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MacGregor is a community in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It held town status prior to January 1, 2015, when it amalgamated with the Rural Municipality of North Norfolk to form the Municipality of North Norfolk. MacGregor is located approximately 130 km (81 mi) west of Winnipeg and 80 km (50 mi) east of Brandon. It is a farming community ...
It was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RM of North Norfolk and the Town of MacGregor. [1] It was formed as a requirement of The Municipal Amalgamations Act, which required that municipalities with a population less than 1,000 amalgamate with one or more neighbouring municipalities by 2015. [2]
Northern Manitoba. Northern (Norman or Nor-Man) — this region was added to the province in 1912, and includes all land north of the 52nd parallel. [4] Churchill/Northern Manitoba (Division No. 23) Flin Flon/North West (Division No. 21) North East Manitoba, or North Eastman (Division No. 19) Thompson/North Central (Division No. 22)
The Rural Municipality of North Norfolk is a former rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on January 1, 1882. [1] It ceased on January 1, 2015 as a result of its provincially mandated amalgamation with the Town of MacGregor to form the Municipality of North Norfolk. [2]
Map of Manitoba. The geography of Manitoba addresses the easternmost of the three prairie Canadian provinces, located in the longitudinal centre of Canada. Manitoba borders on Saskatchewan to the west, Ontario to the east, Nunavut to the north, and the American states of North Dakota and Minnesota to the south. Although the border with ...
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 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,000/sq mi) to incorporate as a rural municipality. [2]
The Central Plains Region (French: Région des plaines centrales) is an informal geographic region of the Canadian province of Manitoba located in the south central part of the Canadian province of Manitoba, directly west of Winnipeg. [2] Its major urban centre is the City of Portage la Prairie.
The Pembina Valley / ˈ p ɛ m b ɪ n ə / (French: Vallée-de-la-Pembina) is an informal geographic region of the Canadian province of Manitoba.It is named for its major geographical feature, the Pembina Valley, which runs through the southwestern part of the region.