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The divine milky yellow canola field landscape at Lorne, MB, CanadaLorne, #1 on this list · Photo: DrBeetrootCa (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Manitoba · 2026

Manitoba’s rankings: 24 lists

Lorne tops 3 of the lists, more than any other. The most top-three finishes, 5, belong to Lorne. 2 lists here are led by a place that is first on them nationally too. Here are 24 lists for Manitoba, with 185 places on them. Lorne leads the overall list with a grade of A+.

Each list ranks the places in Manitoba against one another; the letters compare every place with Canada’s towns. How grades work

Rankings

Every list for Manitoba

Grouped by what they measure, each card with its top three.

Lists for all of Canada

Overall, and by size

Best places to live
  1. LorneA+
  2. NeepawaA+
  3. DufferinA
All 181 →Best small towns
  1. LorneA+
  2. NeepawaA+
  3. DufferinA
All 154 →

Subject by subject

Most affordable
  1. Division No. 19, UnorganizedA+
  2. LorneA+
  3. The PasA+
All 184 →Safest
  1. LorneA+
  2. PembinaA+
  3. DufferinA+
All 182 →Healthiest
  1. West AlexanderB+
  2. RoslynB+
  3. Leila NorthB+
All 185 →Jobs & income
  1. Central River HeightsA+
  2. CrescentwoodA+
  3. CornwallisA+
All 185 →Most walkable
  1. Broadway-AssiniboineA+
  2. CentennialA+
  3. SpenceA+
All 185 →Lowest hazard risk
  1. NivervilleA−
  2. St. AdolpheA−
  3. Emerson-FranklinA−
All 185 →Civic life
  1. Swan Valley WestA+
  2. Swan RiverA+
  3. KillarneyA+
All 185 →

Described: figures, no letters

Highest incomes
  1. North River Heights$143,400
  2. East St. Paul$142,200
  3. Headingley$140,600
All 185 →Fastest-growing
  1. Niverville+29.0%
  2. West St. Paul+24.5%
  3. Neepawa+23.3%
All 56 →Most historic
  1. North St. Boniface21
  2. South Portage16
  3. Emerson-Franklin11
All 185 →Most bilingual
  1. Central St. Boniface41.6%
  2. De Salaberry40.9%
  3. Lorne40.6%
All 185 →Youngest
  1. Stanley25.6 years
  2. Rhineland27.2 years
  3. La Broquerie28.6 years
All 185 →Oldest
  1. Brockville67.7 years
  2. Valhalla66 years
  3. Gimli59.2 years
All 185 →Mildest winters
  1. Dufferin-14°C (7°F)
  2. Pembina-14°C (7°F)
  3. Stanley-14°C (7°F)
All 185 →Coldest winters
  1. Thompson-23°C (-10°F)
  2. Flin Flon (Part)-20°C (-3°F)
  3. The Pas-19°C (-2°F)
All 185 →Warmest summers
  1. Altona26°C (79°F)
  2. Emerson-Franklin26°C (79°F)
  3. De Salaberry26°C (79°F)
All 185 →Coolest summers
  1. Thompson23°C (74°F)
  2. Russell24°C (75°F)
  3. Flin Flon (Part)24°C (75°F)
All 185 →Fewest frosts
  1. Dufferin182 frost days
  2. Pembina182 frost days
  3. Stanley182 frost days
All 185 →Least snow
  1. Russell95 cm
  2. Roblin95 cm
  3. Dauphin95 cm
All 183 →Snowiest
  1. Bifrost-Riverton182 cm
  2. Gimli182 cm
  3. Thompson180 cm
All 183 →Driest
  1. Russell448 mm
  2. Roblin448 mm
  3. Dauphin462 mm
All 185 →Wettest
  1. Swan Valley West658 mm
  2. Swan River658 mm
  3. Bifrost-Riverton602 mm
All 185 →
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Photos: Lorne, DrBeetrootCa (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Neepawa, Unknown author Unknown author (Public domain) · Dufferin, HS01 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Division No. 19, Unorganized, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson S… (Public domain) · The Pas, Quintin Soloviev (CC BY 4.0) · Pembina, Krazytea (CC BY-SA 4.0) · West Alexander, Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada (CC BY 2.0) · Roslyn, Kat1144 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Cornwallis, The original uploader was Cherkowski at Wikipedia . (CC BY 2.5) · Broadway-Assiniboine, Dan McKay (CC BY 2.0) · Centennial, Herb Neufeld (CC BY 2.0) · Niverville, Unknown author Unknown author (Public domain) · St. Adolphe, Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada (CC BY 2.0) · Emerson-Franklin, Rkehler3 (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Swan Valley West, Svhartje (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Swan River, Svhartje (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Killarney, Jd.101 (CC BY-SA 3.0) · North River Heights, Wtshymanski (CC BY-SA 3.0) · East St. Paul, Whitehea (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Headingley, Suburban Rapid Transit Co. via Winnipeg Electric Co. (Public domain) · West St. Paul, Dig deeper (CC BY-SA 4.0) · North St. Boniface, Quintin Soloviev (CC BY 4.0) · South Portage, Ccyyrree (CC0) · Central St. Boniface, Dano from Winnipeg, Canada (CC BY 2.0) · De Salaberry, AJ Batac (CC BY 2.0) · Stanley, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson S… (Public domain) · Rhineland, Gretnaite (CC BY-SA 4.0) · La Broquerie, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson S… (Public domain) · Gimli, R Reimer at English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Thompson, U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Canada (Public domain) · Flin Flon (Part), Unknown author Unknown author (Public domain) · Altona, Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Russell, Carsten Hanebaum (Public domain) · Roblin, Ken Eckert (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Dauphin, Intermedichbo (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Bifrost-Riverton, Words in the Wind (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons.

Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking Canadian towns against each other only, run #73 of 10 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).