24-616: St. François Xavier is an unincorporated urban centre located in the Rural Municipality of St. François Xavier , Manitoba , Canada. It is located about 15 km west of the city of Winnipeg on the Assiniboine River . Settled around 1824 as Grantown , it is the second oldest settlement in Manitoba. The area of current-day St. François Xavier, commonly known as White Horse Plains ( La Prairie du Cheval Blanc ),
48-482: A local museum dedicated to Franco-Manitoban culture and history; and Le Cercle Molière , a French-language theatre group and Canada's oldest theatre company. The Centre du Patrimoine is a heritage centre housing the largest Franco-Manitoban archives in Manitoba, as well as the Société historique de Saint-Boniface (SHSB), the oldest historical society in western Canada. The area features such landmarks as
72-612: A major rail-handling facility; and the Union Stockyards, which were once the largest of their kind in Canada. The St. Boniface city ward, represented by City Councillor Matt Allard, is composed of the following neighbourhoods: Archwood, Dufresne, Central St. Boniface, Holden, Island Lakes , Maginot, The Mint , Mission Industrial, Niakwa Park, Niakwa Place, North St. Boniface, Norwood East, Norwood West, Southdale, Stock Yards, and Windsor Park . The ward mostly corresponds to
96-470: A municipality in 1880. The focal point for the municipality was the community of St. François Xavier , which was established in 1824 by Reverend Father Boucher. The present St. Francois Xavier Roman Catholic Church was designed by former St. Francois Xavier architect Joseph-Azarie Senecal. The Grey Nuns also had an educational and religious presence in the area for 118 years, ending their involvement in 1968 after their nunnery fell in disrepair. In
120-503: A noticeable role in the municipality and throughout the province. In 1851, Father Louis-François Richer Laflèche accompanied the Métis buffalo hunters from the Parish of St. François Xavier on one of their annual hunts on the prairies . The hunting group, led by Jean Baptiste Falcon, son of Pierre Falcon (a Métis songwriter), was made up of 67 men, a number of women who came to prepare
144-531: A settlement. He was soon joined by a number of Métis families. The settlement was originally called Grantown . In 1828, the Parish of St. François Xavier (named for St. François-Xavier ) was established at White Horse Plain by priests from the mission at Saint-Boniface as the second parish in the North West. The Grantown settlement subsequently took its name from the parish, and St. François Xavier became
168-919: Is a city ward and neighbourhood in Winnipeg . Along with being the centre of the Franco-Manitoban community, it ranks as the largest francophone community in Western Canada . It features such landmarks as the St. Boniface Cathedral , Boulevard Provencher , the Provencher Bridge , Esplanade Riel , Saint Boniface Hospital , the Université de Saint-Boniface , and the Royal Canadian Mint . The area covers much of eastern Winnipeg, including Old St. Boniface. It consists of
192-668: Is home to the Festival du Voyageur , held annually in February outdoors at Whittier Park and Fort Gibraltar , as well as Cinémental , the city's annual francophone film festival. The area also hosts the Centre culturel franco-manitobain (CCFM; the Franco-Manitoban Cultural Centre), which features an art gallery, theatres, meeting rooms, and a community radio station; Le Musée de Saint-Boniface Museum ,
216-473: Is home to the community of St. François Xavier , the second oldest settlement in Manitoba. The area around current-day St. François, commonly known as White Horse Plain (named after a local legend; French : La Prairie du Cheval Blanc ), was inhabited by First Nations peoples such as the Cree and Sioux . Around 1824, Métis leader Cuthbert Grant received a land grant on White Horse Plain and founded
240-466: Is one of the oldest stone buildings in western Canada . Winnipeg's three Francophone radio stations, CKXL-FM , CKSB-10-FM and CKSB-FM , are located in St. Boniface and are licensed there, a legacy of when St. Boniface was a separate city. The French-language weekly newspaper La Liberté is also based in St. Boniface. St. Boniface is represented by the St. Boniface Riels hockey team which plays in
264-416: The 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , St. François Xavier had a population of 1,449 living in 494 of its 514 total private dwellings, a change of 2.7% from its 2016 population of 1,411. With a land area of 205.14 km (79.20 sq mi), it had a population density of 7.1/km (18.3/sq mi) in 2021. Saint Boniface, Winnipeg St. Boniface (or Saint Boniface )
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#1732773116579288-737: The Canada 2016 Census . Succeeding cultures of indigenous peoples lived in the area for thousands of years before European exploration. It is an area of historic Ojibwe occupation. Fur traders and European mercenaries hired by Thomas Douglas, Lord Selkirk , to protect his fledgling Red River Colony were among the area's first European settlers. With the founding of a Roman Catholic mission in 1818, St. Boniface began its role in Canadian religious, political and cultural history: as mother parish for many French settlements in Western Canada; as
312-598: The Great Spirit protected the Métis. The St. François-Xavier post office was opened in 1871 and closed in 1975. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , St. Francois Xavier had a population of 845 living in 272 of its 278 total private dwellings, a change of 27.6% from its 2016 population of 662. With a land area of 3.39 km (1.31 sq mi), it had a population density of 249.3/km (645.6/sq mi) in 2021. Notable people buried at
336-521: The Grey Nuns ), who arrived in 1844, founded the early educational, cultural and social-service institutions, such as St. Boniface Hospital , the first in Western Canada. Early French-speaking missionary Catholic priests in the region founded the Collège de Saint-Boniface (dating to 1818) to teach Latin and general humanities to the local boys; it is now the Université de Saint-Boniface . St. Boniface
360-486: The community area of St. Boniface and neighbourhood clusters of St. Boniface East and West, which are used by Statistics Canada for demographic purposes. However, while the community area—or clusters—include all of the neighbourhoods of the city ward, it also extends eastward past Lagimodière Boulevard to Plessis Road, thereby including the neighbourhoods of Dugald, Royalwood, Sage Creek, Southland Park, St. Boniface Industrial Park, and Symington Yards . St. Boniface
384-673: The Boulevard Provencher, Esplanade Riel , Fort Gibraltar , Lagimodière-Gaboury Park, the Provencher Bridge, the Royal Canadian Mint , St. Boniface Cathedral (including the grave of Louis Riel in its churchyard), St. Boniface Hospital , and the Université de Saint-Boniface . The House of Archbishop Alexandre-Antonin Taché , which is now used for administrative purposes by the Archdiocese of St. Boniface ,
408-601: The St. Francois Xavier Roman Catholic Church and Cemetery include: Rural Municipality of St. Fran%C3%A7ois Xavier The Rural Municipality of St. François Xavier is a rural municipality (RM) in Manitoba , Canada, lying west-northwest of Winnipeg . It is part of the Central Plains Region as well as the Winnipeg Metro Region . It had a population of 1,411 in the 2016 census . It
432-489: The Stockyards site as a housing and retail area by Olexa Developments of Calgary is scheduled for 2020. It is planned that in the first phase of the development, 600 housing units are to be constructed. In the 1950s and 1960s the neighbourhoods of Windsor Park and Southdale developed into residential areas. In 2016 Windsor Park had a population of 10,050 and Southdale had a population of 6,450. In 1971, St. Boniface
456-481: The birthplace of Louis Riel and fellow Métis who struggled to obtain favourable terms for Manitoba's entry into Confederation ; and as a focus of resistance to controversial 1890 legislation to alter Manitoba's school system and abolish French as an official language in the province (see Manitoba Schools Question ). French-speaking religious orders , including the Sisters of Charity of Montreal (better known as
480-593: The meat, some small children and 200 carts. In North Dakota they encountered a band of Sioux . Laflèche dressed only in a black cassock , white surplice , and stole , directed with the camp commander Jean Baptiste Falcon a miraculous defence against 2,000 Sioux combatants, using a crucifix at the Battle of Grand Coteau in North Dakota . After a siege of two days (July 13 and 14), the Sioux withdrew, convinced that
504-405: The neighbourhoods of Norwood West, Norwood East, Windsor Park , Niakwa Park, Niakwa Place, Southdale, Southland Park, Royalwood, Sage Creek, and Island Lakes , among others, plus a large industrial area. The ward is represented by Matt Allard, a member of Winnipeg City Council , and also corresponds to the neighbourhood clusters of St. Boniface East and West. The population was 58,520 according to
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#1732773116579528-567: Was amalgamated, along with several neighbouring communities, into the City of Winnipeg. As one of the largest French-Canadian communities outside Québec , it has often been a centre of struggles to preserve French-Canadian language and culture within Manitoba. The St. Boniface area covers much of the eastern part of Winnipeg , including Old St. Boniface. It also includes the Canadian National Railway 's Symington Yards ,
552-470: Was home to several distinct First Nations , such as the Cree and the Dakota . The lands in the area supported numerous buffalo and other game animals. Around 1824, Cuthbert Grant , who had recently led the Métis in the Battle of Seven Oaks , arrived in the area and was soon joined by many Métis families. The settlement was thereby founded, and named Grantown after Grant. The Métis have since had
576-421: Was incorporated as a town in 1883 and as a city in 1908. The early economy was oriented to agriculture. Industrialization arrived in the early 20th century. The 165-acre (67 ha) Union Stockyards, developed 1912–13, became the largest livestock exchange in Canada and a centre of the meat-packing and -processing industry. By the early 1900s, numerous light and heavy industries were established. Redevelopment of
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