Elma, Manitoba is a community in Manitoba. It is located on the Whitemouth River, at the junction of Highway 15 and Highway 11 in the Rural Municipality of Whitemouth. The area settlement was known as Janow, after the name of its post office. This was a name settled on between the store owner, John Giliewich, and the post office inspector. The preferred name Yaroriw was turned down as the inspector thought there might be difficulty with name. After the Railway was built the name changed to Elma.