List of rural municipalities in Manitoba
A rural municipality (RM) is a type of incorporated municipality in the Canadian province of Manitoba.[1] Under the province's Municipal Act of 1997, an area must have a minimum population of 1,000 and a density of less than 400 people per square kilometre to incorporate as a rural municipality.[2] Manitoba has 98 RMs, which had a cumulative population of 301,438 as of the 2016 Census.[3] This is a decrease from 116 prior to January 1, 2015, when municipalities with less than 1,000 people were directed by the provincial government to amalgamate with adjoining municipalities to comply with the Municipal Act.
The most and least populated RMs as of the 2016 census are Hanover and Victoria Beach with populations of 15,733 and 398 respectively. East St. Paul is the most densely populated RM at 223.2/km2 (578/sq mi)[3] The largest and smallest RMs in terms of geography are Reynolds and Victoria Beach with land areas of 3,572.13 km2 (1,379.21 sq mi) and 20.26 km2 (7.82 sq mi) respectively.[3]
List of rural municipalities
| Name | Incorporation date[4] |
2016 Census of Population[3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population (2016) |
Population (2011) |
Change |
Land area (km²) |
Population density | ||
| Alexander | January 1, 1945 | 3,333 | 2,983 | +11.7% | 1,569.62 | 2.1/km2 |
| Alonsa | January 1, 1945 | 1,247 | 1,270 | −1.8% | 2,980.04 | 0.4/km2 |
| Argyle | August 15, 1881 | 1,025 | 1,071 | −4.3% | 769.87 | 1.3/km2 |
| Armstrong | January 1, 1945 | 1,792 | 1,835 | −2.3% | 1,865.89 | 1.0/km2 |
| Bifrost – Riverton | January 1, 2015 | 3,378 | 3,514 | −3.9% | 1,643.81 | 2.1/km2 |
| Boissevain – Morton | January 1, 2015 | 2,353 | 2,270 | +3.7% | 1,091.90 | 2.2/km2 |
| Brenda – Waskada | January 1, 2015 | 674 | 652 | +3.4% | 765.78 | 0.9/km2 |
| Brokenhead | November 15, 1900 | 5,122 | 4,635 | +10.5% | 752.01 | 6.8/km2 |
| Cartier | February 21, 1914 | 3,368 | 3,153 | +6.8% | 553.40 | 6.1/km2 |
| Cartwright – Roblin | January 1, 2015 | 1,308 | 1,240 | +5.5% | 716.75 | 1.8/km2 |
| Clanwilliam – Erickson | January 1, 2015 | 870 | 901 | −3.4% | 352.15 | 2.5/km2 |
| Coldwell | November 19, 1912 | 1,254 | 1,351 | −7.2% | 901.76 | 1.4/km2 |
| Cornwallis | December 22, 1883 | 4,520 | 4,378 | +3.2% | 500.36 | 9.0/km2 |
| Dauphin | November 26, 1897 | 2,388 | 2,200 | +8.5% | 1,516.59 | 1.6/km2 |
| Deloraine – Winchester | January 1, 2015 | 1,489 | 1,485 | +0.3% | 727.14 | 2.0/km2 |
| De Salaberry | December 22, 1883 | 3,580 | 3,450 | +3.8% | 671.02 | 5.3/km2 |
| Dufferin | November 1, 1890 | 2,435 | 2,394 | +1.7% | 913.27 | 2.7/km2 |
| East St. Paul | November 3, 1915 | 9,372 | 9,046 | +3.6% | 41.99 | 223.2/km2 |
| Ellice – Archie | January 1, 2015 | 887 | 971 | −8.7% | 1,155.80 | 0.8/km2 |
| Elton | December 22, 1883 | 1,273 | 1,257 | +1.3% | 570.97 | 2.2/km2 |
| Emerson – Franklin | January 1, 2015 | 2,537 | 2,439 | +4.0% | 973.05 | 2.6/km2 |
| Ethelbert | January 1, 2015 | 607 | 629 | −3.5% | 1,136.94 | 0.5/km2 |
| Fisher | January 1, 1945 | 1,708 | 1,704 | +0.2% | 1,479.35 | 1.2/km2 |
| Gilbert Plains | January 1, 2015 | 1,470 | 1,623 | −9.4% | 1,051.23 | 1.4/km2 |
| Gimli | August 15, 1881 | 6,181 | 5,845 | +5.7% | 318.75 | 19.4/km2 |
| Glenboro – South Cypress | January 1, 2015 | 1,565 | 1,483 | +5.5% | 1,099.05 | 1.4/km2 |
| Glenella – Lansdowne | January 1, 2015 | 1,181 | 1,245 | −5.1% | 1,265.37 | 0.9/km2 |
| Grahamdale | January 1, 1945 | 1,359 | 1,354 | +0.4% | 2,385.42 | 0.6/km2 |
| Grandview | January 1, 2015 | 1,482 | 1,508 | −1.7% | 1,154.81 | 1.3/km2 |
| Grassland | January 1, 2015 | 1,561 | 1,480 | +5.5% | 1,344.46 | 1.2/km2 |
| Grey | January 1, 2015 | 2,648 | 2,615 | +1.3% | 960.57 | 2.8/km2 |
| Hamiota | January 1, 2015 | 1,225 | 1,288 | −4.9% | 576.43 | 2.1/km2 |
| Hanover | May 25, 1881 | 15,733 | 14,026 | +12.2% | 741.52 | 21.2/km2 |
| Harrison Park | January 1, 2015 | 1,622 | 1,799 | −9.8% | 977.63 | 1.7/km2 |
| Headingley | May 9, 1992 | 3,579 | 3,215 | +11.3% | 107.27 | 33.4/km2 |
| Kelsey | January 1, 1945 | 2,424 | 2,330 | +4.0% | 867.75 | 2.8/km2 |
| Killarney-Turtle Mountain | August 15, 1881 | 3,429 | 3,233 | +6.1% | 926.14 | 3.7/km2 |
| La Broquerie | May 25, 1881 | 6,076 | 5,198 | +16.9% | 579.26 | 10.5/km2 |
| Lac du Bonnet | April 6, 1912 | 3,121 | 2,930 | +6.5% | 1,100.98 | 2.8/km2 |
| Lakeshore | January 1, 2015 | 1,363 | 1,401 | −2.7% | 1,297.07 | 1.1/km2 |
| Lorne | January 1, 2015 | 3,041 | 3,006 | +1.2% | 909.40 | 3.3/km2 |
| Louise | January 1, 2015 | 1,918 | 1,932 | −0.7% | 939.01 | 2.0/km2 |
| Macdonald | May 25, 1881 | 7,162 | 6,280 | +14.0% | 1,158.33 | 6.2/km2 |
| McCreary | January 1, 2015 | 892 | 948 | −5.9% | 524.25 | 1.7/km2 |
| Minitonas – Bowsman | January 1, 2015 | 1,653 | 1,816 | −9.0% | 1,201.05 | 1.4/km2 |
| Minto – Odanah | January 1, 2015 | 1,189 | 1,177 | +1.0% | 744.04 | 1.6/km2 |
| Montcalm | May 25, 1881 | 1,260 | 1,309 | −3.7% | 468.04 | 2.7/km2 |
| Morris | February 14, 1880 | 3,047 | 2,999 | +1.6% | 1,038.32 | 2.9/km2 |
| Mossey River | January 1, 2015 | 1,145 | 1,186 | −3.5% | 1,123.94 | 1.0/km2 |
| Mountain | January 1, 1945 | 978 | 1,104 | −11.4% | 2,607.77 | 0.4/km2 |
| Norfolk Treherne | January 1, 2015 | 1,751 | 1,741 | +0.6% | 733.52 | 2.4/km2 |
| North Cypress – Langford | January 1, 2015 | 2,745 | 2,627 | +4.5% | 1,761.89 | 1.6/km2 |
| North Norfolk | January 1, 2015 | 3,853 | 3,762 | +2.4% | 1,160.09 | 3.3/km2 |
| Oakland – Wawanesa | January 1, 2015 | 1,690 | 1,618 | +4.4% | 576.68 | 2.9/km2 |
| Oakview | January 1, 2015 | 1,626 | 1,513 | +7.5% | 1,147.33 | 1.4/km2 |
| Pembina | January 1, 2015 | 2,347 | 2,369 | −0.9% | 1,118.33 | 2.1/km2 |
| Piney | January 1, 1945 | 1,726 | 1,720 | +0.3% | 2,433.10 | 0.7/km2 |
| Pipestone | December 22, 1883 | 1,458 | 1,447 | +0.8% | 1,149.31 | 1.3/km2 |
| Portage la Prairie | February 14, 1880 | 6,975 | 6,525 | +6.9% | 1,961.97 | 3.6/km2 |
| Prairie Lakes | January 1, 2015 | 1,453 | 1,423 | +2.1% | 1,062.42 | 1.4/km2 |
| Prairie View | January 1, 2015 | 2,088 | 2,167 | −3.6% | 1,698.56 | 1.2/km2 |
| Reynolds | January 1, 1945 | 1,338 | 1,285 | +4.1% | 3,572.13 | 0.4/km2 |
| Rhineland | January 1, 2015 | 5,945 | 5,772 | +3.0% | 960.40 | 6.2/km2 |
| Riding Mountain West | January 1, 2015 | 1,420 | 1,390 | +2.2% | 1,623.39 | 0.9/km2 |
| Ritchot | November 1, 1890 | 6,679 | 5,478 | +21.9% | 333.55 | 20.0/km2 |
| Riverdale | January 1, 2015 | 2,133 | 2,019 | +5.6% | 571.16 | 3.7/km2 |
| Roblin[lower-alpha 1] | January 1, 2015 | 3,214 | 3,284 | −2.1% | 1,690.73 | 1.9/km2 |
| Rockwood | February 14, 1880 | 7,823 | 7,964 | −1.8% | 1,199.93 | 6.5/km2 |
| Roland | November 1, 1908 | 1,129 | 1,058 | +6.7% | 485.21 | 2.3/km2 |
| Rosedale | December 22, 1883 | 1,672 | 1,627 | +2.8% | 864.55 | 1.9/km2 |
| Rossburn | January 1, 2015 | 976 | 1,046 | −6.7% | 682.79 | 1.4/km2 |
| Rosser | March 11, 1893 | 1,372 | 1,352 | +1.5% | 441.56 | 3.1/km2 |
| Russell – Binscarth | January 1, 2015 | 2,442 | 2,553 | −4.3% | 571.37 | 4.3/km2 |
| Sifton | January 1, 2015 | 1,256 | 1,172 | +7.2% | 768.42 | 1.6/km2 |
| Souris – Glenwood | January 1, 2015 | 2,562 | 2,439 | +5.0% | 582.90 | 4.4/km2 |
| Springfield | September 27, 1873 | 15,342 | 14,069 | +9.0% | 1,100.92 | 13.9/km2 |
| St. Andrews | February 14, 1880 | 11,913 | 11,875 | +0.3% | 752.22 | 15.8/km2 |
| St. Clements | December 22, 1883 | 10,876 | 10,505 | +3.5% | 730.11 | 14.9/km2 |
| St. François Xavier | February 14, 1880 | 1,411 | 1,240 | +13.8% | 204.56 | 6.9/km2 |
| St. Laurent | May 25, 1881 | 1,338 | 1,305 | +2.5% | 465.29 | 2.9/km2 |
| Stanley | November 1, 1890 | 8,969[5] | 8,356 | +7.3% | 836.70 | 10.7/km2 |
| Ste. Anne | February 14, 1880 | 5,003 | 4,686 | +6.8% | 477.76 | 10.5/km2 |
| Ste. Rose | January 1, 2015 | 1,712 | 1,794 | −4.6% | 629.92 | 2.7/km2 |
| Stuartburn | January 1, 1945 | 1,648 | 1,535 | +7.4% | 1,163.54 | 1.4/km2 |
| Swan Valley West | January 1, 2015 | 2,829 | 2,923 | −3.2% | 1,721.22 | 1.6/km2 |
| Taché | February 14, 1880 | 11,568 | 10,284 | +12.5% | 581.23 | 19.9/km2 |
| Thompson | November 1, 1908 | 1,422 | 1,397 | +1.8% | 528.83 | 2.7/km2 |
| Two Borders | January 1, 2015 | 1,175 | 1,310 | −10.3% | 2,309.03 | 0.5/km2 |
| Victoria | November 15, 1902 | 1,132[5] | 1,119 | +1.2% | 697.86 | 1.6/km2 |
| Victoria Beach | March 14, 1919 | 398 | 374 | +6.4% | 20.26 | 19.6/km2 |
| Wallace – Woodworth | January 1, 2015 | 2,948 | 2,857 | +3.2% | 1,967.91 | 1.5/km2 |
| West Interlake | January 1, 2015 | 2,162 | 2,206 | −2.0% | 1,621.30 | 1.3/km2 |
| WestLake – Gladstone | January 1, 2015 | 3,154 | 3,068 | +2.8% | 1,832.55 | 1.7/km2 |
| West St. Paul | November 3, 1915 | 5,368 | 4,932 | +8.8% | 87.81 | 61.1/km2 |
| Whitehead | December 22, 1883 | 1,661 | 1,533 | +8.3% | 563.90 | 2.9/km2 |
| Whitemouth | March 1, 1905 | 1,548 | 1,548 | 0.0% | 703.02 | 2.2/km2 |
| Woodlands | February 14, 1880 | 3,416 | 3,521 | −3.0% | 1,178.04 | 2.9/km2 |
| Yellowhead | January 1, 2015 | 1,948 | 1,973 | −1.3% | 1,108.48 | 1.8/km2 |
| Total rural municipalities | — | 301,438 | 288,919 | +4.3% | 101,551.07 | 3.0/km2 |
- Notes
- The Municipality of Roblin was incorporated as the Municipality of Hillsburg – Roblin – Shell River on January 1, 2015. The name was changed to Municipality of Roblin on March 30, 2015
Former rural municipalities
- Notes
- The Manitoba government amalgamated 65 rural municipalities, 25 towns, and 17 villages into 47 municipalities on January 1, 2015 in order to bring these municipalities into compliance with the minimum population requirements of the Municipal Act.[2][4]
- The City of St. James–Assiniboia ceased to exist on January 1, 1972; now part of the City of Winnipeg.[6]
- The RMs of Charleswood, Fort Garry, North Kildonan, and Old Kildonan, and seven urban municipalities were amalgamated with the City of Winnipeg on January 1, 1972.
- The City of St. James became the City of St. James–Assiniboia in 1969 and ceased to exist on January 1, 1972; now part of the City of Winnipeg.[6]
- The RM of Shellmouth-Boulton ceased to exist on January 1, 2015; succeeded by the RM of Riding Mountain West.[7]
- The RM of Rhineland ceased to exist on January 1, 2015; succeeded by the Municipality of Rhineland.
- The City of East Kildonan ceased to exist on January 1, 1972, now part of the City of Winnipeg.[8]
- The RMs of East and West Kildonan later became cities which ceased to exist on January 1, 1972; now part of the City of Winnipeg.
- The Municipality of Shoal Lake ceased to exist on January 1, 2015; succeeded by the RM of Yellowhead.
- The Town of West Kildonan became a city in 1961; ceased to exist on January 1, 1972; now part of the City of Winnipeg.[10]
- The City of St. Vital ceased to exist on January 1, 1972; now part of the City of Winnipeg.[9]
See also
References
- "Statistical Information 2009" (PDF). Manitoba Local Government. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
- "The Municipal Act". Government of Manitoba. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Manitoba)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
- "MHS Resources: Manitoba's Municipal History". The Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
- "Population and dwelling count amendments, 2016 Census". Statistics Canada. January 16, 2018. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
- "Manitoba Communities: St. James (Unincorporated City)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
- "Manitoba Municipalities: Shellmouth-Boulton". The Manitoba Historical Society. September 24, 2013. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- "Manitoba Communities: East Kildonan (Unincorporated City)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- "Manitoba Communities: St. Vital (Unincorporated City)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- "Manitoba Communities: West Kildonan (Unincorporated City)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
External links
- Manitoba Historical Society - Manitoba Municipalities
- Government of Manitoba Community Profiles:
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