Gilbert Plains

Template:Short description Template:Redirect Template:Use mdy dates Template:Use Canadian English Template:Infobox settlement Gilbert Plains is an unincorporated urban community in the Gilbert Plains Municipality, Manitoba, Canada, that was classified as a town prior to January 1, 2015.

It is situated on the Valley River, in the Parkland Region between Riding Mountain National Park and Duck Mountain Provincial Park.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Gilbert Plains was featured during season 3 of the CBC program Still Standing.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The episode originally aired on September 5, 2017.

History

Incorporated in 1906, the original townsite was some miles to the south. The community was named for Gilbert Ross, a Métis man who was living in the region when the first European settler, Glenlyon Campbell, arrived.

On 1 January 2015, the Town of Gilbert Plains relinquished its town status when it amalgamated with the Rural Municipality of Gilbert Plains to form the Gilbert Plains Municipality.<ref name=2015amalg>Template:Cite web</ref>

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Gilbert Plains had a population of 773 living in 356 of its 407 total private dwellings, a change of Template:Percentage from its 2016 population of 785. With a land area of Template:Cvt, it had a population density of Template:Pop density in 2021.<ref name=2021census>Template:Cite web</ref>

Media

A local newspaper, The Exponent, serviced both Gilbert Plains and its neighboring town, Grandview. The Exponent closed on 24 February 2017, after 117 years of operation.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

A weekly non-profit newspaper, The Plain View, published its first issue on 5 June 2018, and has been running ever since. It serves both Gilbert Plains and Grandview.

Transportation

The community is located on Highway 5 and the CN railway line between Dauphin and Grandview, approximately Template:Convert northwest of Winnipeg. Gilbert Plains railway station receives Via Rail service.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The community previously had an airport.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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