Manitoba municipal amalgamations, 2015

In 1997, the Government of Manitoba established a minimum population threshold of 1,000 to incorporate a municipality.[1] As of the 2011 census, 93 of Manitoba's 197 municipalities had populations less than 1,000.[2] The Government of Manitoba announced in 2012 that municipalities would be required to amalgamate in order for them to meet the minimum population threshold and make them more sustainable communities moving forward.[1] The Municipal Amalgamations Act was subsequently enacted in 2013, requiring that municipalities with a population less than 1,000 amalgamate with one or more neighbouring municipalities by 2015.[3] Two municipalities with populations less than 1,000, the Rural Municipality of Victoria Beach and the Village of Dunnattor, were subsequently exempted from the requirement to amalgamate due to their uniqueness as resort municipalities.[4] In 2013 and 2014, the Government of Manitoba passed legislation to amalgamate 107 municipalities (65 rural municipalities, 25 towns and 17 villages) into 47 effective January 1, 2015.[5] These amalgamations therefore reduced the total number of municipalities in the province from 197 to 137.

List of amalgamations

New rural
municipality[5]
Incorporation
date[5]
Amalgamating rural
municipality(ies)[5]
Amalgamating
town(s)[5]
Amalgamating
village(s)[5]
Population
(2011)[2]
Population
(2006)[2]
Change
(%)[2]
Land
area
(km²)[2]
Population
density
(per km2)[2]
Bifrost – Riverton January 1, 2015 Bifrost Riverton 3,514 3,509 0.1 1,643.69 2.1
Boissevain – Morton January 1, 2015 Morton Boissevain 2,270 2,215 2.5 1,092.65 2.1
Brenda – Waskada January 1, 2015 Brenda Waskada 652 748 −12.8 766.77 0.9
Cartwright – Roblin January 1, 2015 Roblin Cartwright 1,240 1,246 −0.5 718.01 1.7
Clanwilliam – Erickson January 1, 2015 Clanwilliam Erickson 901 940 −4.1 352.08 2.6
Deloraine – Winchester January 1, 2015 Winchester Deloraine 1,485 1,571 −5.5 727.83 2.0
Ellice – Archie January 1, 2015 Archie
Ellice
St. Lazare 2,252 2,457 −8.3 3,552.04 0.6
Emerson – Franklin January 1, 2015 Franklin Emerson 2,439 2,457 −0.7 975.62 2.5
Ethelbert January 1, 2015 Ethelbert Ethelbert 629 695 −9.5 1,136.97 0.6
Gilbert Plains January 1, 2015 Gilbert Plains Gilbert Plains 1,623 1,594 1.8 1,051.80 1.5
Glenboro – South Cypress January 1, 2015 South Cypress Glenboro 1,483 1,467 1.1 1,097.76 1.4
Glenella – Lansdowne January 1, 2015 Glenella
Lansdowne
1,245 1,267 −1.7 1,263.43 1.0
Grandview January 1, 2015 Grandview Grandview 1,508 1,575 −4.3 1,156.29 1.3
Grassland January 1, 2015 Cameron
Whitewater
Hartney 1,480 1,481 −0.1 1,345.85 1.1
Grey January 1, 2015 Grey St. Claude 2,615 2,592 0.9 960.29 2.7
Hamiota January 1, 2015 Hamiota Hamiota 1,288 1,260 2.2 575.76 2.2
Harrison Park January 1, 2015 Harrison
Park
1,799 1,815 −0.9 977.58 1.8
Hillsburg – Roblin – Shell River January 1, 2015 Hillsburg
Shell River
Roblin 3,284 3,375 −2.7 1,688.2 1.9
Lakeshore January 1, 2015 Ochre River
Lawrence
1,401 1,430 −2.0 1,297.23 1.1
Lorne January 1, 2015 Lorne Notre Dame de Lourdes
Somerset
3,006 3,024 −0.6 911.85 3.3
Louise January 1, 2015 Louise Pilot Mound Crystal City 1,932 1,849 4.5 938.21 2.1
McCreary January 1, 2015 McCreary McCreary 948 963 −1.6 524.39 1.8
Minitonas – Bowsman January 1, 2015 Minitonas Minitonas Bowsman 1,816 1,917 −5.3 1,202.31 1.5
Minto – Odanah January 1, 2015 Minto
Odanah
1,177 1,207 −2.5 743.9 1.6
Mossey River January 1, 2015 Mossey River Winnipegosis 1,186 1,242 −4.5 1,125.56 1.1
Norfolk Treherne January 1, 2015 South Norfolk Treherne 1,741 1,816 −4.1 733.99 2.4
North Cypress – Langford January 1, 2015 Langford
North Cypress
2,627 2,689 −2.3 1,761.87 1.5
North Norfolk January 1, 2015 North Norfolk MacGregor 3,762 3,663 2.7 1,160.89 3.2
Oakland – Wawanesa January 1, 2015 Oakland Wawanesa 1,618 1,568 3.2 577.47 2.8
Oakview January 1, 2015 Blanshard
Saskatchewan
Rapid City 1,513 1,595 −5.1 1,148.09 1.3
Pembina January 1, 2015 Pembina Manitou 2,369 2,430 −2.5 1,117.7 2.1
Prairie Lakes January 1, 2015 Strathcona
Riverside
1,423 1,536 −7.4 1,062.9 1.3
Prairie View January 1, 2015 Birtle
Miniota
Birtle 2,167 2,232 −2.9 1,696.13 1.3
Rhineland January 1, 2015 Rhineland Gretna
Plum Coulee
5,772 5,469 5.5 958.69 6.0
Riding Mountain West January 1, 2015 Shellmouth-Boulton
Silver Creek
1,390 1,404 −1.0 1,622.55 0.9
Riverdale January 1, 2015 Daly Rivers 2,019 2,061 −2.0 570.42 3.5
Rossburn January 1, 2015 Rossburn Rossburn 1,046 1,060 −1.3 682.78 1.5
Russell – Binscarth January 1, 2015 Russell Russell Binscarth 2,553 2,469 3.4 572.5 4.5
Sifton January 1, 2015 Sifton Oak Lake 1,172 1,159 1.1 770.84 1.5
Souris – Glenwood January 1, 2015 Glenwood Souris 2,439 2,412 1.1 581.22 4.2
Ste. Rose January 1, 2015 Ste. Rose Ste. Rose du Lac 1,794 1,786 0.4 628.56 2.9
Swan Valley West January 1, 2015 Swan River Benito 2,923 3,144 −7.0 1,720.39 1.7
Two Borders January 1, 2015 Albert
Arthur
Edward
1,310 1,400 −6.4 2,304.46 0.6
Wallace – Woodworth January 1, 2015 Wallace
Woodworth
Elkhorn 2,857 2,852 0.2 1,969.32 1.5
West Interlake January 1, 2015 Eriksdale
Siglunes
2,206 2,391 −7.7 1,622.18 1.4
WestLake – Gladstone January 1, 2015 Lakeview
Westbourne
Gladstone 3,068 3,050 0.6 1,832.09 1.7
Yellowhead January 1, 2015 Shoal Lake
Strathclair
1,973 2,075 −4.9 1,110.72 1.8

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "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 5, 2014.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Manitoba)". Statistics Canada. May 28, 2012. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
  3. "The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235)". Government of Manitoba. October 2, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
  4. "Government listens to presenters, amendments proposed to Municipal Modernization Act: Lemieux". Government of Manitoba. September 11, 2013. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 "Consolidated Regulations of Manitoba: List of titles with "amalgamation"". Government of Manitoba. Retrieved October 2, 2014.

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