Vita, Manitoba
Vita | |
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Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Church | |
Vita Location of Vita in Manitoba Vita Vita (Canada) | |
| Coordinates: 49°08′02″N 96°33′41″W / 49.13389°N 96.56139°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Manitoba |
| Region | Eastman |
| Rural Municipality | Stuartburn |
| Post office established | 1908 |
| Renamed | 1910 |
| Government | |
| • Reeve | Jim Swidersky |
| • MP (Provencher) | Ted Falk (CPC) |
| • MLA (La Verendrye) | Konrad Narth (PC) |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.06 km2 (1.18 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 512 |
| • Density | 167.3/km2 (433/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Highways | PTH 201 |
Vita (/ˈvaɪtə/; Ukrainian: Вайта, romanized: Vaita) is a local urban district in southeast Manitoba settled by Ukrainian immigrants in the late 1890s. It is roughly 50 km (31 mi) by road from Steinbach (via PTH 12 and Provincial Road 302) in the Rural Municipality of Stuartburn.
Vita has a multicultural population with residents from a variety of ethnic backgrounds, the largest being Ukrainian and Mennonite.