Laurier, Manitoba
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Laurier is an unincorporated urban community in the Rural Municipality of Ste. Rose, Manitoba, Canada.{{Cite web|last=Government of Canada|first=Statistics Canada|date=2017-02-08|title=Census Profile, 2016 Census - Laurier, Unincorporated urban centre [Designated place], Manitoba and Manitoba [Province]|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=DPL&Code1=460113&Geo2=PR&Code2=46&SearchText=Laurier&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=460113&TABID=1&type=0|access-date=2021-08-05|website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}} It is located on Highway 480, {{convert|3.2|km|mi|abbr=on}} west of Highway 5, between the community of McCreary to the south and the community of Ste. Rose du Lac to the north.
The community is recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada.{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=1302&SR=1&S=51&O=A&RPP=9999&CMA=0&PR=46 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Manitoba) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=2012-02-08 | accessdate=2012-07-16}}
History
Laurier was identified as a railway point on a map in 1896 with the Canadian National Railway arriving the following year. The post office was opened as Fosbery and changed to Laurier in 1897 in honour of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Prime Minister of Canada at that time.{{cite book | title=Geographical Names of Manitoba | publisher=Millennium Bureau of Canada | page=145}}
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Laurier had a population of 177 living in 81 of its 85 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:177-154}}|154|1}} from its 2016 population of 154. With a land area of {{cvt|5.4|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|177|5.4|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=9810001201 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=Sep 3, 2022}}
== Railway station ==
Laurier is served by Via Rail's Winnipeg–Churchill train.{{cite web |title=Laurier train station - VIA Rail |url=https://www.viarail.ca/en/explore-our-destinations/stations/prairies-and-northern-manitoba/laurier |website=www.viarail.ca |publisher=Via Rail |access-date=13 November 2023 |language=en-ca}}
{{Adjacent stations|system1=Via Rail|line1=Winnipeg-Churchill|left1=Ochre River|right1=McCreary|header2=Former services|system3=Canadian National Railway
|line3=Calgary-Winnipeg|left3=Makinak|right3=McCreary
|line4=North Battleford-Winnipeg via Swan River and Hallboro|left4=Makinak|right4=McCreary}}