 1 1,344
Ritchot No. 2 7,469
Springfield
  • Anola
  • Cooks Creek
  • Dugald
  • Hazelridge
  • Oakbank
No. 12 16,142
Ste. Anne
  • Giroux
  • La Coulée
  • Richer
  • St. Raymond
No. 2 5,584
Stuartburn
  • Arbakka
  • Caliento
  • Gardenton
  • Rofton
  • Sirko
  • Stuartburn
  • Sundown
  • Vita
  • Zhoda (part)
No. 1 1,731
Taché No. 2 11,916
Victoria Beach No. 1 689
Whitemouth
  • Darwin
  • Elma
  • River Hills
  • Seven Sisters Falls
  • Whitemouth
No. 1 1,630

First Nations and Indian reserves

Points of interest

Other

  • Great Falls Generating Station
  • Underground Research Laboratory
  • Whiteshell Laboratories

Parks, forestry, and landforms

  • Agassiz Provincial Forest
  • Atikaki Provincial Wilderness Park
  • Belair Provincial Forest
  • Birch Point Provincial Park
  • Birds Hill Provincial Park
  • Brightstone Sand Hills Provincial Forest
  • Cat Hills Provincial Forest
  • Elk Island Provincial Park
  • Grand Beach Provincial Park
  • Lee River Wildlife Management Area
  • Manigotagan River Provincial Park
  • Nopiming Provincial Park
  • Pinawa Dam Provincial Park
  • Poplar Bay Provincial Park
  • Sandilands Provincial Forest
  • St. Malo Provincial Park
  • Wampum Provincial Forest
  • Whitemouth Bog Ecological Reserve
  • Whiteshell Provincial Park and Forest

Bodies of water

Transport

  • Bird River (Lac du Bonnet) Airport
  • Bird River Water Aerodrome
  • Lac du Bonnet Airport
  • Lac du Bonnet (North) Water Aerodrome
  • Manitoba Highway 11
  • Manitoba Provincial Road 304
  • Silver Falls Airport
  • Silver Falls Water Aerodrome
  • Lancaster–Tolstoi Border Crossing
  • Pinecreek–Piney Border Crossing
  • Roseau–South Junction Border Crossing
  • Warroad–Sprague Border Crossing

References


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