Morris, Manitoba

Morris
The Manitoba Stampede and Exhibition in Morris
The Manitoba Stampede and Exhibition in Morris
Flag of Morris
Town boundaries
Town boundaries
Morris is located in Manitoba
Morris
Morris
Location in Manitoba
Coordinates: 49°21′18″N 97°21′54″W / 49.35500°N 97.36500°W / 49.35500; -97.36500
CountryCanada
ProvinceManitoba
RegionNo. 3
Post office established1874
Incorporated town1883
Named forAlexander Morris
Government
 • Governing bodyMorris Town Council
 • MP (Portage-Lisgar)Branden Leslie (CPC)
 • MLA (Midland)Lauren Stone (PC)
Area
 • Total
6.10 km2 (2.36 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total
1,975
 • Density309.1/km2 (801/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Area code204
WebsiteOfficial website
[2]

Morris is a small town in the Pembina Valley region of Manitoba, Canada, located 51 km south of Winnipeg and 42 km north of Emerson. Morris is home to 1,885 people (2016). The town is named after Alexander Morris, the second Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.

Highway 75, which turns into Interstate 29, is the major highway which runs from Winnipeg to Missouri. Morris is the only town where Highway 75 is called "Main Street". The town of Morris is mostly surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Morris, except for a relatively small eastern border with the northwest corner of the Rural Municipality of Montcalm, across the Red River of the North.

Morris is host to the annual Manitoba Stampede and Exhibition.

  1. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
  2. ^ National Archives, Archivia Net. "Post Offices and Postmasters". Retrieved 2014-08-04.