Rural Municipality of Sifton
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The Rural Municipality of Sifton is a rural municipality (RM) in the south-west portion of the Canadian province of Manitoba.
History
The RM was incorporated in 1883.[1] The former town of Oak Lake, located within Sifton, annexed by the RM on January 1, 2015, as a requirement of The Municipal Amalgamations Act, which required municipalities with a population less than 1,000 to amalgamate with neighbouring municipalities.[4] The Government of Manitoba initiated these amalgamations in order for municipalities to meet the 1997 minimum population requirement of 1,000 to incorporate a municipality.[5][2]
Geography
The most prominent geographical feature in the RM is
Communities
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sifton had a population of 1,239 living in 502 of its 771 total private dwellings, a change of -1.4% from its 2016 population of 1,256. With a land area of 839.5 km2 (324.1 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.5/km2 (3.8/sq mi) in 2021.[3]
Conservation
In 2016, the Nature Conservancy of Canada bought 127 acres of land on the Oak Lake Sand Hills,[6] east of Oak Lake. The property is a mixture of wetlands and rolling sandy hills and contains eleven uncommon and at-risk species.[7][8]
Transportation
The following is a list of highways in the RM:
- Manitoba Highway 1
- Manitoba Highway 2, also known as the Red Coat Trail
- Manitoba Highway 21
- Manitoba Provincial Road 254
- Manitoba Provincial Road 255
- Manitoba Provincial Road 543
References
- ^ a b "Manitoba Communities: Sifton (Rural Municipality)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- ^ a b "The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235): Rural Municipality of Sifton and Town of Oak Lake Amalgamation Regulation" (PDF). Government of Manitoba. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
- ^ a b "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
- ^ "The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235)". Government of Manitoba. October 2, 2014. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
- ^ "Speech from the Throne: At the Opening of the Second Session of the 40th Legislature of the Province of Manitoba". Government of Manitoba. November 19, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
- ^ Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada. "Place names - Oak Lake Sand Hills". www4.rncan.gc.ca.
- ^ "Nature Conservancy of Canada buys Manitoba property". CBC News Manitoba. February 4, 2016. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
- ^ "Oak Lake Sandhills a biodiversity hot spot". November 21, 2012.