Rural Municipality of Whitemouth

Whitemouth
Rural municipality
Rural Municipality of Whitemouth
Location of the Rural Municipality of Whitemouth in Manitoba
Location of the Rural Municipality of Whitemouth in Manitoba
Coordinates: 49°58′01″N 95°57′30″W / 49.96694°N 95.95833°W / 49.96694; -95.95833
CountryCanada
ProvinceManitoba
RegionEastman Region
First incorporatedMarch 1, 1905
Incorporated
(amalgamated)		January 1, 2015
Area
 • Total697.35 km2 (269.25 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total1,630
 • Density2.3/km2 (6.1/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)

The Rural Municipality of Whitemouth is a rural municipality (RM) located in southeastern Manitoba.

The community of Whitemouth is located in the municipality, which also contains the Whitemouth Bog Ecological Reserve [fr], and small parts of Manitoba's Agassiz Provincial Forest (in its southwest quadrant) and Whiteshell Provincial Forest (in its northeast corner).

Communities

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Whitemouth had a population of 1,630 living in 631 of its 780 total private dwellings, a change of 4.7% from its 2016 population of 1,557. With a land area of 697.35 km2 (269.25 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.3/km2 (6.1/sq mi) in 2021.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022.

External links

  • Media related to Rural Municipality of Whitemouth at Wikimedia Commons
  • Official website
  • Manitoba Historical Society: Rural Municipality of Whitemouth
  • Geographic Names of Manitoba (pg. 294) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada
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