St. Clements is a rural municipality (RM) in Manitoba, Canada. It is located to the north-east of Winnipeg, stretching from East St. Paul and Birds Hill Provincial Park in the south to Lake Winnipeg and Grand Beach Provincial Park to the north. The Red River demarcates the western boundary of the municipality. St. Clements contains the communities of East Selkirk, and Lockport east of the Red River. It almost completely surrounds the Brokenhead 4 Indian reserve, with the exception of a small lakefront on Lake Winnipeg.
Its population at the 2016 census was 10,876. The city of Selkirk borders it to the west, across the Red River of the North.
Communities Communities located within St. Clements include: Beaconia East Selkirk Grand Marais Libau Lockport (part) Scanterbury Thalberg
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, St. Clements had a population of 11,586 living in 4,604 of its 5,720 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 10,876. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
+ Panethnic groups in the Rural Municipality of St. Clements (2001−2021)Panethnic group20212016201120062001 European 9,145 8,945 9,150 8,695 8,255 Indigenous 1,940 1,650 1,115 910 760 Southeast Asian 100 65 70 40 25 Latin American 50 20 0 35 30 South Asian 40 0 0 10 20 East Asian 35 20 0 0 0 Middle Eastern 35 10 0 0 0 African 50 30 35 10 15 Other/multiracial 0 10 0 10 0 Total responses 11,405 10,735 10,390 9,700 9,115 Total population 11,586 10,876 10,505 9,706 9,115
Notable people
Ernie Anderson (1898–1977), ice hockey player
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References
External links Rural Municipality of St. Clements website Red River North Heritage Discover the rich heritage of one of the oldest settled areas of Manitoba, Canada. Map of St. Clements R.M. at Statcan Community Profile: St. Clements Rural Municipality, Manitoba; Statistics Canada Manitoba Historical Society - Manitoba Municipalities Historic Sites of Manitoba: Balsam Bay Cemetery (RM of St. Clements) Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Lukes Anglican Church (RM of St. Clements)