Dominion City | |
Settlement Type: | Local urban district |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Manitoba |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Dominion City in Manitoba |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Manitoba |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Eastman |
Subdivision Type3: | Rural Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Emerson-Franklin |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Municipality of Emerson-Franklin |
Leader Title2: | MP (Provencher) |
Leader Name2: | Ted Falk (CPC) |
Leader Title3: | MLA (La Verendrye) |
Leader Name3: | Konrad Narth (PC) |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1874 |
Area Total Km2: | 2.56 |
Population Total: | 319 |
Population Density Km2: | 124.4 |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Postal Code: | R0A 0H0 |
Dominion City is an unincorporated community in the Municipality of Emerson – Franklin, Manitoba Canada. It is located in southeastern part of the province, approximately 20km (10miles) north of the Canada–United States border.
Dominion City is served by Roseau Valley School. The community also has a pool, a museum, a bank, a credit union, a general store, a hockey rink, a curling club, and a nine-hole golf course. Historic buildings in Dominion City include All Saints Anglican Church, which is now used as the Franklin Museum.
The original name of the community was Roseau, later Roseau Crossing. It changed to the current name in 1878 to avoid confusion with similarly-named communities, such as Roseau, Minnesota. The "City" was added in keeping with Crystal City and Rapid City.[1] The post office was called Roseau Crossing upon establishment in 1876 and renamed Dominion City in 1880.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Dominion City had a population of 319 living in 148 of its 187 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 353. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]