Thompson is a rural municipality in the Pembina Valley Region of Manitoba, Canada. It had a population of 1,259 according to the Canada 2006 Census.

Rural Municipality of Thompson
Rural municipality
Miami Railway Station
Rural Municipality of Thompson Location of the Rural Municipality of Thompson in Manitoba
Coordinates: 49°22′37″N 98°14′21″W
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Area [1]
• Land	528.83 km2 (204.18 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	1,422
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes	204 and 431

The RM was incorporated on 1 November 1908. It took its name from an early settler and its first postmaster, William Thompson. Thompson homesteaded on 5-5-6W in about 1874 and his home was central to the early community. The area was known locally as Thompsonville at that time.

Communities

• Deerwood
• Miami - The main village in Thompson.
• Rosebank

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Thompson had a population of 1,518 living in 434 of its 471 total private dwellings, a change of 6.8% from its 2016 population of 1,422. With a land area of 531.24 km² (205.11 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.9/km² (7.4/sq mi) in 2021.[2]

References

• Manitoba Municipalities: Rural Municipality of Thompson
• Geographic Names of Manitoba (pg. 273) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada
• Thompson RM, MB Community Profile
• Map of Thompson R.M. at Statcan

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