Rural Municipality of Whitemouth

Whitemouth
Whitemouth
Rural municipality
	Rural Municipality of Whitemouth
	Location of the Rural Municipality of Whitemouth in Manitoba
	Coordinates: 49°58′01″N 95°57′30″W / 49.96694°N 95.95833°W
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Region	Eastman Region
First incorporated	March 1, 1905
Incorporated; (amalgamated)	January 1, 2015
Area
• Total	697.35 km2 (269.25 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Total	1,630
• Density	2.3/km2 (6.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)

The Rural Municipality of Whitemouth is a rural municipality (RM) located in southeastern Manitoba.

The community of Whitemouth is located in the municipality, which also contains the Whitemouth Bog Ecological Reserve [fr], and small parts of Manitoba's Agassiz Provincial Forest (in its southwest quadrant) and Whiteshell Provincial Forest (in its northeast corner).

Communities

Darwin
Elma
River Hills
Seven Sisters Falls
Whitemouth

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Whitemouth had a population of 1,630 living in 631 of its 780 total private dwellings, a change of 4.7% from its 2016 population of 1,557. With a land area of 697.35 km² (269.25 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.3/km² (6.1/sq mi) in 2021.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022.

External links

Media related to Rural Municipality of Whitemouth at Wikimedia Commons
Official website
Manitoba Historical Society: Rural Municipality of Whitemouth
Geographic Names of Manitoba (pg. 294) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada

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[2021census-1] "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022.

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