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Macdonald is an unincorporated community in Manitoba northwest of Portage la Prairie. The Post Office opened in 1884 on section 33, township 12, range 8 west of the Prime Meridian. Originally known as Drumconner, it changed to its present name in 1895 (commemorating Sir John A. Macdonald, first Prime Minister of Canada) and is located on section 35, township 8, range 12 west of the Prime Meridian. The community is in the Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie.

The community is mostly agricultural, with a small residential area along Main Street/Centre Street and Cream Street.

Transportation

PTH 16 (Yellowhead Highway) is the main roadway connecting Macdonald with Portage la Prairie.

Canadian Pacific Railway has one track passing through Macdonald.

References

• Geographic Names of Manitoba (pg. 156)—the Millennium Bureau of Canada

v t e Division No. 9, Manitoba (Portage la Prairie)
Cities	Portage la Prairie
Villages	Former villages St. Claude
Rural municipalities	Grey Portage la Prairie
First Nations	Dakota Plains Long Plain
Indian reserves	Dakota Plains 6A Dakota Tipi 1 Long Plain 6 (part)
Unincorporated communities	Bloom Culross Curtis Delta Beach Edwin Elm Creek Fannystelle Fortier Fulton Haywood High Bluff Layland Longburn Macdonald Newton Oakland Oakville Poplar Point Rignold St. Ambroise Southport
See also: Municipalities in Manitoba Census divisions of Manitoba 2015 municipal amalgamations

50°03′25″N 98°28′05″W / 50.057°N 98.468°W / 50.057; -98.468

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