List of francophone communities in Manitoba

This is a list of francophone communities in Manitoba. Municipalities with a high percentage of French-speakers in the Canadian province of Manitoba are listed.

The provincial average of Manitobans whose mother tongue is French is 2.8%, with a total of 36,740 people in Manitoba who identify French as their mother tongue in 2021. While several communities in these have sizeable French minorities, no municipalities have francophone majorities.

There are several Franco-Manitoban communities throughout Manitoba, although the majority are based in either the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region or the Eastman Region.

MunicipalityTypeCounty, district, or regional municipalityTotal population[1]Percentage of population whose mother tongue is French[1]
AlexanderRural municipalityEastman3,8548%
CartierRural municipalityWinnipeg Metropolitan Region3,3446%
CornwallisRural municipalityWestman4,5684%
De SalaberryRural municipalityEastman3,91827%
Emerson-FranklinRural municipalityPembina Valley2,4374%
GreyRural municipalityPembina Valley2,51716%
Île-des-ChênesRural municipalityEastman1,60613%
La BroquerieRural municipalityEastman6,72511%
Lac du BonnetRural municipalityEastman3,5635%
LakeshoreRural municipalityParkland1,1863%
LorneRural municipalityPembina Valley2,90428%
MacdonaldRural municipalityWinnipeg Metropolitan Region8,1204%
MontcalmRural municipalityPembina Valley1,27829%
MorrisRural municipalityPembina Valley3,0493%
MorrisTownPembina Valley1,9755%
NivervilleTownEastman5,9474%
Norfolk-TreherneRural municipalityPembina Valley1,77013%
PinawaLocal government districtEastman1,5583%
PineyRural municipalityEastman1,8438%
Powerview-Pine FallsTownEastman1,2396%
ReynoldsRural municipalityEastman1,3444%
RitchotRural municipalityEastman7,46918%
St. François XavierRural municipalityWinnipeg Metropolitan Region1,4494%
St. LaurentRural municipalityInterlake1,54216%
St-Pierre-JolysVillageEastman1,30539%
Ste. AnneRural municipalityEastman5,58414%
Ste. AnneTownEastman2,89121%
Ste. RoseRural municipalityParkland1,59119%
TachéRural municipalityEastman11,91612%
VictoriaRural municipalityCentral Plains1,1885%

A number of small municipalities also have high francophone populations. Small francophone-minority municipalities include: Argyle (4%), Buffalo Point (7%), Ellice-Archie (15%) and Victoria Beach (4%).

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