Lundar is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district[1] situated in Manitoba, Canada. It is located in the Rural Municipality of Coldwell, in Manitoba's Interlake Region, 99 km north of Winnipeg on Hwy 6. Nearby attractions are Lake Manitoba and its beaches, and the Lundar Provincial Park. Lundar is home to a Canada goose refuge, and a large statue of a Canada goose is located in the community. Lundar was founded by Icelandic settlers.
Lundar | |
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![]() ![]() Lundar Location of Lundar in Manitoba | |
Coordinates: 50°41′44″N 98°1′51″W | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Interlake |
Census Division | No. 18 |
Government | |
• Governing Body | Rural Municipality of Coldwell Council |
• MP | James Bezan |
• MLA | Thomas G. Nevakshonoff |
Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
Postal Code | R0C 1Y0 |
Area code | 204 |
NTS Map | 062J09 |
GNBC Code | GAPPO |
Lundar is the nominative plural indefinite of lundur "wood, grove" in Icelandic, from Old Norse lundr, same thing. This place-name is related through Old Norman to the Canadian Patronymic Lalonde, which is from the Norman surnames Lalonde or Delalonde, themselves from place-names in Normandy called la Londe "the grove, the wood" (Lunda in ancient documents).
Lundar experiences a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb[2]) with warm to hot summers and cold winters. There are two weather stations in the Lundar area reporting climate data:
Climate data for Lundar | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 7 (45) |
7 (45) |
14 (57) |
28 (82) |
34 (93) |
37 (99) |
34 (93) |
38.5 (101.3) |
38 (100) |
29 (84) |
15.5 (59.9) |
9 (48) |
38.5 (101.3) |
Average high °C (°F) | −12.7 (9.1) |
−8 (18) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
9.4 (48.9) |
17.7 (63.9) |
22.8 (73.0) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.7 (76.5) |
17.7 (63.9) |
9.7 (49.5) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
−9.8 (14.4) |
7.7 (45.9) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −18.1 (−0.6) |
−13.5 (7.7) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
3.3 (37.9) |
10.9 (51.6) |
16.4 (61.5) |
18.3 (64.9) |
17.7 (63.9) |
11.3 (52.3) |
4.4 (39.9) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
−14.6 (5.7) |
1.9 (35.4) |
Average low °C (°F) | −23.6 (−10.5) |
−18.8 (−1.8) |
−11.9 (10.6) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
4.1 (39.4) |
9.9 (49.8) |
11.9 (53.4) |
10.6 (51.1) |
4.9 (40.8) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
−10.8 (12.6) |
−19.4 (−2.9) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
Record low °C (°F) | −44 (−47) |
−45.5 (−49.9) |
−39.5 (−39.1) |
−28 (−18) |
−12 (10) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
0.5 (32.9) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−7 (19) |
−22 (−8) |
−38 (−36) |
−43.5 (−46.3) |
−45.5 (−49.9) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 14.7 (0.58) |
14.5 (0.57) |
19.8 (0.78) |
27.8 (1.09) |
54.2 (2.13) |
82.5 (3.25) |
66.6 (2.62) |
68.6 (2.70) |
50.6 (1.99) |
35.7 (1.41) |
19.7 (0.78) |
18.5 (0.73) |
473.1 (18.63) |
Source: Environment Canada[3] |
Climate data for Lundar 4SW | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 7 (45) |
7.5 (45.5) |
16.7 (62.1) |
33.5 (92.3) |
36.5 (97.7) |
36 (97) |
35 (95) |
38 (100) |
37 (99) |
25.6 (78.1) |
17.2 (63.0) |
7 (45) |
38 (100) |
Average high °C (°F) | −13 (9) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
10.2 (50.4) |
18.5 (65.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
25.3 (77.5) |
24.1 (75.4) |
16.7 (62.1) |
10.1 (50.2) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
−10.9 (12.4) |
7.6 (45.7) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −18.9 (−2.0) |
−15.3 (4.5) |
−7.7 (18.1) |
3.8 (38.8) |
11.7 (53.1) |
16.1 (61.0) |
19.1 (66.4) |
17.7 (63.9) |
11 (52) |
4.9 (40.8) |
−5.8 (21.6) |
−16.3 (2.7) |
1.7 (35.1) |
Average low °C (°F) | −24.8 (−12.6) |
−21.4 (−6.5) |
−13.7 (7.3) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
4.9 (40.8) |
9.8 (49.6) |
12.9 (55.2) |
11.3 (52.3) |
5.2 (41.4) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
−10.1 (13.8) |
−21.5 (−6.7) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
Record low °C (°F) | −44 (−47) |
−43.9 (−47.0) |
−35.6 (−32.1) |
−32 (−26) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
−3 (27) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−17.5 (0.5) |
−37 (−35) |
−38.9 (−38.0) |
−44 (−47) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 12.1 (0.48) |
12.9 (0.51) |
17.7 (0.70) |
27.7 (1.09) |
49.6 (1.95) |
69.6 (2.74) |
52.7 (2.07) |
85.6 (3.37) |
58.5 (2.30) |
35.1 (1.38) |
18.5 (0.73) |
16.8 (0.66) |
456.8 (17.98) |
Source: Environment Canada[3] |
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lundar had a population of 499 living in 212 of its 249 total private dwellings, a change of 8% from its 2016 population of 462. With a land area of 1.1 km2 (0.42 sq mi), it had a population density of 453.6/km2 (1,174.9/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
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