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{{Short description|Town in Manitoba, Canada}}
{{About|the town in Manitoba, Canada|the commune in France|Le Pas|other uses|PAS (disambiguation)}}
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'''The Pas''' ({{IPAc-en|p|ɑː}} {{respell|PAH}}; {{langx|fr|Le Pas}}) is a town in [[Manitoba]], Canada, at the confluence of the [[Pasquia River]] and the [[Saskatchewan River]] and surrounded by the unorganized [[Northern Manitoba|Northern Region]] of the province. It is approximately {{convert|520|km}} northwest of the provincial capital, [[Winnipeg]], and {{convert|35|km}} from the border of [[Saskatchewan]]. It is sometimes still called ''Paskoyac'' by locals after the first trading post, called [[Fort Paskoya]], constructed in the 1740s by French and Canadian traders. The Pasquia River begins in the [[Pasquia Hills]] in east central Saskatchewan. The French in 1795 knew the river as Basquiau.

Known as "The Gateway to the North", The Pas is a multi-industry northern Manitoba town serving the surrounding region. The main components of the region's economy are agriculture, forestry, commercial fishing, tourism, transportation, and services (especially health and education). The main employer is a paper mill operated by Canadian Kraft Paper Industries Ltd. The Pas contains one of the two main campuses of the [[University College of the North]].

The Pas is bordered by the [[Rural Municipality of Kelsey]], as well as part of the [[Opaskwayak Cree Nation]].

== History ==
[[File:2009-0520-CDNtrip038-ThePas.jpg|thumb|left|Welcome sign]]

The area's original inhabitants are the [[Swampy Cree]].

The first European recorded to encounter the Cree was [[Henry Kelsey]], an employee of the [[Hudson's Bay Company]]. He travelled through the area between 1690 and 1692 on his way to the [[Canadian prairies]].

During the years of [[New France]], [[Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye|La Vérendrye]], the first western military commander, directed the construction of Fort Paskoya near here. It was named after the people of the Pasquia River. For years the settlement was called Pascoyac, sometimes shortened to Le Pas.

In 1904, The Pas Indian Band set up a [[sawmill]] on Mission Island in the Saskatchewan River. Soon after, the band was forced to surrender their reserve lands south of the river, including the areas around the site of the Hudson's Bay Company trading post and the [[Anglicanism|Anglican Church]] Mission, to make way for the [[Hudson Bay Railway (1910)|Hudson Bay Railway]] and development of the Town of The Pas.

By 1908, the band reopened their sawmill north of the river, and in 1912, the Town of The Pas was incorporated and The Pas Indian Band changed its name to Opaskwayak Cree Nation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/hrb/internal_reports/pdfs/Lumber_Industry_Mb_Nicholson.pdf|title=The Lumber Industry in Manitoba|last=Nicholson|first=Karen|date=February 2000|website=Manitoba Culture, Heritage, Tourism and Sport - Historic Resources Branch|access-date=October 26, 2019}}</ref>

Between 1906 and 1910, [[Herman Finger]] set up the [[Finger Lumber Company]] in the area, and created a village called Fingerville for the company's workers. When the Town of The Pas was created in 1912, Fingerville was absorbed into The Pas, and Herman Finger became The Pas's first mayor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/finger_h.shtml|title=Memorable Manitobans: Herman Finger (1856-1929)|website=Manitoba Historical Society|access-date=2019-11-11}}</ref>

Also in 1912, the community was transferred from [[District of Keewatin|Keewatin]] (a district of the [[Northwest Territories]]) to Manitoba as part of the ''Manitoba Boundaries Extension Act''.

The area today is composed of three distinct communities: the Town of The Pas, the Opaskwayak Cree Nation, and the Rural Municipality of Kelsey.

The history of the town and the region may be seen at the [[Sam Waller Museum]], in the old courthouse in downtown The Pas.

== Demographics ==
{{stack|{{Historical populations
|align  =left
|1921|1858
|1931|4030
|1941|3181
|1951|3376
|1961|4671
|1981|6390
|1986|6283
|1991|6166
|[[Canada 1996 Census|1996]]|5945
|[[Canada 2001 Census|2001]]|5795
|[[Canada 2006 Census|2006]]|5589
|[[Canada 2011 Census|2011]]|5513
|[[Canada 2016 Census|2016]]|5369
|[[Canada 2021 Census|2021]]|5639
|footnote= <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1932-eng.aspx?opt=/eng/1932/193201450107_p.|title=Canada Year Book (CYB) Historical Collection|first=Statistics|last=Canada|date=31 March 2008|access-date=30 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1955-eng.aspx?opt=/eng/1955/195501700144_p.|title=Canada Year Book (CYB) Historical Collection|first=Statistics|last=Canada|date=31 March 2008|access-date=30 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1967-eng.aspx?opt=/eng/1967/196702240192_p.|title=Canada Year Book (CYB) Historical Collection|first=Statistics|last=Canada|date=31 March 2008|access-date=30 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census96/data/profiles/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=1&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=35782&PRID=0&PTYPE=3&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=1996&THEME=34&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=|title=File not found|access-date=30 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4621045&Geo2=PR&Code2=46&Data=Count&SearchText=The|title=File not found|access-date=30 May 2016}}</ref><ref name=2011StatCanCSD/><ref name=2021census/>}}}}

[[File:2009-0520-ThePas-bridge.jpg|thumb|left|[[Manitoba Highway 10]] crosses the [[Saskatchewan River]] at The Pas, part of the [[Northern Woods and Water Route]].]]

In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], The Pas had a population of 5,639 living in 2,150 of its 2,365 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:5639-5369}}|5369|1}} from its 2016 population of 5,369. With a land area of {{cvt|44.69|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|5639|44.69|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000246 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 20, 2022}}</ref>

Most of the residents are [[Canadian citizens]] (99.3%). 

The median age in The Pas is 34.1 years old. Age groups are: 9 and younger (16.2%), 10 to 19 (14.7%), 20s (13.6%), 30s (13.6%), 40s (13.1%), 50 to 64 (18.5%), and more than 65 (10.2%).

The unemployment rate in The Pas (in 2011) was 7.3%.

Educational attainment (in 2011): No certificate 30.2%; [[High school diploma|High school certificate]] 22.4%; College 21.6%; Apprenticeship 10.6%; University certificate 10.6%; University certificate (below bachelor) 4.5%.

The marital status of those aged over 15 is: [[married]] or living with [[common-law partner]] (52.9%); never been married (32.3%); [[divorced]] or separated (8.8%); [[widowed]] (5.7%).

There are 2,324 private dwellings in The Pas, most of them being occupied (94.1%). The average number of people per household is 2.5.

=== Ethnicity ===
According to the 2011 National Household Survey,<ref name=2011NHS>{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4621045&Data=Count&SearchText=The%20Pas&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 | title=NHS Profile, The Pas, T, Manitoba, 2011 | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=November 27, 2015 | access-date=February 28, 2016}}</ref> the composition of its population was [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Aboriginals]] (46.2%): [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] (26.4%) and [[Métis people (Canada)|Metis]] (19.8%); and [[White Canadians|white]] (51.3%). The [[visible minority]] population was 2.1%

{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable"
|+ [[Panethnicity|Panethnic]] groups in the Town of The Pas (2001−2021)
! rowspan="2" |[[Panethnicity|Panethnic]] group
! colspan="2" |2021<ref name="2021censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title= Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=The%20Pas&DGUIDlist=2021A00054621045&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2016<ref name="2016censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2021-10-27 |title= Census Profile, 2016 Census |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4621045&Geo2=CD&Code2=4621&SearchText=The%20Pas&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011<ref name="2011censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2015-11-27 |title= NHS Profile |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4621045&Data=Count&SearchText=The%20Pas&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2006<ref name="2006censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2019-08-20 |title= 2006 Community Profiles |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4621045&Geo2=PR&Code2=46&Data=Count&SearchText=The%20Pas&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2001<ref name="2001censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2019-07-02 |title= 2001 Community Profiles |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4621045&Geo2=PR&Code2=46&Data=Count&SearchText=The%20Pas&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
|-
![[Population|{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}]]
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
|-
| [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Indigenous]]
| 2,850
| {{Percentage | 2850 | 5330 | 2 }}
| 2,455
| {{Percentage | 2455 | 5150 | 2 }}
| 2,590
| {{Percentage | 2590 | 5555 | 2 }}
| 2,240
| {{Percentage | 2240 | 5520 | 2 }}
| 1,775
| {{Percentage | 1775 | 5725 | 2 }}
|-
| [[European Canadians|European]]{{efn|Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.|name=euro}}
| 2,045
| {{Percentage | 2045 | 5330 | 2 }}
| 2,460
| {{Percentage | 2460 | 5150 | 2 }}
| 2,850
| {{Percentage | 2850 | 5555 | 2 }}
| 3,130
| {{Percentage | 3130 | 5520 | 2 }}
| 3,815
| {{Percentage | 3815 | 5725 | 2 }}
|-
| [[South Asian Canadians|South Asian]]
| 230
| {{Percentage | 230 | 5330 | 2 }}
| 110
| {{Percentage | 110 | 5150 | 2 }}
| 35
| {{Percentage | 35 | 5555 | 2 }}
| 50
| {{Percentage | 50 | 5520 | 2 }}
| 35
| {{Percentage | 35 | 5725 | 2 }}
|-
| [[African-Canadian|African]]
| 75
| {{Percentage | 75 | 5330 | 2 }}
| 55
| {{Percentage | 55 | 5150 | 2 }}
| 20
| {{Percentage | 20 | 5555 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 5520 | 2 }}
| 10
| {{Percentage | 10 | 5725 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Southeast Asia|Southeast Asian]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.|name=SoutheastAsian}}
| 65
| {{Percentage | 65 | 5330 | 2 }}
| 60
| {{Percentage | 60 | 5150 | 2 }}
| 20
| {{Percentage | 20 | 5555 | 2 }}
| 20
| {{Percentage | 20 | 5520 | 2 }}
| 10
| {{Percentage | 10 | 5725 | 2 }}
|-
| [[East Asian Canadians|East Asian]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.|name=EastAsian}}
| 30
| {{Percentage | 30 | 5330 | 2 }}
| 10
| {{Percentage | 10 | 5150 | 2 }}
| 20
| {{Percentage | 20 | 5555 | 2 }}
| 40
| {{Percentage | 40 | 5520 | 2 }}
| 70
| {{Percentage | 70 | 5725 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Middle Eastern Canadians|Middle Eastern]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.|name=MiddleEastern}}
| 25
| {{Percentage | 25 | 5330 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 5150 | 2 }}
| 20
| {{Percentage | 20 | 5555 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 5520 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 5725 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Latin American Canadians|Latin American]]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 5330 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 5150 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 5555 | 2 }}
| 20
| {{Percentage | 20 | 5520 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 5725 | 2 }}
|-
| Other/[[Multiracial people|multiracial]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, {{abbr|n.i.e.|not included elsewhere}}" and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.|name=Other}}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 5330 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 5150 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 5555 | 2 }}
| 20
| {{Percentage | 20 | 5520 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 5725 | 2 }}
|-
! Total responses
! 5,330
! {{Percentage | 5330 | 5639 | 2 }}
! 5,150
! {{Percentage | 5150 | 5369 | 2 }}
! 5,555
! {{Percentage | 5555 | 5513 | 2 }}
! 5,520
! {{Percentage | 5520 | 5589 | 2 }}
! 5,725
! {{Percentage | 5725 | 5800 | 2 }}
|- class="sortbottom"
! Total population
! 5,639
! {{Percentage | 5639 | 5639 | 2 }}
! 5,369
! {{Percentage | 5369 | 5369 | 2 }}
! 5,513
! {{Percentage | 5513 | 5513 | 2 }}
! 5,589
! {{Percentage | 5589 | 5589 | 2 }}
! 5,800
! {{Percentage | 5800 | 5800 | 2 }}
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="11" | {{small|Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses}}
|}

=== Religion ===
The religious makeup of The Pas is [[Christianity|Christian]] (67.2%), non-religious (30.2%), and the remaining 2.6% fall into another religion.

=== Language ===
Among residents of The Pas, 93.6% speak only English, while 6.2% report knowledge of both [[Canadian English|English]] and [[Canadian French|French]]. Among non-official languages, [[Indigenous languages of the Americas|Indigenous languages]] are the most commonly spoken, representing 5.6% of the population.

== Culture ==
[[Farley Mowat]]'s ''[[Lost in the Barrens]]'', published in 1956, is the first of two children/young adults novels that are set in The Pas. The story begins at a remote trapping lodge, and then moves into the Canadian "[[Tundra|barren lands]]" further north. The Pas is the main trading centre to which the book's protagonists travel to stock up on provisions and supplies to take back to their homes in the bush. The book's sequel, ''[[Curse of the Viking Grave]]'', makes mention of The Pas.

The Pas is the site of the [[Northern Manitoba Trappers' Festival]], which is Manitoba's oldest festival and one of Canada's oldest winter festivals. It has been held every year since 1948 and features winter activities including ice fishing, muskrat skinning, and an annual sled dog race, which is part of the [[International Federation of Sleddog Sports]].

A 1991 [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] movie, ''Conspiracy of Silence'', is based on the 1971 murder of [[Helen Betty Osborne]] in The Pas.

== Climate ==
The Pas experiences a [[humid continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Dfb'') with long cold winters and short warm summers. The seasonal temperature range is between {{convert|-19.1|and|18.1|C}}, resulting in an amplitude of {{convert|37.2|C-change}}.

The highest temperature ever recorded in The Pas was {{convert|37.8|C}} on 19 July 1941.<ref name="July 1941"/> The coldest temperature ever recorded was {{convert|-49.4|C}} on 18 February 1966.<ref name="climate"/>

{{Weather box
|location = [[The Pas Airport]], 1981−2010 normals, extremes 1910−present{{efn|Climate data was recorded at The Pas from June 1910 to May 1969 and at [[The Pas Airport]] from January 1943 to present.}}
|metric first = Y
|single line = Y
|Jan record high C = 9.4
|Feb record high C = 10.6
|Mar record high C = 15.6
|Apr record high C = 30.6
|May record high C = 33.9
|Jun record high C = 37.6
|Jul record high C = 37.8
|Aug record high C = 35.6
|Sep record high C = 33.9
|Oct record high C = 26.7
|Nov record high C = 18.4
|Dec record high C = 8.9
|year record high C = 37.8
|Jan high C = −14.3
|Feb high C = −10.3
|Mar high C = −2.6
|Apr high C = 7.2
|May high C = 14.8
|Jun high C = 20.8
|Jul high C = 23.7
|Aug high C = 22.5
|Sep high C = 15.7
|Oct high C = 7.2
|Nov high C = −3.8
|Dec high C = −12.0
|year high C = 5.7
|Jan mean C = −19.1
|Feb mean C = −15.9
|Mar mean C = −8.6
|Apr mean C = 1.3
|May mean C = 8.5
|Jun mean C = 14.9
|Jul mean C = 18.1
|Aug mean C = 16.9
|Sep mean C = 10.6
|Oct mean C = 3.1
|Nov mean C = −7.4
|Dec mean C = −16.4
|year mean C = 0.5
|Jan low C = −23.9
|Feb low C = −21.3
|Mar low C = −14.5
|Apr low C = −4.6
|May low C = 2.2
|Jun low C = 9.0
|Jul low C = 12.4
|Aug low C = 11.3
|Sep low C = 5.6
|Oct low C = −1.0
|Nov low C = −11.0
|Dec low C = −20.8
|year low C = −4.7
|Jan record low C = −47.8
|Feb record low C = −49.4
|Mar record low C = −41.7
|Apr record low C = −30.0
|May record low C = −12.8
|Jun record low C = −3.9
|Jul record low C = 1.4
|Aug record low C = −5.6
|Sep record low C = −9.4
|Oct record low C = −23.9
|Nov record low C = −36.1
|Dec record low C = −46.1
|year record low C = −49.4
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 16.8
|Feb precipitation mm = 13.4
|Mar precipitation mm = 17.8
|Apr precipitation mm = 23.9
|May precipitation mm = 40.1
|Jun precipitation mm = 66.3
|Jul precipitation mm = 68.8
|Aug precipitation mm = 66.5
|Sep precipitation mm = 57.3
|Oct precipitation mm = 38.5
|Nov precipitation mm = 20.9
|Dec precipitation mm = 19.7
|year precipitation mm = 449.9
|rain colour = green
|Jan rain mm = 0.2
|Feb rain mm = 0.5
|Mar rain mm = 3.1
|Apr rain mm = 10.1
|May rain mm = 36.4
|Jun rain mm = 66.3
|Jul rain mm = 68.8
|Aug rain mm = 66.5
|Sep rain mm = 56.5
|Oct rain mm = 25.4
|Nov rain mm = 3.1
|Dec rain mm = 0.2
|year rain mm = 336.9
|snow colour = green
|Jan snow cm = 22.8
|Feb snow cm = 18.5
|Mar snow cm = 18.8
|Apr snow cm = 16.0
|May snow cm = 3.9
|Jun snow cm = 0.0
|Jul snow cm = 0.0
|Aug snow cm = 0.0
|Sep snow cm = 0.8
|Oct snow cm = 14.5
|Nov snow cm = 23.5
|Dec snow cm = 27.3
|year snow cm = 146.1
|unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 10.7
|Feb precipitation days = 8.6
|Mar precipitation days = 8.3
|Apr precipitation days = 7.3
|May precipitation days = 9.4
|Jun precipitation days = 11.0
|Jul precipitation days = 13.3
|Aug precipitation days = 11.8
|Sep precipitation days = 11.3
|Oct precipitation days = 11.0
|Nov precipitation days = 10.5
|Dec precipitation days = 10.6
|year precipitation days = 123.8
|unit rain days = 0.2 mm
|Jan rain days = 0.27
|Feb rain days = 0.37
|Mar rain days = 1.2
|Apr rain days = 4.1
|May rain days = 8.6
|Jun rain days = 11.0
|Jul rain days = 13.3
|Aug rain days = 11.8
|Sep rain days = 11.1
|Oct rain days = 7.6
|Nov rain days = 1.4
|Dec rain days = 0.38
|year rain days = 71.0
|unit snow days = 0.2 cm
|Jan snow days = 11.8
|Feb snow days = 9.2
|Mar snow days = 8.1
|Apr snow days = 4.3
|May snow days = 1.2
|Jun snow days = 0.07
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.33
|Oct snow days = 4.6
|Nov snow days = 10.7
|Dec snow days = 11.7
|year snow days = 62.0
|Jan sun = 98.8
|Feb sun = 123.2
|Mar sun = 190.3
|Apr sun = 239.4
|May sun = 276.5
|Jun sun = 284.5
|Jul sun = 297.8
|Aug sun = 281.3
|Sep sun = 177.7
|Oct sun = 118.9
|Nov sun = 77.7
|Dec sun = 80.4
|year sun = 2246.6
|Jan percentsun = 39.7
|Feb percentsun = 44.8
|Mar percentsun = 51.9
|Apr percentsun = 57.0
|May percentsun = 55.9
|Jun percentsun = 55.7
|Jul percentsun = 58.0
|Aug percentsun = 61.1
|Sep percentsun = 46.5
|Oct percentsun = 36.2
|Nov percentsun = 30.1
|Dec percentsun = 34.6
|year percentsun = 47.6
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== Sports ==
The [[OCN Blizzard]], hockey team, competes in the [[Manitoba Junior Hockey League]]. The Pas is also home to the OCN Storm of the [[Keystone Junior Hockey League]], the Huskies minor hockey league, and the MBCI Spartans who compete in Zone 11 of the MHSAA. The Intermediate 'A' version of The Pas Huskies won the 1968-69 Manitoba championship.

The son of former Husky star defenceman Jack Giles, [[Curt Giles]], had a career in the NHL with New York Rangers, St. Louis, and Minnesota. The Pas native Murray Anderson was the first known locally born player to make the NHL, with Washington Capitals in the 1970s. Warren Harrison, younger brother of ex-Husky Roger Harrison, was drafted 53rd overall by the Oakland Seals in the 1969 NHL amateur draft.

The Pas Teepees were baseball champions in the Polar League in 1959. The team included several members of the Huskies, and were inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.

==Government==
[[File:Canadian Kraft Paper mill (The Pas, MB).jpg|thumb|Canadian Kraft Paper Industries is the town's largest employer, operating a [[kraft paper|kraft]] [[paper mill]]]]
The Pas is governed by a mayor and six councilors who are elected by residents. The mayor is Andre Murphy.

The region is represented in the [[Legislative Assembly of Manitoba]] as part of [[The Pas-Kameesak]] riding. Its current provincial representative is [[New Democratic Party of Manitoba|New Democratic Party]] (NDP) [[Member of the Legislative Assembly]] [[Amanda Lathlin]]. She is the daughter of [[Oscar Lathlin]], who had represented the riding from 1990 until his death in November 2008. Amanda Lathlin has served as an MLA since a by-election on April 22, 2015, for [[The Pas (electoral district)|The Pas]]; she is the first First Nations woman ever elected to the Manitoba legislature.

In the [[House of Commons of Canada]], The Pas is part of the [[Churchill—Keewatinook Aski]] riding. Its current federal representative is [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]] [[Rebecca Chartrand]]. She has served as MP since the [[2025 Canadian federal election]].

== Education ==
The Pas' [[public education|public school]] system is the Kelsey School Division, which consists of two [[elementary schools]] (Kelsey Community School and Opasquia School), one [[middle school]] (Scott Bateman Middle School), one alternate program and adult learning Centre (Mary Duncan School) and one [[High school (North America)|high school]] (Margaret Barbour Collegiate Institute)

There is also a K–6 school (Joe A. Ross) and a junior high/high school (Oscar Lathlin Collegiate) on the Opaskwayak Cree Nation.

The town hosts the main campus of the [[University College of the North]].

== Media ==
;Radio
* AM 1240: [[CJAR]], [[adult contemporary]]
* FM 92.7: [[Native Communications|CITP-FM]], [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] [[community radio]]
* FM 93.7: [[CKSB (AM)|CKSB-3-FM]], [[Première Chaîne]] (repeats [[CKSB (AM)|CKSB]] [[Winnipeg]])
* FM 94.5: [[CBWK-FM|CBWJ-FM]], [[CBC Radio One]] (repeats [[CBWK-FM]] [[Thompson, Manitoba|Thompson]])

;Television

CBWIT first went on the air in June, 1962 as CBWBT-1. The station broadcast kinescope recordings sent to the transmitter from CBWT. On March 1, 1969, the province-wide microwave system replaced the kinescope recordings, and The Pas has enjoyed live television since then.<ref>{{cite news | title = Microwave Hook-Up Gives North Live TV | newspaper = Winnipeg Free Press | page = 28| date = April 29, 1969}}</ref>

All stations serving The Pas are repeaters of Winnipeg-based stations.
* [[CBWFT-DT|CBWFT-1]] Channel 6 ([[Télévision de Radio-Canada|Radio-Canada]])
* [[CBWT-DT|CBWIT]] Channel 7 ([[CBC Television|CBC]])
* [[CKY-DT|CKYP-TV]] Channel 12 ([[CTV Television Network|CTV]])

[[Shaw Communications]] is the local cable television provider serving The Pas, and operates the local [[Shaw TV]] channel on cable channel 11.

;Newspapers
* ''Opasquia Times''

==Notable people==
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{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
*[[Henry Budd]], Anglican priest
*[[Parker Burrell]], politician
*[[Albert Campbell (dogsled racer)|Albert Campbell]], dog sleder
*[[Pat Carey (musician)|Pat Carey]], musician
*[[John Carroll (Manitoba politician)|John Carroll]], politician
*[[Ovide Charlebois]], vicar
*[[Connor Dewar]], hockey player
*[[Herman Finger]], politician
*[[Curt Giles]], hockey player
*[[Brian Goudie]], hockey player
*[[Glen Gulutzan]], hockey coach
*[[Owen Hughes (politician)|Owen Hughes]], politician
*[[John Ingebrigtson]], politician
*[[Amanda Lathlin]], politician
*[[Oscar Lathlin]], politician
*[[Bif Naked]], musician
*[[Robert Orok]], politician
*[[Murder of Helen Betty Osborne|Helen Betty Osborne]], murder victim
*[[Walt Peacosh]], hockey player
*[[Roddy Piper]], wrestler
*[[Emile St. Godard]], dog sleder
*[[W. B. Scarth]], politician
*[[James Settee]], Anglican priest
*[[Ernest J. Smith]], architect
*[[Chelsea Stewart]], soccer player
*[[Bernard Munroe Stitt]], politician
{{end div col}}

== See also ==
*[[The Pas railway station]]
*[[Hudson Bay Railway (1997)|Hudson Bay Railway]]

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|The Pas}}
*[http://www.townofthepas.ca/ Town of The Pas website]

{{Geographic location
|North=[[Flin Flon, Manitoba|Flin Flon]]<br />[[Cranberry Portage, Manitoba|Cranberry Portage]]
|West=[[Nipawin, Saskatchewan|Nipawin]]
|Center=The Pas
|East=[[The Pas/Grace Lake Airport]]
|Southwest = [[Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan|Hudson Bay]]
|South=[[Swan River, Manitoba|Swan River]]
}}
{{Manitoba}}
{{MBDivision21}}
{{Authority control}}

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