page_title: Rural Municipality of Gimli
section_title: Communities
hierarchical_section_title: Rural Municipality of Gimli / Communities
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a map of the Rural Municipalities of Manitoba with the RM of Gimli highlighted in blue.
context_page_description: Gimli is a rural municipality located in the Interlake Region of south-central Manitoba, Canada, on the western shore of Lake Winnipeg. It is about 75 kilometres north of the provincial capital Winnipeg. The rural municipality's population in the Canada 2016 Census was 6,181, making it the 12th largest rural municipality by population. The RM of Gimli has an area of 318.75 square kilometres, making it the sixth smallest rural municipality by area.
  The community of Gimli and the surrounding district were once an Icelandic ethnic block settlement, and the area, known as New Iceland, is home to the largest concentration of people of Icelandic ancestry outside Iceland. It also has significant Ukrainian and German communities, at 12% and 6% respectively.
  The Town of Winnipeg Beach lies adjacent to its southeast corner, on the shores of Lake Winnipeg, between it and the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews to the south.
context_section_description: Arnes
  Camp Morton
  Gimli
  Husavik
  Sandy Hook
caption: This is a map of the Rural Municipalities of Manitoba with the RM of Gimli highlighted in blue.
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