Thompson is a rural municipality (RM) in the Pembina Valley Region of Manitoba, Canada. It had a population of 1,259 according to the Canada 2006 Census.
The RM was incorporated on 1 November 1908. It took its name from an early settler and its first postmaster, William Thompson. Thompson homesteaded on 5-5-6W in about 1874 and his home was central to the early community. The area was known locally as Thompsonville at that time.
Communities Deerwood Miami - The main village in Thompson. Rosebank
Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Thompson had a population of 1,518 living in 434 of its 471 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,422. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
References
Manitoba Municipalities: Rural Municipality of Thompson Geographic Names of Manitoba (pg. 273) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada Thompson RM, MB Community Profile Map of Thompson R.M. at Statcan