Sainte Rose du Lac

Sainte Rose du Lac
Sainte Rose du Lac
	Seal
	Nickname: Cattle Capital of Manitoba
	Sainte Rose du Lac Location of Dauphin in Manitoba
	Coordinates: 51°03′34″N 99°31′24″W / 51.05944°N 99.52333°W
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Region	Parkland
Established	1889
Incorporated (village)	May 25, 1920
Incorporated (town)	March 20, 1998
Amalgamated	January 1, 2015
Government
• MP (Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette)	Robert Sopuck
• MLA (Dauphin)	Stan Struthers
Area
• Total	2.53 km2 (0.98 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	1,023
• Density	404.2/km2 (1,047/sq mi)
• Change 2006-11	2.8
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)

Sainte Rose du Lac (often abbreviated Ste Rose du Lac) is an unincorporated urban community in the Municipality of Ste. Rose within the Canadian province of Manitoba that held town status prior to January 1, 2015. It is located approximately 50 km east-southeast of Dauphin, Manitoba and approximately 300 km west-northwest of Winnipeg. It had a population of 1,023 as of the Canada 2011 Census.

It is served by Laurier railway station and Sainte Rose du Lac Airport.

Demographics

Population trend^[1]
Census	Population	Change (%)
2011	1,023	2.8%
2006	995	5.0%
2001	1,047	N/A
1996	1,047	3.9%

Religious make-up (2001)
Religion	Population	Pct (%)
Catholic	605	62.05%
Protestant	220	22.56%
No religious affiliation	150	15.38%

Income (2006)
Income type	By CAD
Per capita income	$17,587
Median Household Income	$26,833
Median Family Income	$47,566

Mother tongue language (2006)
Language	Population	Pct (%)
English	670	72.82%
French	180	19.56%
Other languages	65	7.06%

Media

A retransmitter of CKSB (St. Boniface), CKSB-1, first went on the air as CBKB on the AM frequency of 860 kHz on February 1, 1968.

Radio-Canada applied in 2012 to move its broadcast tower that transmits CKSB-FM-1 (Ici Radio-Canada Premiere) to Ste. Rose du Lac, from Starbuck. CKSB-FM-1 now broadcasts on 88.1 MHz.

References

^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census

External links

[1] Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census

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