MacGregor, Manitoba

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History

The town is named after the Very Rev James MacGregor by the Canadian Pacific Railway who named a railway station after him, during his visit with the Marquis of Lome, around which the town grew.[1]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, MacGregor had a population of 962 living in 409 of its 422 total private dwellings, a change of Script error: No such module "Percentage". from its 2016 population of 973. With a land area of Template:Cvt, it had a population density of Template:Pop density in 2021.[2]

Notable people

Notable individuals born or raised in MacGregor include former politician Leslie Harvard Eyres (1892–1983) and NDP cabinet minister Nancy Allan.

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