Carman, Manitoba

{{stack|{{Historical populations

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|1901|1439

|1911|1271

|1921|1591

|1931|1418

|1941|1455

|1951|1867

|1961|1930

|1996|2704

|2001|2831

|2006|2781

|2011|3027

|2016|3164

|2021|3114

|footnote={{cite web|url=http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1932-eng.aspx?opt%3D%2Feng%2F1932%2F193201410103_p.+103.pdf|title=Canada Year Book 1932|access-date=2014-08-30|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019190112/http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1932-eng.aspx?opt=%2Feng%2F1932%2F193201410103_p.%20103.pdf|archive-date=2014-10-19}}, Censuses 1871-1931{{cite web|url=http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1955-eng.aspx?opt%3D%2Feng%2F1955%2F195501710145_p.+145.pdf|title=Canada Year Book 1955|access-date=2014-08-30|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209035552/http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1955-eng.aspx?opt=%2Feng%2F1955%2F195501710145_p.%20145.pdf|archive-date=2013-12-09}}, Census 1941-1951{{cite web|url=http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1967-eng.aspx?opt%3D%2Feng%2F1967%2F196702210189_p.+189.pdf|title=Canada Year Book 1967|access-date=2014-08-30|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223151220/http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1967-eng.aspx?opt=%2Feng%2F1967%2F196702210189_p.%20189.pdf|archive-date=2014-12-23}}, Census 1961}}}}

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Carman had a population of 3,114 living in 1,402 of its 1,466 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:3114-3164}}|3164|1}} from its 2016 population of 3,164. With a land area of {{cvt|4.32|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|3114|4.32|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.

Located in a historic railway station, the Golden Prairie Arts Council facilitates local arts activities. The Carman Active Living Centre (ALC) was established in 2002.

Every April, the Canadian Wall of Fame for exceptional violin talent is held. In February (vocal/choral/speech arts and band/instrumental) and April (piano/strings and dance), Carman hosts the Tempo Festival of the Arts. One of Manitoba's longest existing choral groups is the Sonatrice Singers. The group has been meeting and performing since 1972.

Sports facilities include an ice arena and an 18-hole golf course. The curling club shares clubroom space with golfers. The town contains several baseball diamonds and soccer pitches. Local hockey teams include the Carman Beavers and the Carman Collegiate Cougars.

Carman is home to a University of Manitoba campus as well as the high school Carman Collegiate, Carman Elementary School, Dufferin Christian School, and various Hutterian schools around the area.

Large agricultural businesses include Aubin Nurseries (perennials, shrubs and trees), and Vanderveens Greenhouses, (annuals) both of which are large Canadian wholesalers of plants.

The Dufferin Agricultural Society Inc. hosts one of the oldest running fairs in Manitoba; the Carman Country Fair. The fair was established in 1879 and is an affiliate of the Canadian Association of Fairs and Exhibitions.{{cn|date=April 2021}}

The three-day event is held annually on the second weekend in July. Events of the fair include 4-H and livestock shows, craft, flower and baking competitions, trade show venues, motor sports shows and a midway, along with entertainment throughout the weekend.

Carman has a humid continental climate (Dfb). The highest humidex reading in Canada was recorded in Carman in 2007, with an extreme high of 53.{{cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/city-error-sends-sewage-into-winnipeg-basements-1.664422| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116104229/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/city-error-sends-sewage-into-winnipeg-basements-1.664422| archive-date=2009-01-16 | work=CBC News | title=City error sends sewage into Winnipeg basements | date=2007-07-26}}{{Cite web|url=https://ec.gc.ca/meteo-weather/default.asp?lang=En&n=5EBCEA59-1 |title=Canada's Top Ten Weather Stories for 2007 |publisher=Environment and Climate Change Canada|access-date=15 January 2017}}{{Cite web |last1=Hildebrandt |first1=Amber |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/the-humidex-the-flawed-canadian-way-to-calculate-summer-discomfort-1.1394673 |title=The humidex, the flawed Canadian way to calculate summer discomfort |publisher=CBC |access-date=15 January 2017}}

{{Weather box

| location = Carman, 1981−2010 normal's

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| single line = Y

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| Jan maximum humidex = 8.8

| Feb maximum humidex = 10.6

| Mar maximum humidex = 17.2

| Apr maximum humidex = 29.5

| May maximum humidex = 39.3

| Jun maximum humidex = 48.1

| Jul maximum humidex = 52.6

| Aug maximum humidex = 48.9

| Sep maximum humidex = 41.7

| Oct maximum humidex = 30.7

| Nov maximum humidex = 22.1

| Dec maximum humidex = 11.6

| year maximum humidex = 52.6

| Jan record high C = 8.0

| Feb record high C = 11.5

| Mar record high C = 18.3

| Apr record high C = 28.5

| May record high C = 35.0

| Jun record high C = 38.0

| Jul record high C = 35.5

| Aug record high C = 38.0

| Sep record high C = 35.5

| Oct record high C = 32.2

| Nov record high C = 22.5

| Dec record high C = 12.5

| year record high C = 38.7

| Jan high C = -10.3

| Feb high C = -6.6

| Mar high C = -0.6

| Apr high C = 10.5

| May high C = 18.1

| Jun high C = 22.9

| Jul high C = 25.3

| Aug high C = 25.1

| Sep high C = 19.9

| Oct high C = 10.9

| Nov high C = 0.3

| Dec high C = -6.8

| year high C = 9.1

| Jan mean C = -15.5

| Feb mean C = -11.8

| Mar mean C = -5.3

| Apr mean C = 4.5

| May mean C = 11.6

| Jun mean C = 17.2

| Jul mean C = 19.5

| Aug mean C = 18.4

| Sep mean C = 13.4

| Oct mean C = 5.4

| Nov mean C = -4.2

| Dec mean C = -11.5

| year mean C = 3.5

| Jan low C = -20.5

| Feb low C = -16.9

| Mar low C = -9.9

| Apr low C = -1.5

| May low C = 5.0

| Jun low C = 11.4

| Jul low C = 13.4

| Aug low C = 11.9

| Sep low C = 6.9

| Oct low C = -0.1

| Nov low C = -8.7

| Dec low C = -16.0

| year low C = -2.1

| Jan record low C = -39.5

| Feb record low C = -40.5

| Mar record low C = -34.0

| Apr record low C = -20.5

| May record low C = -8.5

| Jun record low C = 1.0

| Jul record low C = 3.5

| Aug record low C = 1.0

| Sep record low C = -6.0

| Oct record low C = -19.0

| Nov record low C = -26.0

| Dec record low C = -36.0

| year record low C = -40.5

| Jan chill = -50.7

| Feb chill = -51.7

| Mar chill = -41.0

| Apr chill = -28.8

| May chill = -11.8

| Jun chill = -3.6

| Jul chill = 0.0

| Aug chill = 0.0

| Sep chill = -7.1

| Oct chill = -21.4

| Nov chill = -35.2

| Dec chill = -45.1

| year chill = -51.7

| precipitation colour = green

| Jan precipitation mm = 17.9

| Feb precipitation mm = 16.1

| Mar precipitation mm = 20.8

| Apr precipitation mm = 29.5

| May precipitation mm = 69.6

| Jun precipitation mm = 96.4

| Jul precipitation mm = 78.6

| Aug precipitation mm = 74.8

| Sep precipitation mm = 49.0

| Oct precipitation mm = 43.4

| Nov precipitation mm = 24.9

| Dec precipitation mm = 24.1

| year precipitation mm = 545.0

| rain colour = green

| Jan rain mm = 0.0

| Feb rain mm = 1.7

| Mar rain mm = 9.3

| Apr rain mm = 20.2

| May rain mm = 67.7

| Jun rain mm = 96.4

| Jul rain mm = 78.6

| Aug rain mm = 74.8

| Sep rain mm = 49.0

| Oct rain mm = 38.2

| Nov rain mm = 7.1

| Dec rain mm = 2.2

| year rain mm = 445.3

| Jan snow cm = 17.9

| Feb snow cm = 14.3

| Mar snow cm = 11.5

| Apr snow cm = 9.2

| May snow cm = 1.9

| Jun snow cm = 0.0

| Jul snow cm = 0.0

| Aug snow cm = 0.0

| Sep snow cm = 0.0

| Oct snow cm = 5.1

| Nov snow cm = 18.4

| Dec snow cm = 21.9

| year snow cm = 100.2

| source 1 = Environment Canada{{cite web|title=Canadian Climate Normals 1981-2010 Station Data|url=http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?searchType=stnName&txtStationName=carman&searchMethod=contains&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=3582&dispBack=0|website=Environment Canada|publisher=Environment Canada|access-date=22 May 2016}} Humidex/Windchill {{cite web|title=Index of /pub/Normals/ENGLISH/MAN/ A-O|url=ftp://ftp.tor.ec.gc.ca/pub/Normals/ENGLISH/MAN/MAN_ALEX-OCHR_ENG.csv|website=Climate Normals FTP|publisher=Environment Canada|access-date=22 May 2016}}{{Dead link|date=June 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

| date = August 2010

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Carman is a part of the Southern Regional Health Authority.

The 28-bed Carman Memorial Hospital, at 350 - 4th Street S.W. on the south edge of town, was built in 1982 and is served by several doctors and a staff of 75. It provides family medicine, a surgical program, pediatrics, a dietitian service, physiotherapy, diagnostics services, an internal medicine consultant and an in-house pharmacy.

There are two medical clinics in the Town of Carman. One clinic imports doctors from neighbouring Winkler, Manitoba. The other clinic has two well-established doctors (one being a surgeon) who have served Carman for many years.

The Carman Fire Department has approximately 25 volunteer firefighters. The department coverage includes both the Town of Carman and the R.M. of Dufferin.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}

Carman Ambulance is one of many ambulance services within the Southern Regional Health Authority. The service area covers about {{convert|600|sqmi|km2}} and includes the town of Carman, Elm Creek, Stephenfield, Graysville, Roland, Homewood and Sperling.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}

• The Valley Leader (newspaper) was published weekly and delivered to every home in Carman on Thursday. It stopped printing in 2020, but since then The Dufferin Standard has started up.
• Up until 1964, a 500' transmitter for CBC Radio was in Carman, at which time a new centralized communications tower at Starbuck, Manitoba was constructed to house CBW-AM, CBW-FM, CBWT, and CBWFT. In February 1952, a small plane with three passengers struck the Carman tower due to heavy fog. None of the passengers survived.
• Numerous movies have been filmed in and around the Town of Carman, including The Defender (1989), We Were the Mulvaneys (2002), One Week (2008), Make It Happen (2008), The Box Collector (2008), and I Still See You (2018).

• Wade Allison, hockey player
• Ed Belfour, hockey goalie
• Jack Carson, actor
• Robert Carson, actor
• Faouzia, musician
• Paul Hiebert, writer
• Lynette Loeppky, writer
• Frank McKinnon, {{small|CM}}, sports executive

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• [http://www.townofcarman.com/ The Official Town of Carman Website]

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