Icelandic origins in the Manitoba Interlake
Icelandic origin is reported by 31.3 percent of the population in private households in the Bifrost-Riverton municipality, against 0.16 percent across Canada.
Origin in this story: Icelandic
About 1,330 people in Gimli reported Icelandic origin. · Prairies
Icelandic is reported by 20.6 percent of the population in private households in Gimli, 22.8 percent in Arborg and 31.3 percent in the Bifrost-Riverton municipality between them, against 0.16 percent across Canada.
The whole pattern holds to one shore of Lake Winnipeg.
In the Winnipeg census metropolitan area 16,390 people reported Icelandic origins.
Of the 12 dissemination areas in Canada above 25 percent, 10 are within Manitoba.
Residents may report more than one origin, so the shares across origins can sum to more than 100 percent.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population
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