List of historic counties in Manitoba

Counties existed in Manitoba until 1890,[1][2] though the term itself lived on in the County Court system. The Municipal Act of 1886[3] listed the counties of Manitoba as follows:

County United County Rural Municipalities Cities/Towns
Beautiful Plains Glendale, Osprey, Lansdowne, Rosedale
Brandon Cornwallis, Daly, Elton, Glenwood, Oakland, Whitehead Brandon
Carillon La Broquerie, Hanover, De Salaberry
D'Iberville Cartier, Macdonald, St. Norbert
Dennis Sifton, Pipestone, Wallace, Woodworth
Dufferin Carleton, Dufferin, Rhineland Nelson
Fairford Marquette and Fairford Fairford, Posen, St. Laurent
Gimli Lisgar, Plessis, and Gimli Gimli, Rockwood
La Verandrye Hespeler, Ste. Anne, Taché
Lisgar Lisgar, Plessis, and Gimli St. Andrews', St. Clements' East Selkirk, Selkirk
Manchester Douglas, Franklin, Montcalm Emerson, West Lynne
Marquette Marquette and Fairford Belcourt, St. François Xavier, Woodlands
Minnedosa Minnedosa and Riding Mountain Blanchard [sic],[4] Clanwilliam, Harrison, Odanah, Saskatchewan, Strathclair Minnedosa, Rapid City
Morris Morris, Youville Morris
Norfolk North Cypress, North Norfolk, South Cypress, South Norfolk
Plessis Lisgar, Plessis, and Gimli Plessis
Portage la Prairie Elm River, Portage la Prairie Portage la Prairie
Riding Mountain Minnedosa and Riding Mountain Riding Mountain
Rock Lake Argyle, Derby, Lorne, Louise Pilot Mound
Russell Shoal Lake and Russell Rossburn, Russell, Shell River, Silver Creek
Selkirk Assiniboia, Kildonan, Springfield, St. Boniface, St. Paul, Varennes St. Boniface, Winnipeg
Shoal Lake Shoal Lake and Russell Archie, Birtle, Boulton, Ellice, Miniota, Oak River, Shoal Lake
Souris River Arthur, Brenda, Inchiquin, Medora
Turtle Mountain Deloraine, Riverside, Turtle Mountain, Whitewater
Westbourne Westbourne Gladstone
  1. ↑ http://www.gov.mb.ca/ia/pdf/steps/append_c.pdf
  2. ↑ Statutes of Manitoba, 53 V. c. 55
  3. ↑ Statutes of Manitoba 1886, p. 316
  4. ↑ Statutes of Manitoba 1886, p. 337