Elm Creek is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district[1] in Manitoba, Canada. It is about 50 km west of Winnipeg and about 35 km southeast of Portage la Prairie. It is located in the Rural Municipality of Grey. It is home to the second largest fire hydrant in the world which was unveiled on Canada Day, 2001. The fire hydrant was built out of a tank supplied by a volunteer firefighter and was also built by volunteer firefighters. It is also the home of the second largest H4 chondrite (a class of stony meteorite) ever found in Canada. The 8.2-kg mass was found by a local grader driver on a rural road in 1997.
Elm Creek | |
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 Elm Creek Fire Department | |
  Elm Creek Location of Elm Creek in Manitoba | |
| Coordinates: 49°40′32″N 97°59′33″W / 49.67556°N 97.99250°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Manitoba |
| Region | Pembina Valley |
| Rural Municipality | Grey |
| Government | |
| • MP | Branden Leslie |
| • MLA (Midland) | Lauren Stone (PC) |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.69 km2 (1.04 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 257 m (843 ft) |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 339 |
| • Density | 126.2/km2 (327/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Climate
editAccording to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Elm Creek has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.[2]
| Climate data for Elm Creek | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 7.2 (45.0) |
10 (50) |
17.2 (63.0) |
35.5 (95.9) |
39.5 (103.1) |
38 (100) |
36.5 (97.7) |
39.5 (103.1) |
39 (102) |
32 (90) |
25 (77) |
8 (46) |
39.5 (103.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −11.5 (11.3) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
−1 (30) |
10.4 (50.7) |
19.8 (67.6) |
23.4 (74.1) |
25.9 (78.6) |
25 (77) |
18.4 (65.1) |
11 (52) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
−9.9 (14.2) |
8.6 (47.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −16.5 (2.3) |
−13.2 (8.2) |
−5.8 (21.6) |
4.2 (39.6) |
12.5 (54.5) |
16.9 (62.4) |
19.4 (66.9) |
18.2 (64.8) |
12.3 (54.1) |
5.5 (41.9) |
−5 (23) |
−14.6 (5.7) |
2.8 (37.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −21.4 (−6.5) |
−18.2 (−0.8) |
−10.7 (12.7) |
−2 (28) |
5.2 (41.4) |
10.4 (50.7) |
12.8 (55.0) |
11.3 (52.3) |
6.1 (43.0) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
−9.3 (15.3) |
−19.2 (−2.6) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −39.5 (−39.1) |
−38.9 (−38.0) |
−35.6 (−32.1) |
−26.7 (−16.1) |
−10 (14) |
−2 (28) |
3 (37) |
0 (32) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
−21 (−6) |
−35.5 (−31.9) |
−37.5 (−35.5) |
−39.5 (−39.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 25.2 (0.99) |
20.8 (0.82) |
31.4 (1.24) |
33.4 (1.31) |
53.4 (2.10) |
81 (3.2) |
71.1 (2.80) |
70 (2.8) |
57.7 (2.27) |
38.4 (1.51) |
29.8 (1.17) |
30 (1.2) |
542.3 (21.35) |
| Source: Environment Canada[3] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
editIn the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Elm Creek had a population of 405 living in 145 of its 155 total private dwellings, a change of 19.5% from its 2016 population of 339. With a land area of 2.68 km2 (1.03 sq mi), it had a population density of 151.1/km2 (391.4/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Local Urban Districts Regulation". Government of Manitoba. April 23, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ^ Climate Summary for Elm Creek, Manitoba
- ^ Environment Canada - Canadian Climate Normals 1971-2000—Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000, accessed 16 April 2011
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
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