| St. Claude | |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Manitoba |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of St. Claude in Manitoba |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Central Plains |
| Subdivision Type3: | Census Division |
| Subdivision Name3: | No. 9 |
| Leader Title1: | Governing Body |
| Leader Name1: | Rural Municipality of Grey Council |
| Leader Title2: | MP |
| Leader Name2: | Branden Leslie |
| Leader Title3: | MLA |
| Leader Name3: | Lauren Stone |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.81 |
| Population As Of: | 2016[1] |
| Population Total: | 603 |
| Timezone: | CST |
| Utc Offset: | −6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −5 |
| Coordinates: | 49.6572°N -98.3464°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
| Postal Code: | R0G 1Z0 |
| Area Code: | 204, 431 |
| Blank1 Name: | NTS Map |
| Blank2 Name: | GNBC Code |
St. Claude is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district[2] in the Rural Municipality of Grey within the Canadian province of Manitoba that held village status prior to January 1, 2015.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, St. Claude had a population of 625 living in 262 of its 277 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 603. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
It is located to the west of Winnipeg and is home to the world's second largest smoking pipe, after Saint-Claude, Jura. It is named the dairy capital of Manitoba as it is home to one of Manitoba's largest dairy processing plants and also displays a dairy museum filled with many artifacts.[4] One of the other museums holds a two-headed calf, which was born over 120 years ago. It had a population of 590 in 2014.
St. Claude also has a bilingual library, two grocery stores, a curling rink, a skating rink (which hosts public skating every Friday during the winter), a Chinese food restaurant, two gas stations and a clinic. Despite being a small community, St. Claude has many activities such as the annual Winter Carnival, the annual Summer Rodeo and the community-wide yard sales which occurs the first Saturday in May.
The community is also a host to the Saint-Claude Gaol Museum (c. 1912), which was designated a municipal heritage site in 2005. At the gaol, local people have their photo taken and put in the local newspaper, The Gazette. It is featured in the 2006 film "One Week" starring Joshua Jackson.
There are two running schools, École communautaire Gilbert-Rosset is the community's French-speaking school. Complexe Scolaire St. Claude School Complex is the community's bilingual school. It educates the greater portion of students in St. Claude.
St. Claude was named for Saint-Claude, Jura in France.[5]