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class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:96px;max-width:96px"><div style="height:120px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Anglican_church_Wawanesa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Anglican_church_Wawanesa.jpg/94px-Anglican_church_Wawanesa.jpg" decoding="async" width="94" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Anglican_church_Wawanesa.jpg/141px-Anglican_church_Wawanesa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Anglican_church_Wawanesa.jpg/188px-Anglican_church_Wawanesa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="5100" /></a></span></div><div>St. Paul's Anglican Church in Wawanesa, built in 1900.</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:192px;max-width:192px"><div style="height:120px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wawanesa_headquarters.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Wawanesa_headquarters.jpg/190px-Wawanesa_headquarters.jpg" decoding="async" width="190" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Wawanesa_headquarters.jpg/285px-Wawanesa_headquarters.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Wawanesa_headquarters.jpg/380px-Wawanesa_headquarters.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1267" /></a></span></div><div>Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company building, built in 1930.</div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Motto: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">Our scenic valley</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output 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div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Canada_Manitoba_location_map_2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Wawanesa is located in Manitoba"><img alt="Wawanesa is located in Manitoba" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Canada_Manitoba_location_map_2.svg/250px-Canada_Manitoba_location_map_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Canada_Manitoba_location_map_2.svg/375px-Canada_Manitoba_location_map_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Canada_Manitoba_location_map_2.svg/500px-Canada_Manitoba_location_map_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1512" data-file-height="1864" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:92.241%;left:26.981%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Wawanesa"><img alt="Wawanesa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Wawanesa</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of Wawanesa in Manitoba</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Wawanesa,_Manitoba&params=49_36_N_99_41_W_region:CA_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">49°36′N</span> <span class="longitude">99°41′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">49.600°N 99.683°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">49.600; -99.683</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" 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/>Oakland – Wawanesa</th><td class="infobox-data">2015</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-census_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2.28 km<sup>2</sup> (0.88 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2021_Canadian_census" title="2021 Canadian census">2021</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-2021census_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021census-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">653</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">261.1/km<sup>2</sup> (676/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-6" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-6">UTC-6</a> (Central (CST))</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-5" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-5">UTC-5</a> (Central (CDT))</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_code_204" class="mw-redirect" title="Area code 204">204</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Wawanesa</b> is an unincorporated urban community in the <a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Oakland_%E2%80%93_Wawanesa" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipality of Oakland – Wawanesa">Municipality of Oakland – Wawanesa</a> within the <a href="/wiki/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada" title="Provinces and territories of Canada">Canadian province</a> of <a href="/wiki/Manitoba" title="Manitoba">Manitoba</a> that held village status before January 1, 2015. It is the birthplace of <a href="/wiki/The_Wawanesa_Mutual_Insurance_Co." class="mw-redirect" title="The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Co.">The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Co.</a> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wawanesa,_Manitoba&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wawanesa is the second name for the community which was originally called Sipewiski, an Indigenous word meaning "crooked river" or "light through the trees".<sup id="cite_ref-MHS_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MHS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-townhistory_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-townhistory-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This name was changed by clerics in the region in 1890 during the <a href="/wiki/Temperance_movement" title="Temperance movement">temperance movement</a> after it was believed to mean or sound like "sip of whisky".<sup id="cite_ref-MHS_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MHS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following this, the community's name was changed to Wawanesa, which has various meanings depending on which Indigenous language is used a source for the name. The first thought is that the name is considered to come from the <a href="/wiki/Ojibwe_language" title="Ojibwe language">Ojibwa</a> word <span title="Ojibwe-language text"><i lang="oj">waa’oonesii</i></span>, which means '<a href="/wiki/Whippoorwill" class="mw-redirect" title="Whippoorwill">whippoorwill</a>'.<sup id="cite_ref-townhistory_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-townhistory-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-book_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-book-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A second understanding is that the name comes from the <a href="/wiki/Cree_language" title="Cree language">Cree</a> words for 'goose nest' as <span title="Cree-language text"><i lang="cr-Latn">wawa</i></span> means 'goose' and <span title="Cree-language text"><i lang="cr-Latn">nesa</i></span> means nest.<sup id="cite_ref-Echoes_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Echoes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A third explanation for the name comes from the <a href="/wiki/Dakota_language" title="Dakota language">Dakota</a>-<a href="/wiki/Sioux_language" title="Sioux language">Sioux</a> words <span title="Dakota-language text"><i lang="dak">wa-wa-neche</i></span> which means 'land of no snow', thought to come from the cliffs which appear snow free throughout the winter.<sup id="cite_ref-Echoes_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Echoes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wawanesa,_Manitoba&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first peoples use and live in the land in and around Wawanesa were the <a href="/wiki/Cree" title="Cree">Cree</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sioux" title="Sioux">Sioux</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blackfoot" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackfoot">Blackfoot</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lakota_people" title="Lakota people">Lakota</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-townhistory_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-townhistory-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Indigenous peoples would use the <a href="/wiki/Souris_River" title="Souris River">Souris River</a> as a trade and passage route moving up and down the waterway and trading with the <a href="/wiki/Mandan" title="Mandan">Mandan</a> further south, who were an agricultural and trading peoples.<sup id="cite_ref-Echoes_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Echoes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They would trade bison meat for corn and this practice led to the development of <a href="/wiki/Pemmican" title="Pemmican">pemmican</a> which had corn added to minced bison meat.<sup id="cite_ref-Echoes_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Echoes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This stable food supply helped Indigenous and later on the first European explorers to sustain themselves on this open land.<sup id="cite_ref-Echoes_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Echoes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Noted explorer <a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(explorer)" title="David Thompson (explorer)">David Thompson</a> may have been the first European to arrive or see the land when he travelled the Souris River in 1797.<sup id="cite_ref-Echoes_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Echoes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His diaries cite a place where they camped on the Souris to secure supplies and continue the expedition and this campsite was supposedly the site of present day Wawanesa.<sup id="cite_ref-Echoes_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Echoes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Furs and pemmican were a key source of trade for early European arrivals and in 1797 Ronald Cameron set up a trading post at the confluence of the Souris and <a href="/wiki/Assiniboine_River" title="Assiniboine River">Assiniboine Rivers</a> and would gradually begin the great settlement which was to come.<sup id="cite_ref-Echoes_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Echoes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first pioneers in the area arrived in 1878 when a small settlement was established on the west side of the Souris River and Assiniboine River confluence where a land claims title was set up near to where the trading fort had been established.<sup id="cite_ref-Echoes_6-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Echoes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The site included a post office which was named Souris Mouth though this settlement did not remain long as it was only temporary and meant for homestead registration and not as a settlement.<sup id="cite_ref-Echoes_6-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Echoes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Five years later another post office was set up at Sourisbourg, a community which is located near the present site of the Methven Cemetery, though this community too would not last.<sup id="cite_ref-Echoes_6-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Echoes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other settlements sprung up in the area including Millford and Souris City which by the 1880s seemed to be thriving towns. However, as with many early prairie settlements, when the bids for railways did not happen these communities quickly faded away.<sup id="cite_ref-Echoes_6-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Echoes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Northern_Pacific_Railway" title="Northern Pacific Railway">Northern Pacific Railway</a> instead built its line to Wawanesa, thus dooming Souris City and many of the latter's buildings were moved by ice on the Souris River to the site of Wawanesa.<sup id="cite_ref-Echoes_6-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Echoes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wawanesa was established in August 1889 when the Story family left <a href="/wiki/Lanark,_Ontario" title="Lanark, Ontario">Lanark, Ontario</a> for the northwest by rail and then packed all their belongings on one wagon in Glenboro and travelled west.<sup id="cite_ref-Echoes_6-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Echoes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Mrs. J. J. Story saw the panorama of Wawanesa it is said that she told her husband "Oh J.J. let's stay here. We will never find a more beautiful spot. And I am sure that there will be plenty of families  [<i><a href="/wiki/Sic" title="Sic">sic</a></i>] soon move in and settle here."<sup id="cite_ref-Echoes_6-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Echoes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> J.J. Story persuaded Joe Ferris from Glenboro, 20 miles (32 km) away to come to the site and help construct a building which was the first such built at Wawanesa and thus established the community.<sup id="cite_ref-Echoes_6-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Echoes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Story home served as both a residence but they also operated a general store from the building, starting the growth of businesses along Main Street.<sup id="cite_ref-Echoes_6-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Echoes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More and more businesses were established and by 1900 the provincial archives showed 37 businesses that were established in the community.<sup id="cite_ref-Echoes_6-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Echoes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A flour mill was established in the community in 1895 after the nearby community of Methven did not want it established in their small town for fears of unsavoury working men coming to the community.<sup id="cite_ref-Echoes_6-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Echoes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The mill was then established in Wawanesa which proved to be a real boon to the community and helped build the economy and flour and grains were shipped from the area around the country and world.<sup id="cite_ref-Echoes_6-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Echoes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1896, village resident A.F. Kempton came up with the idea to start an insurance company owned and operated by farmers and who needed insurance for their threshing operations.<sup id="cite_ref-Echoes_6-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Echoes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Running the numbers, the business plan seemed doable and Kempton opened the company on the second floor of the drug store. This company that was named <a href="/wiki/Wawanesa_Insurance" title="Wawanesa Insurance">Wawanesa Insurance</a> would go on to grow to become one of the largest insurance companies in Canada.<sup id="cite_ref-Echoes_6-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Echoes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the community continued to grow other buildings and facilities necessary for an established community appeared in the village. The first church was a methodist church built at the corner of Fifth Street and Cliff Street. In 1890 a framed school building was built and in 1895 the Wawanesa Elementary School was built on the same site.<sup id="cite_ref-Echoes_6-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Echoes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More churches were established including the St. Paul's Anglican Church built in 1900. </p><p>The community continued to grow and in 1909 the community was incorporated as a village.<sup id="cite_ref-Echoes_6-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Echoes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There was some suspicion around this as to be a village at the time a community had to have a population of 500 which Wawanesa did not. The railway was building a new bridge in the area and a number of workers had been stationed in Wawanesa at the time and the community gave them resident status which allowed it to meet the threshold of 500 people.<sup id="cite_ref-Echoes_6-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Echoes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The village's population would struggle to meet this bar until almost 50 years later in the 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-Echoes_6-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Echoes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wawanesa_cenotaph.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Wawanesa_cenotaph.jpg/220px-Wawanesa_cenotaph.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Wawanesa_cenotaph.jpg/330px-Wawanesa_cenotaph.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Wawanesa_cenotaph.jpg/440px-Wawanesa_cenotaph.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>The war cenotaph in Wawanesa along Cliff Street.</figcaption></figure> <p>Like many Commonwealth countries and towns and cities across Canada the village of Wawanesa was greatly affected by the great wars. During <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> 189 men in the village and area enlisted into the military and 47 were killed.<sup id="cite_ref-Echoes_6-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Echoes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> began, the men and women of the area again answered the calls for help from their country. During this war, 220 people from the district signed up to enlist and 14 were killed and did not return to the valley.<sup id="cite_ref-Echoes_6-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Echoes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A war memorial was established in the community and a cenotaph erected along Cliff Street with their names.<sup id="cite_ref-Echoes_6-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Echoes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Wawanesa Insurance company continued to grow and a large new company building was constructed in the community in 1930. The flour mill burned down in 1949 after many years of serving the community and transporting goods across the nation. In 1954 an article ran in Canada's national magazine titled "The One-Horse Town That Spawned a Giant" telling the story of Wawanesa Insurance and spreading the name of the village as far away as New Zealand and Australia. A second story about the community was written in 1955 titled Cave in 55 but was not as widely circulated. When the Manitoba government ran a commission on the auto insurance industry in 1969 the community rallied large marches to protest what they saw as a threat against the community's economic future.<sup id="cite_ref-Echoes_6-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Echoes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In modern times, flooding has been a threat to the community which saw devastating effects in 1976 when a <a href="/wiki/100-year_flood" title="100-year flood">100-year flood</a> flood affected the community and buildings in low laying areas. The <a href="/wiki/2011_Souris_River_flood" title="2011 Souris River flood">2011 Souris River flood</a> was of an even greater magnitude and affected the community cresting there on July 6.<sup id="cite_ref-townhistory_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-townhistory-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wawanesa,_Manitoba&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale collapsible collapsed" style="width:30em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Population Growth</caption><tbody><tr valign="top"><td style="padding:0 0.5em"><table style="border-spacing:0;width:15em"><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1911</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">375</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1916</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">343</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−8.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1921</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">368</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+7.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1926</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">374</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1931</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">441</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+17.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1936</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">427</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−3.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1941</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">404</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−5.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1946</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">423</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+4.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1951</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">447</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+5.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1956</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">440</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−1.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1961</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">456</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1966</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">512</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+12.3%</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="padding:0 0.5em;border-left:solid 1px #aaa"><table style="border-spacing:0;width:15em"><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1971</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">478</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−6.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1976</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">487</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1981</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">492</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+1.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1986</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">502</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1991</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">482</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−4.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1996</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">485</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2001</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">516</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+6.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">2006</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">535</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+3.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2011</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">562</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+5.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2016</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">594</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+5.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2021</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">653</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+9.9%</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source: <sup id="cite_ref-MHS_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MHS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2021census_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021census-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2021_Canadian_census" title="2021 Canadian census">2021 Census of Population</a> conducted by <a href="/wiki/Statistics_Canada" title="Statistics Canada">Statistics Canada</a>, Wawanesa had a population of 653 living in 254 of its 266 total private dwellings, a change of <span data-sort-value="7000993265993265993♠" style="display:none"></span>9.9% from its 2016 population of 594. With a land area of 2.04 km<sup>2</sup> (0.79 sq mi), it had a population density of <span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7002320098039215686♠"></span>320.1/km<sup>2</sup> (829.1/sq mi) in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-2021census_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021census-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, of those in Wawanesa aged 15 or older, 57.4% are <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married</a>, 7.4% are living with a <a href="/wiki/Common-law_marriage" title="Common-law marriage">common-law partner</a>, 18.0% have never been married, 2.1% are <a href="/wiki/Legal_separation" title="Legal separation">separated</a>, 6.4% are <a href="/wiki/Divorce" title="Divorce">divorced</a>, and 8.5% are <a href="/wiki/Widow" title="Widow">widowed</a>. </p><p>Of the census families in Wawanesa, 52.9% consist of two persons, 11.8% consist of three persons, 20.6% consist of four persons, and the remaining 11.8% consist of five or more persons. The average size of a census family in Wawanesa is 2.9 persons. 53.3% of couple census families live without children, 10.0% live with one child, 23.3% live with two children, and 13.3% live with three or more children.<sup id="cite_ref-census_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wawanesa,_Manitoba&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Notable people associated with Wawanesa have included suffragist <a href="/wiki/Nellie_McClung" title="Nellie McClung">Nellie McClung</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edna_Diefenbaker" title="Edna Diefenbaker">Edna Diefenbaker</a>, the first wife of <a 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Altona,_Manitoba" title="Altona, Manitoba">Altona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arborg,_Manitoba" title="Arborg, Manitoba">Arborg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beausejour,_Manitoba" title="Beausejour, Manitoba">Beausejour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carberry,_Manitoba" title="Carberry, Manitoba">Carberry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carman,_Manitoba" title="Carman, Manitoba">Carman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Churchill,_Manitoba" title="Churchill, Manitoba">Churchill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gillam,_Manitoba" title="Gillam, Manitoba">Gillam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Rapids,_Manitoba" title="Grand Rapids, Manitoba">Grand Rapids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lac_du_Bonnet,_Manitoba" title="Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba">Lac du Bonnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leaf_Rapids" title="Leaf Rapids">Leaf Rapids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Lake" title="Lynn Lake">Lynn Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melita,_Manitoba" title="Melita, 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