Eastern Manitoba, or the Eastman Region (), is an informal geographic region of the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is bounded on the north by the Winnipeg River and Lake Winnipeg, on the east by the Manitoba-Ontario border, on the south by the Canada–US border, and on the west by the Red River. With a population of 128,855 as of the 2021 Canadian census, the Eastman Region is the second most populous region outside of the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region.
The city of Steinbach is the largest population centre in the region. The Trans-Canada Highway runs through the middle of the Eastman Region.
Major communities Name of Population CentrePopulation (2021)StatusBeausejour3,308TownBlumenort1,738LUDLac du Bonnet 1,064TownLorette3,208LUDMitchell3,136LUDNiverville 5,947TownOakbank5,041LUDPinawa 1,331Local government districtPowerview–Pine Falls1,239TownSt-Pierre-Jolys 1,170VillageSte. Anne2,891TownSteinbach17,806City
Unorganized areas:
Unorganized Division 1
Rural municipalities Rural municipalityUnincorporated communitiesCensus divisionPopulation (2021)Alexander Albert Beach Belair Bird River Great Falls Gull Lake Hillside Beach Lester Beach Pinawa Bay Poplar Bay St. Georges Silver Falls Stead Sunset Bay Traverse Bay White Mud FallsNo. 13,854Brokenhead Brokenhead Cloverleaf Cromwell Green Bay Hazelglen Ladywood Lydiatt St. Ouens Tyndall–Garson (LUD)No. 125,414De Salaberry Carey Dufrost La Rochelle Otterburne St. MaloNo. 23,918Emerson-Franklin Arnaud Carlowrie Dominion City Fredensthal Green Ridge Ridgeville Rosa Roseau River Senkiw Tolstoi WoodmoreNo. 2 (part in No. 3)2,437Hanover Barkfield Blumenort (LUD) Bristol Friedensfeld Grunthal (LUD) Kleefeld Hochstadt Mitchell (LUD) New Bothwell Pansy Randolph Sarto TourondNo. 217,216La Broquerie La Broquerie Marchand ZhodaNo. 26,725Lac du Bonnet Allegra Lee River Lowland McArthur Falls Milner Ridge Seddons Corner (part) Spring WellNo. 13,563Piney Badger Carrick Menisino Middlebro Piney St. Labre Sandilands South Junction Sprague Vassar Wampum WoodridgeNo. 11,843Reynolds Culver East Braintree Hadashville Hazel Hocter Indigo Larkhall McMunn Medika Molson Prawda Rennie Ste. Rita Spruce SidingNo. 11,344Ritchot Glenlea Grande Pointe Howden Île-des-Chênes St. Adolphe Ste. AgatheNo. 27,469Springfield Anola Cooks Creek Dugald Hazelridge OakbankNo. 1216,142Ste. Anne Giroux La Coulée Richer St. RaymondNo. 25,584Stuartburn Arbakka Caliento Gardenton Rofton Sirko Stuartburn Sundown Vita Zhoda (part)No. 11,731Taché Dufresne Landmark Linden Lorette Rosewood Ross Ste-GenevièveNo. 211,916Victoria BeachNo. 1689Whitemouth Darwin Elma River Hills Seven Sisters Falls WhitemouthNo. 11,630
First Nations and Indian reserves
Animakee Wa Zhing 37 Buffalo Point Iskatewizaagegan 39 Roseau River Anishinabe (Roseau Rapids 2A and Roseau River 2) Shoal Lake 37A Shoal Lake 39 Shoal Lake 39A Shoal Lake 40
Points of interest Other
Great Falls Generating Station Underground Research Laboratory Whiteshell Laboratories
Parks, forestry, and landforms
Agassiz Provincial Forest Atikaki Provincial Wilderness Park Belair Provincial Forest Birch Point Provincial Park Birds Hill Provincial Park Brightstone Sand Hills Provincial Forest Cat Hills Provincial Forest Elk Island Provincial Park Grand Beach Provincial Park Lee River Wildlife Management Area Manigotagan River Provincial Park Nopiming Provincial Park Pinawa Dam Provincial Park Poplar Bay Provincial Park Sandilands Provincial Forest St. Malo Provincial Park Wampum Provincial Forest Whitemouth Bog Ecological Reserve Whiteshell Provincial Park and Forest
Bodies of water
Lake Winnipeg Lee River Manigotagan River Roseau River Seine River Winnipeg River
Transport
Bird River (Lac du Bonnet) Airport Bird River Water Aerodrome Lac du Bonnet Airport Lac du Bonnet (North) Water Aerodrome Manitoba Highway 11 Manitoba Provincial Road 304 Silver Falls Airport Silver Falls Water Aerodrome Lancaster–Tolstoi Border Crossing Pinecreek–Piney Border Crossing Roseau–South Junction Border Crossing Warroad–Sprague Border Crossing
References
External links Eastman Regional Profile Community Profile: Census Division No. 1, Manitoba; Statistics Canada Community Profile: Census Division No. 2, Manitoba; Statistics Canada Community Profile: Census Division No. 12, Manitoba; Statistics Canada