Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Manitoba

Notre Dame de Lourdes is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district[2] in the Municipality of Lorne within the Canadian province of Manitoba that held village status prior to January 1, 2015.

It is located within the Central Plains Region, 100 km southwest of Winnipeg.

Canadian pioneer explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye traveled through the area in 1738 while seeking to establish a route to the western oceans.

Father Dom Benoît became the parish's first priest after arriving with French and Swiss immigrants.

He also established a seminary of the Canons Regulaires with about 30 students but changes to the rules from Rome caused its dissolution.