Manitoba's Northern communities are characterized as any community being physically located north of the 53rd parallel. Northern Manitoba is home to approximately a dozen communities, the most notable being Thompson (14,385), Flin Flon (6,572), The Pas (5,945), Leaf Rapids (1,504), Lynn Lake (1,038), and Churchill (1,089).

Road access to The Pas and Flin Flon is along highways # 60 and #10. Road access is also available to Thompson via highway #6. Limited rail access is available to other communities, including Churchill. Access to other communities is by winter roads (limited), by boat or by air.

Northern communities were established largely as resource-based towns and continue to employ residents in mining, forestry and hydro development. The only exception is Churchill which served as a major historical site and trading post during the early days of exploration and the fur trade in Canada. Today, Churchill has gained stability as a seaport of merit, as a tourism destination and as an economic, social and cultural gateway to the eastern most Kivalliq region of the Nunavut Territory.

There are 51 Northern Community Profiles.

Select a Northern Community Profile: select one Aghaming Baden Barrows Berens River Bissett Brochet Camperville Cormorant Crane River Cross Lake Dallas/Red Rose Dauphin River Dawson Bay Duck Bay Easterville Fisher Bay Gods Lake Narrows Granville Lake Harwill Herb Lake Landing Homebrook Ilford Island Lake Little Grand Rapids Loon Straits Mallard Manigotagan Matheson Island Meadow Portage Moose Lake National Mills Nelson Lake Norway House Oxford House Pelican Rapids Pikwitonei Pine Dock Powell Princess Harbour Red Deer Lake Red Sucker Lake Rock Ridge Salt Point Seymourville Sherridon South Indian Lake Spence Lake Thicket Portage Wabowden Waterhen Westgate