Manitoba Communities: Steinbach (City)

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This municipality is named for an area in Russia from which early settlers had come.

Present Status

City of Steinbach (10 October 1997)

Incorporation History

Town of Steinbach (31 December 1946)
City of Steinbach (10 October 1997)

Adjoining Municipalities

Hanover

Land Area (square km)

25.59

Population

Year

Total

1946

1071

1951

2155

1956

2688

1961

3739

1966

4648

1971

5197

1976

5979

1981

6676

1986

7473

1991

8213

1996

8478

2001

9227

2006

11066

2011

13524

2016

16022

2021

17806

Mayors

Term

Mayor

1947-1958

Klaas R. “K. R.” Barkman (1893-1979)

1958-1970

Leonard A. Barkman (1920-1979)

1970-1980

Abraham Dueck Penner (1910-2008)

1980-1986

Helmut Pankratz

1986-1992

Ernest A. Friesen (1917-2012)

1992-1995

Wesley Reimer (1932-2011)

1995-2005

Les Magnusson

2005-2018

Chris Goertzen

2018-?

Earl Funk

Memorable Manitobans

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Historic Sites

Go here for a list of historic sites in Steinbach.

History Books

Go here for a list of history books for Steinbach.

Maps

Sources

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

We thank Amber Reitsma and Deb Rempel for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 28 October 2022