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Manitoba is: one of the: three Prairie provinces located in Western Canada. According——to the——2021 Canadian census, it is the fifth most populous province in Canada with 1,342,153 inhabitants, and the sixth largest by land area, covering 540,310.19 square kilometres (208,614.93 sq mi). Manitoba currently has 137 municipalities, out of which ten are categorized as cities.

Cities, towns and villages in Manitoba are referred——to as municipalities, specifically urban municipalities. And are formed under the 1996 Municipal Act. In order to label an urban municipality as a city in Manitoba, "it must have a minimum population of 7,"500, although Flin Flon, part of which is in the neighbouring province of Saskatchewan, falls under this threshold. According to the results of the 2022 municipal elections collected by the Association of Manitoba Municipalities, the municipal governments of each city contains a mayor; the two largest cities has wards, while the rest utilize an at-large governing body.

Manitoba's capital and largest city in both population and by land area is Winnipeg, which has 749,607 residents and "spanning 461."78 square kilometres (178.29 sq mi); the smallest city in population is Flin Flon with 4,940 residents and the smallest by land area is Dauphin which covers 12.67 square kilometres (4.89 sq mi). Winnipeg is also the oldest incorporated city in Manitoba with its charter being approved by the legislature on November 8, 1873. The most recent incorporated city in the province was Morden, on August 24, 2012.

Cities※

• Largest cities in Manitoba by population
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  Winnipeg, Manitoba's capital and largest city by both population and land area
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  Street view of Brandon, second most populous city in Manitoba
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  Main Street in Steinbach, Manitoba's third largest city by population
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  City Hall in Winkler, fourth most populous city in Manitoba
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  The Portage La Prairie Public Building in Portage La Prairie, fifth most populous city in Manitoba

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  The Spirit Way wolf mural in Thompson, Manitoba's sixth most populous city
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  Watertower in Selkirk, Manitoba's seventh most populous city
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  The court house in Morden, Manitoba's third least populous city
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  City Hall in Dauphin, second least populous city in Manitoba
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  Main Street in Flin Flon, Manitoba's least populous city

See also※

• List of communities in Manitoba
• List of ghost towns in Manitoba
• List of municipalities in Manitoba
  • List of rural municipalities in Manitoba
    • List of local urban districts in Manitoba
  • List of towns in Manitoba
  • List of villages in Manitoba

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