| Gilbert Plains | |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Manitoba |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Gilbert Plains in Manitoba |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Gilbert Plains Municipality |
| Subdivision Type3: | Census Division |
| Subdivision Name3: | No. 16 |
| Leader Title2: | MP |
| Leader Name2: | Dan Mazier |
| Leader Title3: | MLA |
| Leader Name3: | Ron Kostyshyn |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.70 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Total: | 785[1] |
| Population Density Km2: | 291 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2011-16 |
| Population Blank1: | 3.2% |
| Timezone: | CST |
| Utc Offset: | −6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −5 |
| Coordinates: | 51.1478°N -100.4892°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
| Postal Code: | R0L 0C1, ROL 0X0 |
| Area Code: | 204 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | PTH 5 |
| Blank1 Name: | Railways |
| Blank1 Info: | Canadian National |
| Blank2 Name: | NTS Map |
| Blank3 Name: | GNBC Code |
| Blank3 Info: | GBSLM[2] |
| Website: | http://www.gilbertplains.com/ |
Gilbert Plains is an unincorporated urban community in the Gilbert Plains Municipality, Manitoba, Canada, that was classified as a town prior to January 1, 2015.
It is situated on the Valley River, in the Parkland Region between Riding Mountain National Park and Duck Mountain Provincial Park.[3]
Gilbert Plains was featured during season 3 of the CBC program Still Standing.[4] The episode originally aired on September 5, 2017.
Incorporated in 1906, the original townsite was some miles to the south. The community was named for Gilbert Ross, a Métis man who was living in the region when the first European settler, Glenlyon Campbell, arrived.
On 1 January 2015, the Town of Gilbert Plains relinquished its town status when it amalgamated with the Rural Municipality of Gilbert Plains to form the Gilbert Plains Municipality.[5]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Gilbert Plains had a population of 773 living in 356 of its 407 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 785. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[6]
A local newspaper, The Exponent, serviced both Gilbert Plains and its neighboring town, Grandview. The Exponent closed on 24 February 2017, after 117 years of operation.[7]
A weekly non-profit newspaper, The Plain View, published its first issue on 5 June 2018, and has been running ever since. It serves both Gilbert Plains and Grandview.
The community is located on Highway 5 and the CN railway line between Dauphin and Grandview, approximately 250miles northwest of Winnipeg. Gilbert Plains railway station receives Via Rail service.[8] The community previously had an airport.[9]