List of rural municipalities in Manitoba
Rural municipalities of Manitoba | |
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Location | Province of Manitoba |
Number | 98 |
Populations | 648 (Ethelbert) – 17,216 (Hanover) |
Areas | 20.26 km2 (Victoria Beach) – 3,572.13 km2 (Reynolds) |
Government | |
Subdivisions |
A
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
Rural municipality (RM) | Administrative seat[4] | Incorporation date[5] |
2016 Census of Population[3]
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Population (2021) |
Population (2016) |
Change |
Land area (km2) |
Population density | |||
Alexander | St-Georges | January 1, 1945 | 3,854 | 3,333 | +15.6% | 1,560.05 | 2.5/km2 |
Alonsa | Alonsa | January 1, 1945 | 1,210 | 1,247 | −3.0% | 3,006.17 | 0.4/km2 |
Argyle | Baldur | August 15, 1881 | 994 | 1,025 | −3.0% | 768.63 | 1.3/km2 |
Armstrong | Inwood | January 1, 1945 | 1,967 | 1,792 | +9.8% | 1,868.24 | 1.1/km2 |
Bifrost – Riverton |
Arborg* | January 1, 2015 | 3,320 | 3,378 | −1.7% | 1,643.14 | 2.0/km2 |
Boissevain – Morton |
Boissevain | January 1, 2015 | 2,309 | 2,353 | −1.9% | 1,102.38 | 2.1/km2 |
Brenda – Waskada |
Waskada | January 1, 2015 | 650 | 674 | −3.6% | 775.64 | 0.8/km2 |
Brokenhead | Beausejour* | November 15, 1900 | 5,414 | 5,122 | +5.7% | 749.69 | 7.2/km2 |
Cartier | Elie | February 21, 1914 | 3,344 | 3,368 | −0.7% | 552.94 | 6.0/km2 |
Cartwright – Roblin |
Cartwright | January 1, 2015 | 1,336 | 1,308 | +2.1% | 705.27 | 1.9/km2 |
Clanwilliam – Erickson |
Erickson | January 1, 2015 | 1,012 | 860 | +17.7% | 358.05 | 2.8/km2 |
Coldwell | Lundar | November 19, 1912 | 1,313 | 1,254 | +4.7% | 891.85 | 1.5/km2 |
Cornwallis | Brandon* | December 22, 1883 | 4,568 | 4,520 | +1.1% | 500.51 | 9.1/km2 |
Dauphin | Dauphin* | November 26, 1897 | 2,136 | 2,298 | −7.0% | 1,512.79 | 1.4/km2 |
Deloraine – Winchester |
Deloraine | January 1, 2015 | 1,478 | 1,489 | −0.7% | 728.13 | 2.0/km2 |
De Salaberry | St-Pierre-Jolys* | December 22, 1883 | 3,918 | 3,580 | +9.4% | 667.57 | 5.9/km2 |
Dufferin | Carman* | November 1, 1890 | 2,543 | 2,435 | +4.4% | 916.11 | 2.8/km2 |
East St. Paul | East St. Paul | November 3, 1915 | 9,725 | 9,372 | +3.8% | 41.79 | 232.7/km2 |
Ellice – Archie |
McAulay | January 1, 2015 | 831 | 887 | −6.3% | 1,153.14 | 0.7/km2 |
Elton | Forrest | December 22, 1883 | 1,276 | 1,273 | +0.2% | 576.14 | 2.2/km2 |
Emerson – Franklin |
Dominion City | January 1, 2015 | 2,437 | 2,537 | −3.9% | 970.19 | 2.5/km2 |
Ethelbert | Ethelbert | January 1, 2015 | 648 | 607 | +6.8% | 1,134.59 | 0.6/km2 |
Fisher | Fisher Branch | January 1, 1945 | 1,845 | 1,827 | +1.0% | 1,486.17 | 1.2/km2 |
Gilbert Plains | Gilbert Plains | January 1, 2015 | 1,420 | 1,470 | −3.4% | 1,050.15 | 1.4/km2 |
Gimli | Gimli | August 15, 1881 | 6,569 | 6,181 | +6.3% | 318.10 | 20.7/km2 |
Glenboro – South Cypress |
Glenboro | January 1, 2015 | 1,123 | 1,550 | −27.5% | 1,071.64 | 1.0/km2 |
Glenella – Lansdowne |
Glenella | January 1, 2015 | 1,133 | 1,181 | −4.1% | 1,274.74 | 0.9/km2 |
Grahamdale | Moosehorn | January 1, 1945 | 1,278 | 1,334 | −4.2% | 2,365.94 | 0.5/km2 |
Grandview | Grandview | January 1, 2015 | 1,419 | 1,482 | −4.3% | 1,147.99 | 1.2/km2 |
Grassland | Hartney | January 1, 2015 | 1,583 | 1,561 | +1.4% | 1,350.34 | 1.2/km2 |
Grey | Elm Creek | January 1, 2015 | 2,517 | 2,648 | −4.9% | 968.90 | 2.6/km2 |
Hamiota | Hamiota | January 1, 2015 | 1,234 | 1,225 | +0.7% | 577.68 | 2.1/km2 |
Hanover | Mitchell | May 25, 1881 | 17,216 | 15,540 | +10.8% | 730.44 | 23.6/km2 |
Harrison Park | Onanole | January 1, 2015 | 1,852 | 1,617 | +14.5% | 964.55 | 1.9/km2 |
Headingley | Headingley | May 9, 1992 | 4,331 | 3,579 | +21.0% | 107.53 | 40.3/km2 |
Kelsey | The Pas* | January 1, 1945 | 2,181 | 2,419 | −9.8% | 850.41 | 2.6/km2 |
Killarney-Turtle Mountain | Killarney | August 15, 1881 | 3,520 | 3,429 | +2.7% | 930.02 | 3.8/km2 |
La Broquerie | La Broquerie | May 25, 1881 | 6,725 | 6,076 | +10.7% | 578.97 | 11.6/km2 |
Lac du Bonnet | Lac du Bonnet* | April 6, 1912 | 3,563 | 3,121 | +14.2% | 1,097.61 | 3.2/km2 |
Lakeshore | Rorketon | January 1, 2015 | 1,186 | 1,363 | −13.0% | 1,295.64 | 0.9/km2 |
Lorne | Somerset | January 1, 2015 | 2,904 | 3,041 | −4.5% | 923.03 | 3.1/km2 |
Louise | Crystal City | January 1, 2015 | 2,025 | 1,918 | +5.6% | 934.81 | 2.2/km2 |
Macdonald | Sanford | May 25, 1881 | 8,120 | 7,162 | +13.4% | 1,156.11 | 7.0/km2 |
McCreary | McCreary | January 1, 2015 | 748 | 892 | −16.1% | 527.77 | 1.4/km2 |
Minitonas – Bowsman |
Minitonas | January 1, 2015 | 1,587 | 1,653 | −4.0% | 1,199.17 | 1.3/km2 |
Minto – Odanah |
Minnedosa* | January 1, 2015 | 1,121 | 1,189 | −5.7% | 746.31 | 1.5/km2 |
Montcalm | Letellier | May 25, 1881 | 1,278 | 1,260 | +1.4% | 468.25 | 2.7/km2 |
Morris | Morris* | February 14, 1880 | 3,049 | 3,047 | +0.1% | 1,035.32 | 2.9/km2 |
Mossey River | Winnipegosis | January 1, 2015 | 1,450 | 1,145 | +26.6% | 1,119.96 | 1.3/km2 |
Mountain | Birch River | January 1, 1945 | 980 | 978 | +0.2% | 2,603.43 | 0.4/km2 |
Norfolk Treherne | Treherne | January 1, 2015 | 1,770 | 1,770 | 0.0% | 737.90 | 2.4/km2 |
North Cypress – Langford |
Carberry* | January 1, 2015 | 3,011 | 2,745 | +9.7% | 1,762.30 | 1.7/km2 |
North Norfolk | MacGregor | January 1, 2015 | 3,915 | 3,853 | +1.6% | 1,158.26 | 3.4/km2 |
Oakland – Wawanesa |
Nesbitt | January 1, 2015 | 1,758 | 1,690 | +4.0% | 578.82 | 3.0/km2 |
Oakview | Oak River | January 1, 2015 | 1,928 | 1,626 | +18.6% | 1,141.98 | 1.7/km2 |
Pembina | Manitou | January 1, 2015 | 2,406 | 2,347 | +2.5% | 1,130.57 | 2.1/km2 |
Piney | Vassar | January 1, 1945 | 1,843 | 1,726 | +6.8% | 2,430.32 | 0.8/km2 |
Pipestone | Reston | December 22, 1883 | 1,422 | 1,458 | −2.5% | 1,149.86 | 1.2/km2 |
Portage la Prairie | Portage la Prairie* | February 14, 1880 | 6,888 | 6,975 | −1.2% | 1,973.45 | 3.5/km2 |
Prairie Lakes | Belmont | January 1, 2015 | 1,625 | 1,453 | +11.8% | 1,070.95 | 1.5/km2 |
Prairie View | Birtle | January 1, 2015 | 2,161 | 2,088 | +3.5% | 1,694.69 | 1.3/km2 |
Reynolds | Hadashville | January 1, 1945 | 1,344 | 1,338 | +0.4% | 3,559.65 | 0.4/km2 |
Rhineland | Altona* | January 1, 2015 | 5,819 | 5,945 | −2.1% | 958.48 | 6.1/km2 |
Riding Mountain West | Inglis | January 1, 2015 | 1,442 | 1,420 | +1.5% | 1,624.99 | 0.9/km2 |
Ritchot | St. Adolphe | November 1, 1890 | 7,469 | 6,679 | +11.8% | 332.23 | 22.5/km2 |
Riverdale | Rivers | January 1, 2015 | 1,803 | 2,133 | −15.5% | 576.02 | 3.1/km2 |
Roblin[a] | Roblin | January 1, 2015 | 3,089 | 3,214 | −3.9% | 1,694.95 | 1.8/km2 |
Rockwood | Stonewall* | February 14, 1880 | 8,440 | 7,823 | +7.9% | 1,184.89 | 7.1/km2 |
Roland | Roland | November 1, 1908 | 1,145 | 1,058 | +8.2% | 484.47 | 2.4/km2 |
Rosedale | Neepawa* | December 22, 1883 | 1,524 | 1,672 | −8.9% | 864.68 | 1.8/km2 |
Rossburn | Rossburn | January 1, 2015 | 973 | 976 | −0.3% | 672.29 | 1.4/km2 |
Rosser | Rosser | March 11, 1893 | 1,270 | 1,372 | −7.4% | 441.74 | 2.9/km2 |
Russell – Binscarth |
Russell | January 1, 2015 | 2,596 | 2,442 | +6.3% | 569.70 | 4.6/km2 |
Sifton | Oak Lake | January 1, 2015 | 1,239 | 1,256 | −1.4% | 839.50 | 1.5/km2 |
Souris – Glenwood |
Souris | January 1, 2015 | 2,547 | 2,562 | −0.6% | 579.69 | 4.4/km2 |
Springfield | Oakbank | September 27, 1873 | 16,142 | 15,342 | +5.2% | 1,096.17 | 14.7/km2 |
St. Andrews | Clandeboye | February 14, 1880 | 11,723 | 11,913 | −1.6% | 739.61 | 15.9/km2 |
St. Clements | East Selkirk | December 22, 1883 | 11,586 | 10,876 | +6.5% | 711.17 | 16.3/km2 |
St. François Xavier | St. François Xavier | February 14, 1880 | 1,449 | 1,411 | +2.7% | 205.14 | 7.1/km2 |
St. Laurent | St. Laurent | May 25, 1881 | 1,542 | 1,338 | +15.2% | 480.15 | 3.2/km2 |
Stanley | Stanley | November 1, 1890 | 8,981[6] | 8,969 | +0.1% | 835.18 | 10.8/km2 |
Ste. Anne | Ste. Anne* | February 14, 1880 | 5,584 | 5,003 | +11.6% | 476.81 | 11.7/km2 |
Ste. Rose | Ste. Rose du Lac |
January 1, 2015 | 1,591 | 1,712 | −7.1% | 630.04 | 2.5/km2 |
Stuartburn | Vita | January 1, 1945 | 1,731 | 1,648 | +5.0% | 1,161.45 | 1.5/km2 |
Swan Valley West | Swan River* | January 1, 2015 | 2,759 | 2,829 | −2.5% | 1,716.84 | 1.6/km2 |
Taché | Dufresne | February 14, 1880 | 11,916 | 11,568 | +3.0% | 580.64 | 20.5/km2 |
Thompson | Miami | November 1, 1908 | 1,518 | 1,422 | +6.8% | 531.24 | 2.9/km2 |
Two Borders | Melita* | January 1, 2015 | 1,120 | 1,175 | −4.7% | 2,321.73 | 0.5/km2 |
Victoria | Holland | November 15, 1902 | 1,188[6] | 1,132 | +4.9% | 703.54 | 1.7/km2 |
Victoria Beach | Winnipeg* | March 14, 1919 | 689 | 398 | +73.1% | 20.71 | 33.3/km2 |
Wallace – Woodworth |
Virden* | January 1, 2015 | 2,748 | 2,948 | −6.8% | 1,977.43 | 1.4/km2 |
West Interlake |
Eriksdale | January 1, 2015 | 2,228 | 2,162 | +3.1% | 1,643.72 | 1.4/km2 |
WestLake – Gladstone |
Gladstone | January 1, 2015 | 3,273 | 3,154 | +3.8% | 1,909.82 | 1.7/km2 |
West St. Paul | West St. Paul | November 3, 1915 | 6,682 | 5,368 | +24.5% | 87.49 | 76.4/km2 |
Whitehead | Alexander | December 22, 1883 | 1,679 | 1,651 | +1.7% | 577.60 | 2.9/km2 |
Whitemouth | Whitemouth | March 1, 1905 | 1,630 | 1,548 | +5.3% | 697.35 | 2.3/km2 |
Woodlands | Woodlands | February 14, 1880 | 3,797 | 3,416 | +11.2% | 1,197.59 | 3.2/km2 |
Yellowhead | Shoal Lake | January 1, 2015 | 1,841 | 1,948 | −5.5% | 1,093.17 | 1.7/km2 |
Total rural municipalities | — | — | 301,438 | 288,919 | +4.3% | 101,551.07 | 3.0/km2 |
- Notes
- *Municipal or administrative offices are located in an adjacent independent city, town or village that is outside the jurisdiction of the rural municipality.
- ^ 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
Name | Dissolved[a] | Succeeded by |
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Albert, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Two Borders |
Archie, RM of | January 1, 2015 | RM of Ellice – Archie
|
Arthur, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Two Borders |
Assiniboia, RM of | January 1, 1969 | |
Bifrost, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Bifrost – Riverton
|
Birtle, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Prairie View Municipality |
Blanshard, RM of | January 1, 2015 | RM of Oakview |
Brooklands, RM of | January 1, 1967 | |
Boulton, RM of | January 1, 1999 | RM of Shellmouth-Boulton[e] |
Brenda, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Brenda – Waskada
|
Cameron, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Grassland |
Charleswood, RM of | January 1, 1972 | City of Winnipeg[c] |
Clanwilliam, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Clanwilliam – Erickson
|
Daly, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Riverdale Municipality |
Douglas, RM of | January 1, 1891 | RM of Rhineland[f] |
East Kildonan, RM of | January 1, 1957 | City of East Kildonan and RM of North Kildonan[c][g] |
Edward, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Two Borders |
Ellice, RM of | January 1, 2015 | RM of Ellice – Archie
|
Eriksdale, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of West Interlake
|
Ethelbert, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Ethelbert |
Fort Garry, RM of | January 1, 1972 | City of Winnipeg[c] |
Franklin, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Emerson – Franklin
|
Gilbert Plains, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Gilbert Plains Municipality |
Glenella, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Glenella – Lansdowne
|
Glenwood, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Souris – Glenwood
|
Grandview, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Grandview Municipality |
Hamiota, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Hamiota Municipality |
Harrison, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Harrison Park |
Hespeler, RM of | January 1, 1891 | RM of Hanover |
Hillsburg, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Hillsburg – Roblin – Shell River
|
Kildonan, RM of | January 1, 1914 | RMs of East Kildonan and West Kildonan[h] |
Lakeview, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of WestLake – Gladstone
|
Langford, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of North Cypress – Langford
|
Lansdowne, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Glenella – Lansdowne
|
Lawrence, RM of | January 1, 2015 | RM of Lakeshore |
Lorne, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Lorne |
Louise, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Louise |
McCreary, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of McCreary |
Miniota, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Prairie View Municipality |
Minitonas, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Minitonas – Bowsman
|
Minto, RM of | January 1, 2015 | RM of Minto-Odanah |
Morton, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Boissevain – Morton
|
North Cypress, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of North Cypress – Langford
|
North Kildonan, RM of | January 1, 1972 | City of Winnipeg[c] |
North Norfolk, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of North Norfolk |
Oakland, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Oakland – Wawanesa
|
Ochre River, RM of | January 1, 2015 | RM of Lakeshore |
Odanah, RM of | January 1, 2015 | RM of Minto-Odanah |
Old Kildonan, RM of | January 1, 1972 | City of Winnipeg[c] |
Park, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Harrison Park |
Pembina, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Pembina |
Rhineland, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Rhineland |
Riverside, RM of | January 1, 2015 | RM of Prairie Lakes |
Roblin, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Cartwright – Roblin Municipality
|
Rossburn, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Rossburn Municipality |
Russell, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Russell – Binscarth
|
Saskatchewan, RM of | January 1, 2015 | RM of Oakview |
Shell River, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Hillsburg – Roblin – Shell River
|
Shellmouth, RM of | January 1, 1999 | RM of Shellmouth-Boulton[e] |
Shellmouth-Boulton, RM of | January 1, 2015 | RM of Riding Mountain West |
Shoal Lake, Municipality of | January 1, 2015 | RM of Yellowhead |
Shoal Lake, RM of |
January 1, 2011 | Municipality of Shoal Lake[i] |
Siglunes, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of West Interlake
|
Silver Creek, RM of | January 1, 2015 | RM of Riding Mountain West |
South Cypress, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Glenboro – South Cypress
|
South Norfolk, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Norfolk Treherne |
Ste. Rose, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Ste. Rose |
St. James, RM of | January 1, 1956 | |
St. Vital, RM of | January 1, 1962 | City of St. Vital[j][k] |
Strathclair, RM of | January 1, 2015 | RM of Yellowhead |
Strathcona, RM of | January 1, 2015 | RM of Prairie Lakes |
Swan River, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Swan Valley West |
Turtle Mountain, RM of |
January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Killarney-Turtle Mountain |
Wallace, RM of | January 1, 2015 | RM of Wallace – Woodworth
|
Westbourne, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of WestLake – Gladstone
|
West Kildonan, RM of | January 1, 1921 | Town of West Kildonan[c][j] |
Whitewater, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Grassland |
Winchester, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Deloraine – Winchester
|
Woodworth, RM of | January 1, 2015 | RM of Wallace – Woodworth
|
- Notes
- ^ a b c The City of St. James–Assiniboia ceased to exist on January 1, 1972; now part of the City of Winnipeg.[7]
- ^ a b c d e f g h 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.[7]
- ^ a b The RM of Shellmouth-Boulton ceased to exist on January 1, 2015; succeeded by the RM of Riding Mountain West.[8]
- ^ 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.[9]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b The Town of West Kildonan became a city in 1961; ceased to exist on January 1, 1972; now part of the City of Winnipeg.[11]
- ^ The City of St. Vital ceased to exist on January 1, 1972; now part of the City of Winnipeg.[10]
See also
- List of local urban districts in Manitoba
- List of communities in Manitoba
- List of ghost towns in Manitoba
- List of municipalities in Manitoba
- Amalgamation of Winnipeg
- Manitoba municipal amalgamations, 2015
- List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan
References
- ^ "Statistical Information 2009" (PDF). Manitoba Local Government. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
- ^ a b "The Municipal Act". Government of Manitoba. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ a b c d "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.
- ^ "Manitoba Municipal Officials Directory" (PDF). Manitoba Municipal Relations. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
- ^ a b "MHS Resources: Manitoba's Municipal History". The Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
- ^ a b "Population and dwelling count amendments, 2016 Census". Statistics Canada. January 16, 2018. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
- ^ a b "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: