Prairie View Municipality

Rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada

Rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada
50°27′36″N 100°59′17″W / 50.460°N 100.988°W / 50.460; -100.988CountryCanadaProvinceManitobaIncorporated
(amalgamated)January 1, 2015[1]Area
 • Total1,694.69 km2 (654.32 sq mi)Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total2,161 • Density1.3/km2 (3.3/sq mi)Time zoneUTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)

Prairie View Municipality is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba

History

It was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RMs of Birtle and Miniota and the Town of Birtle.[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.[3] 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.[4] The reeve of the RM is Linda Clark.

Communities

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Prairie View had a population of 2,161 living in 832 of its 970 total private dwellings, a change of 3.5% from its 2016 population of 2,088. With a land area of 1,694.69 km2 (654.32 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.3/km2 (3.3/sq mi) in 2021.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235): Town of Birtle, Rural Municipality of Birtle and Rural Municipality of Miniota Amalgamation Regulation" (PDF). Government of Manitoba. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
  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.
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