Rivers is a former town in the Canadian province of Manitoba within the Riverdale Municipality. It is located 40 kilometres northwest of Brandon. Rivers had a population of 1,193 people in the 2006 census. Rivers was named in 1908 after Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, Chairman of the Board of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. It is 473 metres above sea level, and is within the Westman Region (Southwestern Manitoba). Agriculture, health and related businesses provide economics for the community and area.