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Laurier
Unincorporated urban community
LaurierLocation of Laurier in Manitoba
Coordinates: 50°53′24″N 99°33′40″W / 50.890°N 99.561°W / 50.890; -99.561
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Region	Parkland
Rural municipality	Ste. Rose
Named for	Wilfrid Laurier
Area
• Total	5.54 km (2.14 sq mi)
• Land	5.40 km (2.08 sq mi)
Population
• Total	154
• Density	28.5/km (74/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)

Laurier is an unincorporated urban community in the Rural Municipality of Ste. Rose, Manitoba, Canada. It is located on Highway 480, 3.2 km (2.0 mi) west of Highway 5, between the community of McCreary to the south and the community of Ste. Rose du Lac to the north.

The community is recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada.

History

Laurier was identified as a railway point on a map in 1896 with the Canadian National Railway arriving the following year. The post office was opened as Fosbery and changed to Laurier in 1897 in honour of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Prime Minister of Canada at that time.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Laurier had a population of 177 living in 81 of its 85 total private dwellings, a change of 14.9% from its 2016 population of 154. With a land area of 5.4 km (2.1 sq mi), it had a population density of 32.8/km (84.9/sq mi) in 2021.

Railway station

Laurier is served by Via Rail's Winnipeg–Churchill train.

Preceding station	Via Rail			Following station
Ochre Rivertoward Churchill		Winnipeg–Churchill		McCrearytoward Winnipeg
Former services
Preceding station	Canadian National Railway			Following station
Makinaktoward Calgary		Calgary – Winnipeg		McCrearytoward Winnipeg
Makinaktoward North Battleford		North Battleford – Winnipeg via Swan River and Hallboro

See also

• List of designated places in Manitoba

References

1. ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Manitoba)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2012. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
2. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 8, 2017). "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Laurier, Unincorporated urban centre [Designated place], Manitoba and Manitoba [Province]". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
3. Geographical Names of Manitoba. Millennium Bureau of Canada. p. 145.
4. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
5. "Laurier train station - VIA Rail". www.viarail.ca. Via Rail. Retrieved November 13, 2023.

v t e Division No. 17, Manitoba (Dauphin Area)
Cities	Dauphin
Towns	Former towns Gilbert Plains Grandview Sainte Rose du Lac
Villages	Former villages Ethelbert McCreary Winnipegosis
Rural municipalities	Alonsa Dauphin Ethelbert Gilbert Plains Grandview Lakeshore McCreary Mossey River Ste. Rose Former RMs Ethelbert Grandview Lawrence McCreary Ochre River Ste. Rose
First Nations	Ebb and Flow Keeseekoowenin (Partly)
Indian reserves	Ebb and Flow 52 Clear Lake 61A
Unorganized areas	Unorganized Division No. 17
Unincorporated communities	Alonsa Amaranth Ashville Bacon Ridge Bluff Creek Cayer East Bay Eddystone Fork River Freedale Garland Glencairn Halicz Harcus Keld Kinosota Laurier Lonely Lake Magnet Makinak Manitoba House Meharry Million Mink Creek Moore Dale Moose Bay Norgate North Junction Oak Brae Ochre River Paulson Portia Reedy Creek Reeve Reykjavik Rorketon Ste. Amélie Shergrove Sifton Silver Ridge Toutes Aides Trembowla Valley River Valpoy Venlaw Volga Weiden Zoria
See also: Municipalities in Manitoba Census divisions of Manitoba 2015 municipal amalgamations

• Unincorporated urban communities in Manitoba
• Unincorporated communities in Parkland Region, Manitoba
• Designated places in Manitoba
• Manitoba communities with majority francophone populations