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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 administration of urban and rural municipalities is regulated by The Municipal Act. [1] Some municipalities have since amalgamated, making this list inaccurate. In the 2011 Census, Manitoba's communities combined for a total provincial population of 1,208,268. [2]
Manitoba has 81 communities, excluding rural municipalities, that have a population of 1,000 or greater according to the 2021 Census of Canada conducted by Statistics Canada. These communities include cities , towns , villages , reserves inhabited by First Nations , a local government district that is urban in nature, designated places, and ...
Over half of Manitoba's population resides in the City of Winnipeg, the provincial capital, with a population with 749,607. [3] The City of Brandon is the province's second most populous municipality with 51,313 residents. [3] Manitoba's smallest municipality by population is the Local Government District of Mystery Lake with 0 residents. [3]
The RM was created on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RM of Lorne and the villages of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes and Somerset. [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]
A rural municipality, often abbreviated RM, is a type of municipal status in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, [1] and Prince Edward Island. [2] In other provinces, such as Alberta and Nova Scotia , the term refers to municipal districts that are not explicitly urban, rather than being a distinct type of municipality.
Manitoba's 8 economic regions include the following. [2] Rural Manitoba: [2] Southeast Economic Region — comprising all of the Eastman region (census divisions 1, 2, and 12), and can be further broken down into the following SLAs: Beausejour Brokenhead Area; Emerson Area; Hanover Area; La Broquerie Area; Lac du Bonnet Area; Niverville Area ...
The Rural Municipality of La Broquerie was incorporated on May 25, 1881. [2]The local urban district of La Broquerie was first named Carleton before Member of Parliament A.A.C. Larivière had it changed to honour Joseph de La Broquerie Taché (1759-1830), who played an important role in the life of his nephew Archbishop Alexandre-Antonin Taché of St. Boniface.