Melita is a
town located in the southwestern corner of the Canadian province of
Manitoba. It is surrounded by the
Rural Municipality of Arthur and occupies a bend of the
Souris River. The population at the 2011 census was 1,069. It sits at the junction of Highways 3 and 83, approx. 320 km southwest of
Winnipeg. Melita is known as the "Grasslands Bird Capital of Manitoba" and is located in Manitoba's
banana belt.