Portage la Prairie is a rural municipality (RM) in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. It surrounds the city of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba's fifth-largest city. Also within the borders of the municipality are the Dakota Plains First Nation and most of the Long Plain First Nation Indian reserves.
Communities Bloom Curtis Delta Beach Edwin Fortier Fulton High Bluff Layland Longburn Macdonald Newton Oakland Oakville Poplar Point Rignold St. Ambroise Southport
Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Portage la Prairie had a population of 6,888 living in 2,167 of its 2,456 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 6,975. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
+ Panethnic groups in the Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie (2001−2021)Panethnic group20212016201120062001 European 4,255 4,410 4,405 5,780 6,005 Indigenous 1,045 1,165 840 1,000 730 African 40 50 0 10 0 East Asian 25 40 65 20 35 Southeast Asian 25 0 0 0 15 South Asian 20 25 0 0 0 Middle Eastern 0 20 0 0 10 Latin American 0 10 25 0 0 Other/multiracial 0 10 35 0 0 Total responses 5,420 5,685 5,380 6,795 6,790 Total population 6,888 6,975 6,525 6,793 6,791
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External links Official website Map of Portage la Prairie R.M. at Statcan