Powerview-Pine Falls

History

The community was created as a paper mill town in the mid 1920s as Manitoba Pulp and Paper Company. The company was sold to Abitibi Paper Company and became Pine Falls Paper Group in 1995 after employee buyout; finally, it sold to Tembec in 1998.

In 2009, Tembec shut down the mill for good and the site was demolished by 2012, but the mill's footprint next to Slasher Bay is still visible. The mine was served by Canadian National Railway since 1924 and ended after the mill closed.

The current-day town of Powerview-Pine Falls came as result of an amalgamation of the previous town of Powerview () with the previously unincorporated area of Pine Falls (), to its west.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Powerview-Pine Falls had a population of 1,239 living in 511 of its 566 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,316. With a land area of 4.82 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

As a designated place in the 2021 Census of Population, Pine Falls had a population of 616 living in 245 of its 274 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 632. With a land area of 2.41 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

Also as a designated place in 2021, Powerview had a population of 623 living in 266 of its 292 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 684. With a land area of 2.41 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

Employment

With the closure of the paper mill, the Pine Falls Hospital (Pine Falls Health Complex) of the Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority is the community's largest employer.

Climate

Pine Falls has a hemiboreal humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb), with short, warm summers and severely cold, snowy winters. |Jan record high C = 7.5 |Feb record high C = 8 |Mar record high C = 19.4 |Apr record high C = 35 |May record high C = 35 |Jun record high C = 37 |Jul record high C = 36.1 |Aug record high C = 36.5 |Sep record high C = 37 |Oct record high C = 28.3 |Nov record high C = 22.8 |Dec record high C = 6.7 |year record high C = 37 |Jan record low C = −43.3 |Feb record low C = −46.7 |Mar record low C = −42.2 |Apr record low C = −28.3 |May record low C = −12.8 |Jun record low C = -3.9 |Jul record low C = 1.7 |Aug record low C = −1.5 |Sep record low C = −5.6 |Oct record low C = −17 |Nov record low C = −35 |Dec record low C = −30 |year record low C = −46.7

References

References

1. Goldsborough, Gordon. "Historic Sites of Manitoba: Pine Falls Paper Mill (Town of Powerview-Pine Falls)".
2. (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba". [[Statistics Canada]].
3. (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". [[Statistics Canada]].
4. "Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000". Environment Canada.