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of its parts . . . City of St. Vital   More than the Sum of its Parts  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   [11]   12   13   14   15   16   The City of St. Vital was incorporated in 1962. Its predecessor was the Rural Municipality of St. Vital which had been subdivided from the Rural Municipality of St. Boniface. The name “St. Vital” was first used in 1860 when Bishop Taché dedicated a small school to his coadjutor, Bishop Vital Grandin. The first Council for the Rural Municipality of St. Vital met in 1909, with Pierre Dumas as Reeve. The first Council for the City of St. Vital met on June 18, 1962, with H. Collins as Mayor. City of St. Vital, Map 1961. More...