Portage Reservoir near Portage La Prairie water level

Name: Portage Reservoir near Portage La Prairie water level (Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada)
Creator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
License: https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada

Reservoir, Portage Reservoir, Manitoba, Canada

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Normal for mid-October

Surface elevation

262.32m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 20, 2026, 06:25 PM CDT (1 hour ago)

History

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Surface elevation Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

Portage Reservoir near Portage La Prairie is at 262.32 m, in the normal range for mid-October.

That puts it 0.01 m above the median of 262.31 m for mid-October, based on 11 years of readings.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 262.20 m and 264.63 m.

Many reservoirs are drawn down through summer and fall; most of the refill comes later, with winter rain or spring snowmelt.

Compared with 11 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 262.31 m0.01 m above the median for this date
Normal for this date: 261.96 m – 262.35 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (11 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 262.20 m – 264.63 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 262.22 m – 264.66 m

On the water at Portage Reservoir near Portage La Prairie

Normal levels mean few surprises on the water: ramps in use and the shoreline where you expect it.

Wear a life jacket on the water. Most boating deaths involve people who were not wearing one.

Weather at the gauge

No rain in the last 3 days.

20 Tue 20° 2° – Wind 15 km/h

21 Wed 14° 2° – Wind 11 km/h

22 Thu 22° 2° – Wind 25 km/h

23 Fri 21° 13° 3.3 mm, 34% Wind 30 km/h

24 Sat 18° 5° – Wind 43 km/h

25 Sun 4° 1° – Wind 34 km/h

26 Mon 5° -1° – Wind 12 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:05 AM Sunset 06:32 PM Daylight 10 hr, 27 min Waxing gibbous 73%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Assiniboine River near Portage La PrairieRiver gauge, Assiniboine River	255.17 m	Normal	±0	4.6 km
Rat Creek near MacdonaldRiver gauge, Rat Creek	7.14 m	Normal	−0.12 m	10 km
Whitemud River at WestbourneRiver gauge, Whitemud River	0.52 m	High	±0	28 km
Elm Creek Channel near Elm CreekRiver gauge, Elm Creek Channel	99.92 m	Very high	+0.02 m	29 km
Lake Manitoba near WestbourneLake, Lake Manitoba	247.64 m	Very high	−0.02 m	39 km
La Salle River near ElieRiver gauge, La Salle River	237.45 m	Very low	−0.01 m	41 km
Assiniboine River at Baie St. PaulRiver gauge, Assiniboine River	240.14 m	High	+0.01 m	42 km
Boyne River near RoseisleRiver gauge, Boyne River	0.94 m	High	±0	45 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for Portage Reservoir near Portage La Prairie in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 262.31 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 261.96 m and 262.35 m, based on 11 years of records.

Is Portage Reservoir near Portage La Prairie really 262.32 m deep?

No. 262.32 m is the height of the water surface above sea level (or the agency's vertical datum), not the depth of the water.

What is the water level of Portage Reservoir near Portage La Prairie today?

On Oct 20, 2026, 06:25 PM CDT, the surface elevation was 262.32 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Portage Reservoir near Portage La Prairie rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Up 0.09 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Portage Reservoir near Portage La Prairie normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 11 years of daily readings for this time of year.

How often is this data updated?

Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada publishes a new reading every hour. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.

Where does this data come from?

The values come directly from Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada, the official operator of this gauge, and are published under the Open Government Licence – Canada. We do not estimate or model live values.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
Station code: eccc:05MJ006 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 49.94442, -98.33667 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: PORTAGE DIVERSION DATUM
Update interval: every hour
Licence: Open Government Licence – Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada

Published series

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Surface elevation	262.32 m	2026-10-20 23:25	Provisional

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