Thicket Portage is a community in northern Manitoba located on the Hudson Bay Railway. The community receives passenger rail service at the Thicket Portage railway station. This station used to be served by 13-14 trains per week, although as of 2001, this has been reduced to 6 trains per week.
| Preceding station |  Via Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Leventoward Churchill | Winnipeg–Churchill | Hockintoward Winnipeg | ||
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| Preceding station | Canadian National Railway | Following station | ||
| Leventoward Churchill | Hudson Bay Railway | Hockintoward The Pas | ||
The community has no all-weather road access. The community is serviced by year round train access, local airport, and winter ice roads. In the summer, it is accessible by boat/vehicle.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Thicket Portage had a population of 109 living in 29 of its 42 total private dwellings, a change of -27.3% from its 2016 population of 150. With a land area of 7.49 km (2.89 sq mi), it had a population density of 14.6/km (37.7/sq mi) in 2021.
References
- Province of Manitoba, Ministry of Transportation and Government Services Department All-Weather Road Servicing Options for Thicket Portage - Public Consultation 2001
- "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
| Division No. 22, Manitoba (Thompson and North Central) | ||
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55°19′05″N 97°41′13″W / 55.31806°N 97.68694°W / 55.31806; -97.68694
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