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"Rhineland, Manitoba" redirects here. For the former municipality in Manitoba, see Rural Municipality of Rhineland.

The Municipality of Rhineland is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The RM had a population of 5,945 as of the 2016 Canada Census.[1] The average age in the municipality is 31.

History

Further information: Rural Municipality of Rhineland; Gretna, Manitoba; and Plum Coulee

The municipality was incorporated on January 1, 2015, via the amalgamation of the Rural Municipality of Rhineland and the towns of Gretna and Plum Coulee.[2] It was formed as a requirement of The Municipal Amalgamations Act, which required municipalities with a population less than 1,000 to amalgamate with one or more neighbouring municipalities by 2015.[3] The Government of Manitoba initiated the amalgamations for municipalities to meet the 1997 minimum population requirement of 1,000 to incorporate a municipality.[4]

Communities

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Rhineland had a population of 5,819 living in 1,641 of its 1,748 total private dwellings, a change of -2.1% from its 2016 population of 5,945. With a land area of 958.48 km2 (370.07 sq mi), it had a population density of 6.1/km2 (15.7/sq mi) in 2021.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Census Profile, 2016". Statistics Canada. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235): Town of Plum Coulee, Rural Municipality of Rhineland and Town of Gretna Amalgamation Regulation" (PDF). Government of Manitoba. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  3. ^ "The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235)". Government of Manitoba. October 2, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  4. ^ "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 4, 2014.
  5. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipality_of_Rhineland