Manitoba Communities: Odanah (Unincorporated Rural Municipality)
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This municipality was named for an Aboriginal word meaning “meeting place.”
Population
Year |
Total |
1891 |
700 |
1896 |
1012 |
1901 |
930 |
1911 |
1170 |
1921 |
1335 |
1931 |
1278 |
1941 |
1120 |
1951 |
936 |
1956 |
899 |
1961 |
806 |
1966 |
780 |
1971 |
702 |
1976 |
612 |
1981 |
566 |
1986 |
544 |
1991 |
519 |
1996 |
553 |
2001 |
505 |
2006 |
540 |
2011 |
533 |
Reeves
Term |
Reeve |
1883-1887 |
? |
1887-1889 |
John Forsyth (1837-1918) |
1889-1894 |
John T. Wilson |
1894-1899 |
Thomas Henry Jackson (1854-1929) |
1899-1901 |
Isaac Bolton |
1901-1902 |
R. T. Sanderson |
1902-1904 |
D. F. Maxwell |
1904-1910 |
John Allan |
1910-1916 |
Andrew Allan |
1916-1918 |
John Allan |
1918-1926 |
Norman P. Shuttleworth (1881-1962) |
1926-1947 |
Andrew Jamieson |
1947-1951 |
Charles Lemington Shuttleworth (1910-2006) |
1951-1963 |
Harry Charles |
1963-1970 |
R. D. Stewart |
1970-1978 |
Hans Andersen (?-c2008) |
1978-1980 |
Roy Johnson |
1980-1986 |
H. G. Musselwhite (?-c2007) |
1986-1998 |
Hilding W. Alex (?-c2007) |
1998-2001 |
Marion G. Sharpe |
2001-2014 |
James A. Andersen |
2015 |
See Minto-Odanah |
Memorable Manitobans
Search the MHS collection of biographies for ones connected to Odanah:
Historic Sites
Go here for a list of historic sites in Odanah.
History Books
Go here for a list of history books for Odanah.
Maps
Sources
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
Early Days of Minnedosa by Mrs. E. J. Brown, MHS Transactions, Series 3, 1964-65 Season
We thank Darryl Holyk and Oliver Bernuetz (Legislative Library of Manitoba) for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 11 December 2022
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