McCreary, Manitoba
| McCreary | |
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| Former village | |
 McCreary
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| Coordinates: 50°46′20″N 99°29′35″W / 50.77222°N 99.49306°WCoordinates: 50°46′20″N 99°29′35″W / 50.77222°N 99.49306°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Manitoba |
| Region | Parkland |
| Municipality | McCreary |
| Incorporated | 1 January 1964 |
| Amalgamated | 2015 |
| Government | |
| • Reeve | Larry McLauchlan |
| • MP (Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa) | Robert Sopuck |
| • MLA (Agassiz) | Stu Briese |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.70 km2 (0.66 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 472 |
| • Density | 277.2/km2 (718/sq mi) |
| • Change 2006-11 |
 3.1% |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | Central (CDT) (UTC-5) |
| Area code(s) | 204 |
McCreary is an unincorporated urban community in the Municipality of McCreary within the Canadian province of Manitoba that held village status prior to January 1, 2015. McCreary covers an area of 1.70 km2, and has a population of 472. Though settled as early as the 19th century, it was incorporated as a village in 1964, and amalgamated with the Municipality of McCreary in 2015. As the self-proclaimed Ski and Maple Syrup Capital of Manitoba, the former village previously held significance as the closest settlement to the former Mount Agassiz Ski Area.
McCreary was named for the surrounding Municipality of McCreary. Both the former village and municipality share the name with the local post office, which adopted the name in 1899 from William McCreary. It was incorporated as a village in 1964, but was amalgamated into the municipality in 2015.
McCreary is located in the Parkland region of Manitoba. It is located on flat prairie land, but lies immediately east of Riding Mountain National Park.
McCreary has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) with cold winters and warm summers. Average daytime temperatures range from 25.0 °C (77.0 °F) in July to −9.3 °C (15.3 °F) in January. McCreary gets an average 539 millimetres (21.2 in) of precipitation annually, noticeably wetter than other areas of the Parkland region. There is measurable rainfall 80.1 days of the year on average, and measurable snowfall 46.9 days of the year.
As of the 2011 Canadian census, the population of McCreary was 472, a 3.1% decrease from the 2006 census, in which the population was 487. The median age was 58.1 years old, 17.5 years older than the national average of 40.6. There were 250 private dwellings, 228 of which were occupied.
English is the main language used in McCreary, being spoken fluently by virtually all of the population. In terms of Canada's official languages, 92.1% of the population speaks exclusively English, while 6.8% also speaks French. Other languages spoken as a mother tongue include Ukrainian (3.4%), German (2.2%), Tagalog (1.1%), and Ojibwe (1.1%), though only Ukrainian sees regular use at home, by 1.1% of the population.
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